They’ve been spend ing most their lives liv ing (G)in a pas time (Cm)par a dise.
They’ve been spend ing most their lives liv ing (G)in a pas time (Cm)par a dise.
They’ve been wast ing most their time glor i (G)fy ing days long gone be hind.
They’ve been wast ing most their days in re (G)mem brance of ig norance old est praise.
Tell me (Ab)who of them will come to be?
How man (Ab)y of them are you and me?
Dis si pa tion,
of race re la tions;
con so la tion,
seg re ga tion.
Dis i pen sa tion of i so la tion, ex ploi ta tion, mu ti (G)la tion, mu ta tion, mis cre a tion, con fir ma tion to the e vils of the world.
They’ve been spend ing most their lives liv ing (G)in a fu ture (Cm)par a dise.
They’ve been spend ing most their lives liv ing (G)in a fu ture (Cm)par a dise.
They’ve been look ing in their minds for the (G)day that sor rows lost from time.
They keep tell ing of the day when the (G)Sav iour of love will come to stay.
Tell me (Ab)who of them will come to be?
How man (Ab)y of them are you and me?
Proc la ma tion
of race re la tions;
con so la tion,
in te gra tion.
Ver i fi ca tion of rev el a tion, ac cla ma tion, world sal (G)va tion, vi bra tion, stim u la tion, con fir ma tion to the e vils of the world.
tion to peace of the world.
We’ve been spend ing too (Fm)much of our lives liv ing (G)in a pas time par a dise.
Let’s been start to too (Fm)liv ing our lives liv ing (G)for the fu ture par a dise.
This page shows “Pastime Paradise” 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 Ab at 80 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.