How To Play "I Just Called To Say I Love You" (Stevie Wonder) on Acoustic Guitar (Tutorial)
I Just Called To Say I Love You [Intro]| C | C Cmaj7/G | C | C* C Cmaj7/G C No New Year`s day, to cele - brate, Cmaj7/G C Dm No chocolate covered candy hearts to give away. DmM7 Dm DmM7 Dm7 No first of spri-ing, no song to sing, DmM7 Dm Gsus4 G C C* In fact here`s just another ordi- nary day. C Cmaj7/G C No April rain, no flowers bloom, Cmaj7/G C Dm No wedding Saturday within the month of June. DmM7 Dm DmM7 Dm7 But what it i- is, is something true, DmM7 Dm Gsus4 G C C* Made up of these three words that I must say to you. Dm G C C I just called to say I love you, Dm G Am Am I just called to say how much I care. Dm G Am Am I just called to say I love you, Dm7 Gsus4 G C C* And I mean it from the bottom of my heart. C Cmaj7/G C No summer`s high, no warm July, Cmaj7/G C Dm No harvest moon to light one tender August night. DmM7 Dm DmM7 Dm7 No autumn breeze, no falling leaves, DmM7 Dm Gsus4 G C C* Not even time for birds to fly to southern skies. C Cmaj7/G C No Libra Sun, no Hallo - ween, Cmaj7/G C Dm No giving thanks to all the Christmas joy you bring. DmM7 Dm DmM7 Dm7 But what it i-i-i-is, though old, so new. DmM7 Dm Dm7 Gsus4 G C C* To fill your heart like no three words could ever do. [Chorus] (key change) Ebm Ab Db Db I just called to say I love you. Ebm Ab Bbm Bbm I just called to say how much I ca-a-are, I do. Ebm Ab Bbm Bbm I just called to say I love you. Ebm Absus4 Ab Db And I mean it from the bottom of my heart. [Chorus] (another key change) Em A D D I just called to say I love you. Em A Bm Bm I just called to say how much I care. Em A Bm Bm I just called to say I love you. Em Asus4 A D And I mean it from the bottom of my heart. Bb C C | D | % | % | D D D D Of my heart, of my heart. ******************************************** "I Just Called to Say I Love You" is a ballad written, produced, and performed by American R&B singer and songwriter Stevie Wonder. It was a major international hit, and remains Wonder's best-selling single to date, having topped a record 19 charts. The song was the lead single from the 1984 soundtrack album The Woman in Red, along with two other songs by Wonder, and scored number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks from October 13 to October 27, 1984. It also became his tenth number-one on the R&B chart, and his fourth on the adult contemporary chart; it spent three weeks at the top of both charts, and for the same weeks as on the Hot 100. The song also became Wonder's only solo UK number-one success, staying at the top for six weeks, in the process also becoming Motown Records' biggest-selling single in the UK, a distinction it still held as of 2018. In addition, the song won both a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Original Song. The song also received three nominations at the 27th Grammy Awards for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Instrumental Performance.
