What A Wonderful World Chords

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What A Wonderful World by Nina Simone is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Em7, Am7, D7/9-, C, F, Dm7, Em, E7, F#, G7, Am, D7M, C/B and A7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G
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16
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Introdução: G Em7 Am7 D7/9- G Em7 Am7 D7/9- 

G      C        G      F    
I see trees of green  
         C             
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 
     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      D7M  Am  G  
They're really sayin',  "I love you"  
           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" 
Interlude: G C G F C Dm7 Em E7 Am7 F F# G G7 C G C G F C Dm7 Em E7 Am7 F F# G C   
     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      D7M  Am  G   
They're really sayin',  "I love you"  
          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 
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" 
        F               F# G                       C 
Yes, I think to myself,  "What a wonderful world" 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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

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100 BPM Andante