E G#7 A Am E A7 E B7
[First Verse]
E G#7 A Am
I'll just sit here up against this old tree
E A7 E B7
Just watch the day roll by
E G#7 A Am
I've done the rat-race, I've played my last days
E A7 E B7
I just want to sit here, in this place
[First Chorus]
E G#7 A Am
With the sun on my face, yeah the sun on my face,
E A7 E B7
Won't you shine, a little sun on my face
[Second Verse - same chord progression]
E G#7 A Am
Now way up north, the winter comes, and the winter blows
E A7 E B7
But down here it's always summertime
E G#7 A Am
And I don't think, I'm gonna ever move again
E A7 E B7
Stayin' right here, with my very best friend
[Second Chorus]
E G#7 A Am
Yeah the sun on my face, oh the sun on my face
E A7 E B7
Won't you shine a little sun on my face
E G#7 A Am
Yeah the sun on my face, oh the sun on my face
E A7 E B7
Wont you shine.....
[Instrumental moves to 4/4 time]
E G#7 C#m7 Cm7 Bm7 A Am E B7 E A7 E B7
[Third Verse back to 6/8 time]
E G#7 A Am
I've loved womens, and womens have loved me
E A7 E B7
But all things must pass
E G#7 A Am
The years have come and gone, and maybe I've just found
E A7 E B7
my own little piece of heavenly land
[Final Chorus]
E G#7 A Am
Yeah the sun on my face, oh the sun on my face
E A7 E B7
Won't you shine a little sun on my face
E G#7 A Am
Yeah the sun on my face, oh the sun on my face
E A7 E B7
Wont you shine.....
E G#7 A Am
Yeah the sun on my face, oh the sun on my face
E A7 E
Won't you shine a little sun on my face
[ok here are some tabs for some simple hammers and slides to add to the song - have a listen to the original
and add more, or make up your own...have fun!]
h = hammer on
p = pull off
~ = trill
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
E|--0---------|------------|--5---5-5-5-| 0--0---0----|--0---------|2/3-2-0-0-0-|------------|------------|
B|------------|------------|------------|------------|----------0-| 0---0-0-2-0-|------------|------------|
G|0h1---------|------4h5~~~| 5h6---6-6p5-|6\44\2-0----|0h1-----1---|------------|0h1----1----|------------|
D|2-----------|------------| 7-----------|---------2p0|2-----2-----|------------|2------2----|------------|
A|------------|----6-------|------------|------------|------------|------------|---------0-1| 2-----------|
E|0---0---2-3-| 4-----------|5---5-------|------------|0---0-------|------------|0---0-------|------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|---0--0-0-0-|------------| 2/3-2-0-0-0-|------------|------------|
B|------------|------------| 2-----2---1-|------------|------------|0---0-0-2-0-|------------|------------|
G|------0h1---|------4h5---| 2-----2---2-|---2/42-0---|0h1---1-----|------------|0h1----1--2-|----------0-|
D|------2-----|------4-----| 2-----2---2-|----------2-|2-------2---|------------|2------2--1-|-----0-h1---|
A|------------|------6---6-| 0---0---0---|0-----------|----------2-|------------|----------2-|2--0h2------|
E|0---0---2-3-|4---4---4---|------------|------------|0---0-------|------------|0---0-------|------------|