There’s a great big world un der the sea, there’s a lot of crea tures (G)in it
and if you want to (D)vis it them you’d bet ter be a real ly good (G)swim mer.
The (D)oc to pus waves (F#7)all his arms when he (E7)sees his friend the whale,
the (D)an gel fish just (F#7)laughs and laughs as she (E7)tick les the lob ster’s tail.
La la (A)la la la la la la la, it’s a great big world.
La la la la la la la la la, it’s a great big world.
The (D)lit tle fish es (F#7)they all glide while the (E7)pi pi shells all (A)o pen (E)wide, the (D)sea grass sways from (F#7)side to side in the (E7)beau ti ful sea weed for est.
There’s a (A)great big world un der the sea, there’s a lot of crea tures (G)in it
and if you want to (D)vis it them you’d bet ter be a real ly good (G)swim mer.
(C)Count the col ours (C)you have seen, (A)red and blue and yel low and green, the (C)fun ni est fish I’ve (A)ev er seen was a (B)yel low sub mar ine.
La la (A)la la la la la la la, it’s a great big world.
The (D)mer maid sings her (F#7)mer maid (B7)song in the (E7)un der wa ter (A)jun gle, the (D)oc to pus and the (F#7)an gel fish and the (E7)lob ster and the whale all sing a long.
La la (A)la la la la la la la, it’s a great big world.
(A)la la la la la la la, it’s a great big world.
This page shows “Great Big World” by Boys Like Girls in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of A at 126 BPM, a slightly more challenging arrangement — practice each phrase slowly first.