You know Now I’ve that seen I’ve a lot lost of what ev the ’ry thing to you,
you say you (Cmaj7)wan na start some thing new,
be and 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 (E)bad out (G7)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 (C)child, girl.
You know Now I’ve that seen I’ve a lot lost of what ev the ’ry world can do;
you and it’s (Cmaj7)break ing my heart in two,
be 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, (E)and be (G7)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 (C)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 74 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.