Ideal World Chords

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Ideal World by Andrea Corr is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, Em7, A, Em, Bm, Bm7 and A7sus4. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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D                     G 
Jeanie marries when she's 21  
                   Em7                      G 
She has a baby one year on and every year  
            A                       D 
That's the way that life goes  
                      G 
Lost herself in domesticity  
                    Em7 
A chordA cleaning, feeding entity  
 G                    A            Em         A 
She can't recall what she was before  

A 
In an ideal world  
                             Em 
Kids would keep their rooms tidy  
           A 
An ideal world  
                      D     G     Em7 
He'd be home from his work on time  
G                           Em7 
And in the morning I could lie in  

( D ) 

D                                 G 
Johnny signs his share of autographs  
                            Em7 
For all the people he makes laugh  
     G                        A         D 
And he walks home to an empty flat  
                             G 
Does his best to fight this silence  
                  Em7 
Late night TV vicodens  
          G             A          Em      A 
He can't forget what he had before  

A 
In an ideal world  
                            Em 
She would still think I'm funny  
           A 
An ideal world  
chordEm7 
She'd be waiting in bed for me  
G                           Em7 
And in the morning we could lie in  
In an ideal world  
                   
( Bm      Bm7         Em7      A7sus4     A7sus4 ) 

D                             G  
Molly's sitting in a waiting room  
                             Em7 
The top doctor will see her soon  
      G                 A            D 
In the body nature gave her  
                          G 
Worried if she'll ever wake up  
                        Em7 
Wondering if she's better off  
            G        A             Em         A 
Why can't she be what she was before.  

A 
In an ideal world  
                             Em Em 
He would still think I'm pretty  
            A chordA 
An ideal world  

                   D    G     Em7 
He would only want bed with me  
G                              Em7 
And in the morning we could lie in  

A 
In an ideal world  
                    Em 
You could make a decision  
              A 
In an ideal world  
                   D     G    Em7 
You'd be making a home for me  
G                               Em7 
And in the morning we could lie in -  
G                           Em7           D 
Sunday mornings we could lie in. 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante