What the World Needs Now is Love Chords
What the World Needs Now is Love by Burt Bacharach is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Fm. It uses the chords Fm7, Bbm7, F, Ab, C, Eb, Bb, Db, Gb6, Ab6, Gb6/Ab, F7sus4, F7, Bbm9, Abm7, Db7, Gbmaj9, Gbmaj7, Eb7, Ebm7/Ab, D, Em7/A, F#m7, Bm7, G6, A6, G6/A, Em9, A13 and Dadd9. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: (piano w/horn and bass:)
Fm7 Bbm7 Fm7 Bbm7 Fm7: F-Ab-C-Eb Bbm7: F-Ab-Bb-Db
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Chorus:
Fm7 Bbm7 Fm7 Bbm7
What the world needs now is love, sweet love
Gb6 Ab6 Gb6/Ab
It's the only thing that there's just too little of
Fm7 Bbm7 Fm7 Bbm7
What the world needs now is love, sweet love
Gb6 F7sus4 F7
No not just for some but for everyone
Verse 1:
Bbm9
Lord, we don't need another mountain
Abm7 Db7 Gbmaj9 Gb6
There are mountains and hillsides enough to climb
Abm7 Db7 Gbmaj7
There are oceans and rivers enough to cross
Bbm7 Eb7 Ebm7/Ab
Enough to last till the end of time
repeat chorus
Verse 2:
Lord, we don't need another meadow
There are cornfields and wheat fields enough to grow
There are sunbeams and moonbeams enough to shine
Oh listen, Lord, if you want to know
key changes to D
Em7/A
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Chorus 3:
F#m7 Bm7 F#m7 Bm7
What the world needs now is love, sweet love
G6 A6 G6/A
It's the only thing that there's just too little of
F#m7 Bm7 F#m7 Bm7
What the world needs now is love, sweet love,
G6 F#m7 Bm7 Em9 A13 N.C.
No, not just for some, oh but just for every, every
D Dadd9 D
Everyone
Coda:
(piano w/horn and bass):
F#m7 Bm7 F#m7 Bm7
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F#m7 Bm7 F#m7 Bm7
(What the world needs now is love, sweet love)
Whoa-oa is love
F#m7 Bm7 F#m7 Bm7
(What the world needs now is love, sweet love)
Whoa-oa is love
orchestra enters
F#m7 Bm7 F#m7 Bm7 N.C.
(What the world needs now is love, sweet love)
(piano, horn, bass, drums):
F#m7 Bm7 F#m7 Bm7 repeat to fade