Intro Verse 1
 
      F        Gm7        F        Gm7 
Merry month of May, sunny skies of blue 
            F/A    Fmaj7/A      Fdim/Ab   E/Ab 
clouds have rolled away and the sun peeps through 
         C7   D#dim7   C7/E          F             D#dim7  C7 
may express                     happiness 
 
Intro Verse 2
 
F             Gm7       F        Gm7 
Joy you may define in a thousand ways 
      F/A       Fmaj7/A      Fdim/Ab     E/Ab 
but a case like mine needs a special     phrase 
     C7   D#dim7  C7/E          Gm7     C7 
to reveal,              how  I  feel 
 
Verse 1
 
             F6         D7      Gm7          Bbm6/Db 
I've got the world on a string, sitting on a rainbow 
F/C     E7/B   Gm7b5/Bb       D9/A      Db9/Ab 
got the string around      my fin       ger 
Gm7      C7  Fdim7/Ab  C7/G       Gm9/C    C13    F6      C7 
  What a world, what a life,            I'm  in   love 
 
Verse 2
           F6          D7    Gm7            Bbm6/Db 
I've got a song that I sing, I can make the rain go 
F/C     E7/B   Gm7b5/Bb   D9/A      Db9/Ab 
     anytime I move my    fin       ger 
Gm7       C7  Fdim7/Ab C7/G           Gm9/C  C13   F       Abm/Eb  Abm/Db 
    Lucky me,               can't you see I'm in   love. 
 
Chorus
 
F/C                 A9        D6 
Life is a beautiful thing          As long as I hold the string 
                      G7        G7#5                      Bbmaj7/D    Db9     C7 
I'd be a silly so and so          if I should ever let it go 
 
Verse 3
 
             F6         D7      Gm7          Bbm6/Db 
I've got the world on a string, sitting on a rainbow 
F/C     F                G6    G#5 
got the string around my fin   ger 
Gm7                     C13      C7     C9      F 
   What a world, what a life,    I'm    in      love