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Overjoyed

Overjoyed, written and performed by Stevie Wonder, was featured on the album In Square Circle released in 1985. Wonder began composing the song in 1979, and its lyrics address the hope and determination to make an impossible love come to life, emphasizing the power of dreams and imagination.

Key: Eb

Introduction:  Db   C7   Cb7M   C7   Db6   C7   Cb7M   Bb  

       D#              Cm7                    Fm7   A#7 
Over time, I' ve been building my castle of love
       D#                  Cm7                     F/A    G/B 
Just for two, though you never knew you were my rea - son
       C                        G/B 
I&rsquo ve gone much too far - for you now to say
      Gm/C          F          A# 
That I' ve got to throw - my castle away
 A#      D#              Cm7                       Fm7   A#7 
Over dreams, I have picked out a perfect come true
            D#          Cm7                       F/A    G/B 
Though you never knew it was of you I' ve been drea - ming
     C                       G 
The sandman has come from too far away
      Cm          F          A# 
For you to say come back some other day

                      G#7M 
And though you don' t believe that they do
 D#/G 
They do come true
 Fm7          A# 
For did my dreams
                C#            C 
Come true when I looked at you
                   A#7M 
And maybe too, if you would believe
 F9/A           A#/G# 
You too might be
      Fm7         Ab/Bb   A#      C#   C7    B7M  C7    C#6   C7    B7M  A# 
Overjoyed, over loved, over  me

      D#               Cm7                     Fm7   A#7 
Over hearts, I have painfully turned every stone
          D#            Cm7                          F/A    G/B 
Just to find, I had found what I' ve searched to disco - ver
       C                     G/B 
I' ve come much too far for me now to find
      Cm            F          A# 
The love that I sought can never be mine

                        G#7M 
And though you don' t believe that they do
 D#/G 
They do come true
 Fm7          A# 
For did my dreams
                C#            C 
Come true when I looked at you
                    A#7M 
can make it true if you would believe
 F9/A           A#/G# 
You too might be
      Fm/G#       Fm7/A#       Gm/C   C 
Overjoyed, over loved, over me

                         A#7M 
And though the odds say improbable
 F/A 
What do they know
 Gm7       C 
For in romance
               D#           D 
All true love needs is a chance
                   C7M            C6 
And maybe with a chance you will find
  G9/B         C/A# 
You too like I
       Gm7          Gm/C        F 
Overjoyed, over loved, over you
 C#   B7    A#     D# 
         over you