Wonderful world, beautiful people chords

Jimmy Cliff

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Intro: D G   (x4) 


     D         G      D         G 
Yeah, Wonderful world, beautiful people 
D           G     D               G 
You and your girl, things could be pretty 
A 
But underneath this there is a secret 
           G      D C G G D C A A 
That nobody can reveal 

verse 1 

      D           F# 
Take a look at the world 
       G                  D 
And the state that it's in today 
                F# 
I am sure you'll agree 
            G                A 
We all could make it a better way 
        D            F# 
With our love, put together 
    G                       A   
Everybody learn to love each other 

Pre-Chorus 

          D           G 
Instead of fussing and fighting 
D             G 
Cheating, backbiting 
D    G          A 
Scandalizing and hating 


                    D         G      D         G 
Baby we could have a Wonderful world, beautiful people 
D           G     D               G 
You and your girl, things could be pretty 
A 
But underneath this there is a secret 
           G      D C G G D C A A 
That nobody can reveal 

verse 2 

        D              F# 
Man and woman, girl and boy 
      G                     D 
Let us try to give a helping hand 
                   F# 
This I know and I'm sure 
         G                       A 
That with love we all could understand 
           D                F# 
This is our world, can't you see? 
     G                        A 
Everybody wants to live and be free 

Pre-Chorus 

        D           G 
Instead of fussing and fighting 
D             G 
Cheating, backbiting 
D    G          A 
Scandalizing and hating 


                    D         G      D         G 
Yeah we could have a Wonderful world, beautiful people 
D           G     D               G 
You and your girl, things could be pretty 
A 
But underneath this there is a secret 
           G      D C G G D C A A 
That nobody can reveal 

                 D         G      D         G 
Talking about the Wonderful world, beautiful people 
D           G 
You and your girl, talking about you 
D              G 
Things could be pretty, talking about me 
D        G 
Wonderful world, talking about Nixon 
D        G 
Beautiful people, Harold Wilson 
D        G 
Wonderful world, power too 
D        G 
Beautiful people, and the Seagate...