What A Wonderful World

Words & Music by George David Weiss & George Douglas
Recorded by Louis Armstrong, 1967
Featured in the movie "Good Morning Viet Nam"


G      C        G      F          C
I see trees of green, red roses, too,

Dm7         Em       E7         Am7   
I see them bloom for me and for you,

       F             F# G           G7       C
And I think to myself,    "It's a wonderful world."


G      C         G    F         C
I see skies of blue, clouds of white,

     Dm7           Em            E7           Am7   
The bright blessed days and the dark sacred nights,

       F               F#  G                    C
And I think to myself,       "What a wonderful world."



Bridge:

     G                          C
The colors of the rainbow, so bright up in the sky,

     G                      C
Are also on the faces of people passin' by.

        Am             Em              Am         Em
I see friends shakin' hands, sayin',  "How do you do?"

 Am             Em      DM7  Am  G
They're really sayin',  "I love you."


G        C     G         F          C
I hear babies cry, and watch them grow;

         Dm7          Em        E7           Am7   
They'll learn so much more than I will ever know,

       F              F# G                     C
And I think to myself,    "It's a wonderful world."



(Instrumental Verse)


Repeat Bridge:

G      C       G          F         C
I hear babies cry, and watch them grow;

        Dm7           Em        E7           Am7   
They'll learn so much more than I will ever know,

       F               F#  G                   C    C/B  A7
And I think to myself,      "What a wonderful world."


Coda:

        F               F# G                          C
Yes, I think to myself,     "What a won - der - ful world."



 
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