I'm Sitting On Top Of The World

Words & Music by Sam Lewis, Joseph Young & Ray Henderson, 1926
Recorded by Les Paul & Mary Ford, 1953


A7  D          G   Em7     D      F#m7  Bm7
I'm sitting on top of the world, 

     Bm7-5     E7  Bm7-5 A7      Gdim      D    Cdim Em7 A7
Just rolling along,         just rolling along. 

A7    D           G   Em7      D     F#m7  Bm7
I'm quitting the blues of the world, 

     Bm7-5      E7  Bm7-5 A7      Gdim      D     G   D   DM7
Just singing a song,         just singing a song. 



Bridge:

        D7         G      G/F#        Em       Em6
Glory, hallelujah, I just phoned the parson, 

      G        Em7        D    F#m7
"Hey, Par, get ready to call!" 

E7        Bm7-5   E7    Cdim     A7    G/B A7   A7+5
Just like humpty dumpty,     I'm ready to  fall. 



A7  D          G   Em7     D      F#m7  Bm7
I'm sitting on top of the world, 

     Bm7-5     E7  Bm7-5 A7      Gdim      D    Cdim Em7 A7
Just rolling along,         just rolling along. 

A7    D           G   Em7      D     F#m7  Bm7
I'm quitting the blues of the world, 

     Bm7-5      E7  Bm7-5 A7      Gdim      D     G/B   D
Just singing a song,         just singing a song.

The lyric and guitar chord transcriptions on this site are the work of The Guitarguy and are intended for private study, research, or educational purposes only. Individual transcriptions are inspired by and and based upon the recorded versions cited, but are not necessarily exact replications of those recorded versions.