(C7)I see (F)trees of green,
red ros es (Am)too;
I see them bloom
for me and you.
And I (Db)think to my self,
what a (C7)won der ful world.
I see (F)skies of blue
and clouds of (Am)white;
the bright bless ed (F)day,
the dark sa cred (Dm)night.
And I (Db)think to my self,
what a (C7)won der ful world.
The (Bb6)col ours of the rain bow,
so (F)pret ty in the sky,
are (Bb6)al so on the fac (C)es
of (F)peo ple go ing by.
I see (Dm)friends shak ing (C)hands,
say ing (F)“How do you do?”
They’re real ly (F#dim)say ing
(Gm7)“I love you.”
I hear (F)ba bies cry (Am)ing,
I watch them (Am)grow.
They’ll learn much (F)more
than I’ll ev er (Dm)know.
And I (Db)think to my self,
what a (C7)won der ful world.
Yes,
I (Gm7)think to my self,
what a won der ful (F)world.
Oh, yes.
This page shows “What A Wonderful World” by Louis Armstrong 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 Bb at 108 BPM, a slightly more challenging arrangement — practice each phrase slowly first.