Got a pack age full of wish es:
a (C)time ma chine, and mag ic wand, a (C)globe made out of gold.
No in struc tions or com mand ments,
(F)laws of grav i ty or in de (C)ci sions to up hold.
(Am)Print ed on the box I see (Fmaj7)Ac me’s Build a World to be.
(Ab)Take a chance, grab a piece, (Bb)help me to be lieve it.
What kind of (Cmaj7)world do you want?
Think an y thing.
Let’s (Cmaj7)start at the start, build a mas ter piece.
Be care ful what you wish for.
His t’ry starts (C)now.
Should there be peo ple or peo (F)ples?
Mon ey, fun ny ped es tals for (C)fools who nev er pay.
Raise your ar my, choose your stee ple.
Don’t be shy, the (Fm)sat el lites can (C)look the oth er way.
(Am)Lose the earth quakes, keep the faults, (Fmaj7)fill the o ceans with out the salt.
Let (Ab)ev ’ry man own his own hand.
Can you dig it, ba by?
What kind of (Cmaj7)world do you want?
Think an y thing.
Let’s (Cmaj7)start at the start, build a mas ter piece.
Be care ful what you wish for.
His t’ry starts (F)now.
Sun light’s (C)on the bridge,
sun light’s on the way.
To mor row’s call in’ there’s more (C)to this than (C)love.
What kind of world do you want?
What kind of world do you want?
What kind of (Cmaj7)world do you want?
Think an y thing.
Let’s (Cmaj7)start at the start, build a mas ter piece,
yeah.
His t’ry starts (Cmaj7)now,
starts (Cmaj7)now.
Be care ful what you wish for.
Start (C)now,
(C)now.
This page shows “World” by Five For Fighting 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 80 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.