Chords for Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World (Original Spoken Intro Version) ABC Records 1967, 1970
Tempo:
114.8 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
[F] Some of you young folks been saying to me,
mean, what a [Bb] wonderful world?
[Bb] wars [G] all over the place?
And [Db] how about hunger and pollution?
They ain't so [F] wonderful either.
listen to old [Em] Pops for a minute?
it [Dm] ain't the world that's so bad,
doing to it.
mean, what a [Bb] wonderful world?
[Bb] wars [G] all over the place?
And [Db] how about hunger and pollution?
They ain't so [F] wonderful either.
listen to old [Em] Pops for a minute?
it [Dm] ain't the world that's so bad,
doing to it.
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[F] _ _ _ Some of you young folks been saying to me,
hey, [Bb] Pops, [F] what you mean, what a [Bb] wonderful world?
[C] _ How about all them [Bb] wars [G] all over the place?
[A] _ You call them [Am] wonderful?
And [Db] how about hunger and pollution?
[Bbm] _
They ain't so [F] wonderful either.
_ _ [Bb] But how about listen to old [Em] Pops for a minute?
_ [C] Seems to me it [Dm] ain't the world that's so bad,
[Gm] [Dm] but what we are doing to it.
And [F] all I'm saying is, see what a wonderful [Dm] world
_ it would be if only we'd give it a [Bb] chance.
_ [C] _ _ Love, baby, [Bb] love.
[G] _ [A] That's the secret.
[Am] _ _
[Dm] Yeah.
[Db] _ _ _ [Bbm] If lots more of us loved each other,
[Bb] we'd solve lots [C] more problems.
_ [Db] And then _ [Gb] this world would be [F] a desert. _ _
_ That's what old Pops keeps saying. _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ I [F] see trees of [Am] green, _ _ [Bb] _ red [Am] roses too.
[Gm] _ I see them [F] bloom [A] for me [Dm] and you.
_ [Db] And I think to myself, _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[C] what a wonderful [F] world.
_ [B] _ _
[A] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ I [F] see skies of [Am] blue [Bb] and _ [Am] clouds of white.
_ [Gm] The bright [F] blessed day, [A] the dark [Dm] sacred night.
_ [Db] And I [Eb] think to [Db] myself, _ _
[Bb] _ _ [C] what a wonderful [F] _
world.
[Gm] The _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Bb] colors of the [C] rainbow, _ [Am] so pretty in the [F] sky, _
[Gm] are also on the [C] faces _ [F] of people going by.
_ [Dm] I see friends shaking [C] hands, _ [Dm] saying, how do [C] you do?
_ _ [Dm] _ [Eb] They're really saying, _
[Gm] I love [C] you.
If [F] _
babies cry, [Am] _ _ _ [Bb] I watch [Am] them grow.
_ [Gm] _ They'll [F] learn much more _ [A] than I'll [Dm] ever know.
[Db] And I think to myself, _ _ [Gm] _
_ [C] what a wonderful [F] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ world it _ is.
[Gm] I think to myself, _
_ [C] _ _ _ what a wonderful world. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Ooh, yeah. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
hey, [Bb] Pops, [F] what you mean, what a [Bb] wonderful world?
[C] _ How about all them [Bb] wars [G] all over the place?
[A] _ You call them [Am] wonderful?
And [Db] how about hunger and pollution?
[Bbm] _
They ain't so [F] wonderful either.
_ _ [Bb] But how about listen to old [Em] Pops for a minute?
_ [C] Seems to me it [Dm] ain't the world that's so bad,
[Gm] [Dm] but what we are doing to it.
And [F] all I'm saying is, see what a wonderful [Dm] world
_ it would be if only we'd give it a [Bb] chance.
_ [C] _ _ Love, baby, [Bb] love.
[G] _ [A] That's the secret.
[Am] _ _
[Dm] Yeah.
[Db] _ _ _ [Bbm] If lots more of us loved each other,
[Bb] we'd solve lots [C] more problems.
_ [Db] And then _ [Gb] this world would be [F] a desert. _ _
_ That's what old Pops keeps saying. _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ I [F] see trees of [Am] green, _ _ [Bb] _ red [Am] roses too.
[Gm] _ I see them [F] bloom [A] for me [Dm] and you.
_ [Db] And I think to myself, _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[C] what a wonderful [F] world.
_ [B] _ _
[A] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ I [F] see skies of [Am] blue [Bb] and _ [Am] clouds of white.
_ [Gm] The bright [F] blessed day, [A] the dark [Dm] sacred night.
_ [Db] And I [Eb] think to [Db] myself, _ _
[Bb] _ _ [C] what a wonderful [F] _
world.
[Gm] The _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Bb] colors of the [C] rainbow, _ [Am] so pretty in the [F] sky, _
[Gm] are also on the [C] faces _ [F] of people going by.
_ [Dm] I see friends shaking [C] hands, _ [Dm] saying, how do [C] you do?
_ _ [Dm] _ [Eb] They're really saying, _
[Gm] I love [C] you.
If [F] _
babies cry, [Am] _ _ _ [Bb] I watch [Am] them grow.
_ [Gm] _ They'll [F] learn much more _ [A] than I'll [Dm] ever know.
[Db] And I think to myself, _ _ [Gm] _
_ [C] what a wonderful [F] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ world it _ is.
[Gm] I think to myself, _
_ [C] _ _ _ what a wonderful world. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Ooh, yeah. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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