...SUN IS SHINING... by Bob Marley
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*from 'Kaya' (1978)*


[Intro]

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[Verse 1]

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(with *Riff 1):

(
 Sun is shinin

g, the weather

 is sweet.
Make you wanna move, your dancing feet.

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(with *Riff 2):

      (
To the rescue;

 here I am,
Want to know y'all, where I stand.


[Verse 2]

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7-7--|
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(with *Riff 2):

(
 Monday mornin

g; here I am,
Want to know just if you can, where I stand.


[Verse 3]

(with *Riff 1):

(
 (Wednesday mo

rning), tell m

yself a new da

y is rising.
(Thursday evening), get on the rise and a new day is dawning.

(with *Riff 2):

(
 (Friday morni

ng), here I am

,
(Saturday evening), want you to know just,
Want you to know just where I stand.


[Verse 4]

(with *Riff 1):

(
 When the morn

in', gather th

e rainbow, yea

h, yeah,
Want you to know; I'm a rainbow too.

(with *Riff 2):

          (
So, to the res

)
cue; here I am

,
Want to know just if you can, where I stand.


[Verse 5]

*(Riff 1):

       
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7-7--|
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8-8--|
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(with *Riff 2):

(
 We lift our h

eads and give 

Jah praises.
We lift our heads and give Jah praises, yeah.


[Verse 6]

(with *Riff 1):

(
 (Sun is shini

ng; the weathe

r is sweetm no

w.
Make you wanna move, your dancing feet).

(with *Riff 2):

      (
To the rescue;

 here I am,
Want you to know just if you can where I stand,
Now, now, now, where I stand.


[Verse 7]

(with *Riff 1):

(
 Monday mornin

g; scoo-be-doo

p-scoop-scoop.
Tuesday evenin); scoo-be-doop-scoop-scoop.

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(
 Wednesday mor

ning; scoo-be-

doop-scoop-sco

op.
Thursday evening; scoo-be-doop-scoop-scoop.

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(
 Friday mornin

g; scoo-be-doo

p-scoop-scoop.
Saturday evening; scoo-be-doop-scoop-scoop. So...

(with *Riff 2):

      (
To the rescue,

 to the rescue

, to the rescu

e.
Alright and now, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow.


[Verse 8]

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7-7--|
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(with *Riff 2):

(
 Awake from yo

ur sleep and s

lumber,
Today could bring your lucky number.


[Coda]

(with *Riff 1):

(
 Sun is shinin

g and the weat

her is sweet.
Sun is shining and the weather is sweet.
Sun is shining and the weather is sweet.
Sun is shining and the weather is sweet.

(Repeat to Fade)


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