IntroVerse 1FGmFGm
Merry month of May, sunny skies of blue
FFmaj7Fdim/AbE/Ab
clouds have rolled away and the sun peeps through
C7EbC7FEbC7
may express happiness
IntroVerse 2FGmFGm
Joy you may define in a thousand ways
FFmaj7Fdim/AbE/Ab
but a case like mine needs a special phrase
C7EbC7GmC7
to reveal, how I feel
Verse 1FD7GmBbm6
I've got the world on a string, sitting on a rainbow
FE7Gm7b5D9Db9/Ab
got the string around my fin ger
GmC7Fdim7/AbC7Gm9CFC7
What a world, what a life, I'm in love
Verse 2FD7GmBbm6
I've got a song that I sing, I can make the rain go
FE7Gm7b5D9Db9/Ab
anytime I move my fin ger
GmC7Fdim7/AbC7Gm9CFAbmAbm
Lucky me, can't you see I'm in love.
ChorusFAD
Life is a beautiful thing As long as I hold the string
G7G7#Bbmaj7DbC7
I'd be a silly so and so if I should ever let it go
Verse 3FD7GmBbm6
I've got the world on a string, sitting on a rainbow
FFGAb
got the string around my fin ger
GmCC7CF
What a world, what a life, I'm in love
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.