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(C)Late ly I have had the strang est (Am7)feel ing
(Dm7)with no viv id rea son here to (G)find.
(Dm7)Yet the thought of los ing you’s been hang ing
’round my (C)mind.
Far more fre quent ly you’re wear ing (Am)per fume
I (Dm7)with, you say, no spec ial place to (G)go.
But (Dm7)when I ask, will you be com ing back soon,
you don’t (C)know,
nev er (C7)know.
Well, (F6)I’m a man of man y wish es, (Fm)hope my prem o ni tion miss es, but (Em7)what I real ly feel,
my (A7sus)eyes won’t let me (A9)hide, ’cause they (Dm7)al
(Em7)ways
(Fm7)start
(G7)to
(C)cry;
’cause this (Dm7)time
(Em7)could
(Fm7)mean
(G7)good
(C)bye.
(Dm7)time
(Em7)could
(Fm7)mean
(Gm7)good
(Abmaj7)bye,
(Bbm7)good
(Cm7)bye.
(B)Oh,
(Bb6)I’m a of man y wish es, (Bbm6)hope my pre mo ni tion miss es, but (Am7)what I real ly feel,
my (D7sus)eyes won’t let me (D9)hide, ’cause they (Gm7)al
(Am7)ways
(Bbm7)start
(C7)to
(F)cry,
’cause this (Gm7)time
(Am7)could
(Bbm7)mean
(C7)good
(F)bye.
This page shows “Lately” by Stevie Wonder in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of C at 69 BPM, a slightly more challenging arrangement — practice each phrase slowly first.