Wonder Tab

Wonder - Natalie Merchant
 
Transcribed by Kyle B.
 
Give ya the chords first - tab comes after
 
Intro
Db   Ab  Bbm   Ab   Gb
 
Verse 1
	Db      Ab  Bbm   Ab   Gb (Same chords over & over)
	Doctors have come from distant cities
	just to see me stand over my bed
	disbelieving what they're seeing
 
Chorus:
	they say I must be one of the wonders
             of God's own creation
	and as far as they can see they can offer
             no explanation
 
Verse 2 : same pattern of chords
           newspapers ask intimate questions
           want confessions they reach into my head
           to steal the glory of my story
 
Chorus
 
Bridge:
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	I believe
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	Fate smiled and destiny
 
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        laughed as she came to my cradle
	"know this child will be able"
	laughed as my body she lifted
	"know this child will be gifted
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	with love, with patience and with faith,
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	she'll make her way"
 
verse 3 (just like verses 1 & 2)
 
           people see me I'm a challenge to your balance,
	   I'm over your heads how I confound you and astound you
           to know I must be one the wonders of...(Chorus)
 
bridge (just like the 1st one)
 
          I believe fate smiled & destiny
          laughed as she came to my cradle
          "know this child will be able"
          laughed as she came to my mother
          "know this child will not suffer"
          laughed as my body she lifted
          "know this child will be gifted
          with love, with patience and with faith
          she'll make her way...she'll make her way
 
 
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--9--------------------|--------------------9----------|6----6-h-9------|
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---6-h-8------6---8b10r8-6--|-------6---------------------------------|
----------------------------|6-h-8-----ringing, repeat several times--|
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--6--8--6-----|-6v--------------------------8-------------|------------|
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               Doctors have come
               from distant cities
               Just to see me...
 
                                              Db  play slow arpeggios
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-----------------------6-h-7-p-6------6-----|---9---------7-----------|
-----------------------------------8-----6--|---6---------6-----------|
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Stand up over my bed            They say      I must be one blah blah blah
Disbelieving
What they see
 
 
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                       Newspapers ask intimate questions
				Of confessions
 
 
                        Hold 9's with 4th finger, let ring
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------------------------9-----9-------9-----9----9---9----9----9----------6-|
--6-h-7-----6-h-7-h-9------9-------------9---------9--------9-----------7---|
---------8-------------------------5---------------------------------6------|
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			     Reach into my head to steal the glory of my story
 
                                              Db   chunk these sorta
--------------------------------------------|-----9------9------9------9--------|
-----------------------6-h-7-p-6------6-----|-----9------9------9------9--------|
-----------------------------------8-----6--|---6-----5-------------------------|
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                       They say    I must be one blah blah blah     God's own
                                                                    creation
 
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----6-h-8--8--6---8---6------repeat--|same as 'chunk these'
----6-h-8--8--6---8------------------|
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                                 and as far as they can see they can offer
                                 no explanation
 
 
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----6-h-8--8--6---8---6------6-h-8--8--6----------|
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                          oooo                     I believe
 
 
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    fate smiled  at  destiny
 
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laughed as she came to my cradle
 
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"know this child will be able"
 
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-------------------------6v--------------------------6--8--6-8b10v-----|
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laughed as my                   Know this child
body she lifted                 will be gifted
 
 
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with love, with patience and with faith
 
 
almost just like at the beginning
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--------------------9----------|6----6-h-9------|
-----6h8--6-8-b-10-----10-r-8--|----------------|
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--6-h-9-p-6---------|------------------------------------|--------------|
-------------6-h-8v-|----------------------6-----8-b-10v-|---------6----|
--------------------|-6h8----6h8------6h8-----8----------|-6-h-8--------|
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She'll make her way                             She'll make her waaay
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--6-----8---6--8--8-b-10-----10--------------------------|-------------|
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                                         she'll make her waaay
 
                                     ringing, as before
--9b11-b11-b11-6h9----------------|---------9------------9------------|
-----------------------9--6-------|------9-----------9----------------|
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                                     people see me
 
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------9------------9--------------------7-------------------------------|
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I'm a challenge                 to your balance,
 
 
(Keep repeating all through this...)
	   I'm over your heads how I confound you and astound you
           to know I must be one the wonders of...(Chorus)
 
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----6-h-8--8--6---8---6------repeat--|and then more ringing
----6-h-8--8--6---8------------------|
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                                 and as far as they can see they can offer
                                 no explanation
 
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                          oooo                     I believe
 
and more of the same as before....
 
          I believe fate smiled & destiny
          laughed as she came to my cradle
          "know this child will be able"
          laughed as she came to my mother
          "know this child will not suffer"
 
Then comes this!  (Very cool)
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laughed as my body she     lifted
 
 
--6---6--6---6----6----------9---9---9----9---9---------------11--11--|11
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"know this child will be   gifted                          with love,
 
 
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with patience and with faith                   she'll make her way...
 
she'll make her way
 
 
...Jam it out until it ends - nothing special here so I didn't bother figuring it out.
 
It's pretty close - so much is just "feel" that it's hard to transcribe
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