Ain’t got a soap box I can (Dm)stand up on,
God gave me a stage, a gui tar and a (C)song.
My (F)dad dy told me, “Son, don’t you (Dm)get in volved in (Bb)pol i tics, re lig ions, oth er peo ple’s quar (C)rels.”
I’ll paint the pic ture, (Bb)let me (C)set the (F)scene.
I know when I have chil dren (Bb)they will (C)know what it (F)means.
And I’ll pass on these things my (Bb)fam ’ly’s (C)giv en to (F)me.
Just (Bb)love and un der stand ing, (Bb)pos i (Csus)tiv i ty.
We could (F)change the whole world with a (Dm)pi a no.
Add a bass, some gui tar, grab a beat and a (C)way we (F)go.
I’m just a boy with a (Dm)one man show.
No u ni ver si ty.
No de gree but (C)Lord knows (F)ev ’ry bod y’s talk in’ ’bout ex (Dm)po nen tial growth and the (Bb)stock mar ket crash in’ in their port fo li (C)os, while (F)I’ll be sit tin’ here with a (Dm)song that I wrote.
Sing, (Bb)love can change the world in a mo ment, (C)but what do I know?
(F)Mmm,
(Bb)love can change the world in a mo ment, (C)but what do I know?
(F)Mmm,
(Bb)love can change the world in a mo ment.
The Ain’t got a soap box I can (Dm)stand up on, God gave me a stage, a gui tar and a (C)song.
My (F)dad dy told me, “Son, don’t you (Dm)get in volved in (Bb)pol i tics, re lig ions, oth er peo ple’s quar (C)rels.”
I’ll paint the pic ture, (Bb)let me (C)set the (F)scene.
I know when I have chil dren (Bb)they will (C)know what it (F)means.
And I’ll pass on these things my (Bb)fam ’ly’s (C)giv en to (F)me.
Just (Bb)love and un der stand ing, (Bb)pos i (Csus)tiv i ty.
We could (F)change the whole world with a (Dm)pi a no.
Add a bass, some gui tar, grab a beat and a (C)way we (F)go.
I’m just a boy with a (Dm)one man show.
No u ni ver si ty.
No de gree but (C)Lord knows (F)ev ’ry bod y’s talk in’ ’bout ex (Dm)po nen tial growth and the (Bb)stock mar ket crash in’ in their port fo li (C)os, while (F)I’ll be sit tin’ here with a (Dm)song that I wrote.
Sing, (Bb)love can change the world in a mo ment, (C)but what do I know?
(F)Mmm,
(Bb)love can change the world in a mo ment, (C)but what do I know?
(F)Mmm,
(Bb)love can change the world in a mo ment.
The mo ment.
I’ll paint the pic ture, (Bb)let me (C)set the (F)scene.
You know the fu ture’s in the (Bb)hands of (C)you and (F)me.
So let’s all get to geth er, (Bb)we can (C)all be (F)free.
Spread (Bb)love and un der stand ing, pos i (Csus)tiv i ty.
We could mo ment, (CN.C.)but what do I know?
This page shows “What Do I Know?” by Ed Sheeran 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 100 BPM, a comfortable easy-level arrangement perfect for first-time learners.