La la la la la la la la la la
la la (Cmaj7)la la la la la la la
la la (Dm)la la la la la la la (E)la la.
2. You 1. Now that I’ve a lost of ev ’ry thing to you
you say you (Cmaj7)wan na start some thing new
be and cause it’s break ing my heart see you’re (E)leav ing.
Ba by I’m griev in’!
But if you want to (D7)leave take good (G)care, hope you have a (Cmaj7)lot of nice things to wear
but then a lot of nice a things of turn (G7)bad out there
Oh (G)ba by, ba by it’s a (F)wild world.
It’s hard to get by just up on a (C)smile.
Oh, (G)ba by, ba by it’s a (F)wild world.
I’ll al ways re mem ber you like a (E)child, girl.
2. You know I’ve seen a lot of what the world can do
you and it’s (Cmaj7)break ing my heart in two
be and cause I nev er want to see you (E)sad, girl.
Don’t be a bad girl.
But if you want to (D7)leave take good (G)care, hope you make a (Cmaj7)lot of nice friends out there
but just re mem ber there’s a lot of bad (G7)and be ware
Oh (G)ba by, ba by it’s a (F)wild world.
It’s hard to get by just up on a (C)smile.
Oh, (G)ba by, ba by it’s a (F)wild world.
I’ll al ways re mem ber you like a (E)child, girl.
(C)child, girl.
Ba by I love you,
but if you want to (D7)leave take good (G)care, hope you make a (C)lot of nice friends out (F)there.
But just re (Dm)mem ber there’s a lot of bad (E)and be (G7)ware.
(C)child, girl.
This page shows “Wild World” by Cat Stevens 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 C at 72 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.