Superstition Chords

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Difficulty:	advanced
Tuning:	Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Key:	Ebm
Capo:	no capo

Author cLuMsY [a] 9,688.

8 contributors total, last edit on May 14, 2021

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Chords

Em7

C9b5

Bb9b5

A9sus4

B7#5

D/A

A/D

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...SUPERSTITION... by Stevie Wonder
------------------.................
 
*from 'Talking Book' (1972)*
 
 
*TUNE DOWN A HALF STEP*
 
(Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)
 
 
[Intro]
 
Eb|------------|
Bb|------------|
Gb|------------|
Db|------------|
Ab|-------5-7--|
Eb|--5h7-------|
 
    Em7
Eb|----------------------|-----------------------|
Bb|----------------------|--------------------8--|
Gb|----------------------|--------------------9--|
Db|----------5-----------|----------5---------9--|
Ab|----7-5-7------5---7--|------5-7------5----7--|
Eb|--0----------x---x----|--5-7--------x---x-----| (x4)
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
    Em7
Eb|----------------------|-----------------------|
Bb|----------------------|--------------------8--|
Gb|----------------------|--------------------9--|
Db|----------5-----------|----------5---------9--|
Ab|----7-5-7------5---7--|------5-7------5----7--|
Eb|--0----------x---x----|--5-7--------x---x-----|
 
(with Above Riff):
 
          Em7
Very superstitious, writing's on the wall.
Very superstitious, ladder's 'bout to fall.
Thirteen month old baby, broke the lookin' glass.
Seven years of bad luck; the good things in your past.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
           B7       C9b5
When you believe in things,
         B7         Bb9b5           A9sus4
That you don't understand, then you suffer.
B7#5                    Em7
 Superstition ain't the way.
 
 
[Interlude]
 
    Em7
Eb|----------------------|-----------------------|
Bb|----------------------|--------------------8--|
Gb|----------------------|--------------------9--|
Db|----------5-----------|----------5---------9--|
Ab|----7-5-7------5---7--|------5-7------5----7--|
Eb|--0----------x---x----|--5-7--------x---x-----|
 
    D/A   A/D   G     A   Em
Eb|--10----9-----7-----9---0--|
Bb|--10----10----8-----10--0--|
Gb|--11----9-----7-----9---0--|
Db|--------0-----5--0---------|
Ab|--0--------7------------7--|
Eb|-----7---------------------|
 
    Em7
Eb|----------------------|-----------------------|
Bb|----------------------|--------------------8--|
Gb|----------------------|--------------------9--|
Db|----------5-----------|----------5---------9--|
Ab|----7-5-7------5---7--|------5-7------5----7--|
Eb|--0----------x---x----|--5-7--------x---x-----|
 
    D/A   A/D   G     A   Em
Eb|--10----9-----7-----9---0--|
Bb|--10----10----8-----10--0--|
Gb|--11----9-----7-----9---0--|
Db|--------0-----5--0---------|
Ab|--0--------7------------7--|
Eb|-----7---------------------|
 
 
[Verse 2]
(with Verse Riff)
 
          Em7
Very superstitious, wash your face and hands.
Rid me of the problem, do all that you can.
Keep me in a daydream, keep me goin' strong.
You don't wanna save me, sad is my song.
 
 
[Chorus 2]
 
           B7       C9b5
When you believe in things,
         B7         Bb9b5           A9sus4
That you don't understand, then you suffer.
B7#5                    Em7
 Superstition ain't the way.
 
 
[Interlude]
 
    Em7
Eb|----------------------|-----------------------|
Bb|----------------------|--------------------8--|
Gb|----------------------|--------------------9--|
Db|----------5-----------|----------5---------9--|
Ab|----7-5-7------5---7--|------5-7------5----7--|
Eb|--0----------x---x----|--5-7--------x---x-----|
 
    D/A   A/D   G     A   Em
Eb|--10----9-----7-----9---0--|
Bb|--10----10----8-----10--0--|
Gb|--11----9-----7-----9---0--|
Db|--------0-----5--0---------|
Ab|--0--------7------------7--|
Eb|-----7---------------------|
 
    Em7
Eb|----------------------|-----------------------|
Bb|----------------------|--------------------8--|
Gb|----------------------|--------------------9--|
Db|----------5-----------|----------5---------9--|
Ab|----7-5-7------5---7--|------5-7------5----7--|
Eb|--0----------x---x----|--5-7--------x---x-----|
 
B7  C9  B7  Bb9b5  A9sus4  B7#5   Em7
 
    Em7
Eb|----------------------|-----------------------|
Bb|----------------------|--------------------8--|
Gb|----------------------|--------------------9--|
Db|----------5-----------|----------5---------9--|
Ab|----7-5-7------5---7--|------5-7------5----7--|
Eb|--0----------x---x----|--5-7--------x---x-----| (x2)
 
 
[Verse 3]
(with Verse Riff)
 
          Em7
Very superstitious, nothin' more to say.
Very superstitious; the Devil's on his way.
Thirteen month old baby, broke the lookin' glass,
Seven years of bad luck; the good things in your past.
 
 
[Chorus 3]
 
           B7       C9b5
When you believe in things,
         B7         Bb9b5           A9sus4
That you don't understand, then you suffer.
B7#5                    Em7
 Superstition ain't the way.
 
 
[Interlude]
 
    Em7
Eb|----------------------|-----------------------|
Bb|----------------------|--------------------8--|
Gb|----------------------|--------------------9--|
Db|----------5-----------|----------5---------9--|
Ab|----7-5-7------5---7--|------5-7------5----7--|
Eb|--0----------x---x----|--5-7--------x---x-----|
 
    D/A   A/D   G     A   Em
Eb|--10----9-----7-----9---0--|
Bb|--10----10----8-----10--0--|
Gb|--11----9-----7-----9---0--|
Db|--------0-----5--0---------|
Ab|--0--------7------------7--|
Eb|-----7---------------------|
 
    Em7
Eb|----------------------|-----------------------|
Bb|----------------------|--------------------8--|
Gb|----------------------|--------------------9--|
Db|----------5-----------|----------5---------9--|
Ab|----7-5-7------5---7--|------5-7------5----7--|
Eb|--0----------x---x----|--5-7--------x---x-----|
 
    D/A   A/D   G     A   Em
Eb|--10----9-----7-----9---0--|
Bb|--10----10----8-----10--0--|
Gb|--11----9-----7-----9---0--|
Db|--------0-----5--0---------|
Ab|--0--------7------------7--|
Eb|-----7---------------------|
 
    Em7
Eb|-----------------------|------------0------------|
Bb|--7--------8-----------|--7----------------------|
Gb|-----------------------|-------------------------|
Db|-----------5-----------|------------5------------|
Ab|----7-5-7------5----7--|-------5-7-------5----7--|
Eb|--0----------x----x----|--5-7----------x----x----| (x2)
 
    Em7
Eb|----------------------|-----------------------|
Bb|----------------------|--------------------8--|
Gb|----------------------|--------------------9--|
Db|----------5-----------|----------5---------9--|
Ab|----7-5-7------5---7--|------5-7------5----7--|
Eb|--0----------x---x----|--5-7--------x---x-----|
 
    D/A   A/D   G     A   Em
Eb|--10----9-----7-----9---0--|
Bb|--10----10----8-----10--0--|
Gb|--11----9-----7-----9---0--|
Db|--------0-----5--0---------|
Ab|--0--------7------------7--|
Eb|-----7---------------------|
 
    Em7
Eb|----------------------|-----------------------|
Bb|----------------------|--------------------8--|
Gb|----------------------|--------------------9--|
Db|----------5-----------|----------5---------9--|
Ab|----7-5-7------5---7--|------5-7------5----7--|
Eb|--0----------x---x----|--5-7--------x---x-----|
 
    D/A   A/D   G     A   Em
Eb|--10----9-----7-----9---0--|
Bb|--10----10----8-----10--0--|
Gb|--11----9-----7-----9---0--|
Db|--------0-----5--0---------|
Ab|--0--------7------------7--|
Eb|-----7---------------------|
 
 
[Outro]
 
    Em7
Eb|----------------------|-----------------------|
Bb|----------------------|--------------------8--|
Gb|----------------------|--------------------9--|
Db|----------5-----------|----------5---------9--|
Ab|----7-5-7------5---7--|------5-7------5----7--|
Eb|--0----------x---x----|--5-7--------x---x-----|
 
(Repeat to Fade)
 
 
*************************************
| x    dead note
*************************************
 
 
 
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2012 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)
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4 comments

Chart seems fine, but my band plays it in the original key of Eb. I don't have the luxury of detuning onstage. Wish somebody would make charts in the original key.

Never could play this on guitar but on ukulele it sounds great if you play it in Dm. Can do fingerplay for the base but it is more tenor.

Why are there two different sets of chord fingerings given, one set near the top and one set near the bottom?