Chords for Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World (Original Spoken Intro Version) ABC Records 1967, 1970

Tempo:
114.8 bpm
Chords used:

F

Bb

C

Gm

Dm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World (Original Spoken Intro Version) ABC Records 1967, 1970 chords
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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.
Key:  
F
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Bb
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C
3211
Gm
123111113
Dm
2311
F
134211111
Bb
12341111
C
3211
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To jam and learn the simple chords for Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World chords, practice playing Bb, Am, Bb, Am, Gm, F, Gm, C, F, Bb and C in sequence. A strategic approach would be to train at 57 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 115. Configure the capo to your vocal range and chord preference, remembering the key of F Major.

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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. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Facts about this song

This song was authored by Bob Thiele and George David Weiss.

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