Song: Black Man
Artist: Stevie Wonder
Album: Songs in the Key of Life (1976)
Tabbed by: Julian Wathen ([email protected])
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This is the two bar riff that Stevie's left hand / Nathan Watts are playing:
It goes through the whole of the song.
Bbm9 Gb6(Ab bass) Emaj7(F# bass) Gb6
G:|————————1—3—————————————————————|————————r———————————————————————|
D:|————————————————————————————————|4———————e———————————————————————|
A:|1—1—1—1—————1—1—————————————————|——4—1———s———————————————————————|
E:|————————————————4—4—4—4—4—4—4—4—|——————2—t—————————————————1—4—5—|
For ease of playing in the recorded key you might want to try the following
(i.e.: tune down a semitone)
Bm9 G6(A bass) Fmaj7(G bass) G6
Gb:|————————2—4—————————————————————|0———————r———————————————————————|
Db:|————————————————————————————————|——0—————e———————————————————————|
Ab:|2—2—2—2—————2—2—0—0—0—0—0—0—0—0—|————2———s———————————————————0—1—|
Eb:|————————————————————————————————|——————3—t—————————————————2—————|
Stevie Wonder (born Stevland Hardaway Judkins on May 13, 1950; name later changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris) is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and activist. Blind nearly from birth, Wonder signed with Motown Records' Tamla label at the age of eleven, and continues to perform and record for Motown to this day.
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