Flaming Lips - What A Wonderful World guitar tab
"What A Wonderful World"
The Flaming Lips
From "In A Priest Driven Ambulance" / "The Day They Shot A Hole In The Jesus Egg"
tabbed by arlen b, 05/12/03
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standard tuning
chords used:
F Bbm C Am/C Dm Am Gm Bb
e--1----1----0----0----1----0----3----1--------------------------------
B--1----2----1----1----3----1----3----3--------------------------------
G--2----3----0----2----2----2----3----3--------------------------------
D--3----3----2----2----0----2----5----3--------------------------------
A-(3)---1----3----3---------0----5----1--------------------------------
E-(1)----------------------------3-------------------------------------
intro: F Bbm C
F Am/C Dm Am/C Bbm Am Gm F
I see trees of green / red roses too / I see 'em bloom / for me and you
Bbm Gm Am F Bbm C
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world
F Am/C Dm Am/C Bbm
I see skies of blue / and clouds of white
Am Gm F
The bright blessed days / and dark sacred nights
Bbm Gm Am F (distortion on)
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world
Gm Am
The colours of the rainbow are so pretty in the sky
Gm Am
It's also on the faces of people goin' by
Dm* Am Dm Am
I see friends shakin' hands, sayin', "How do ya do?"
Dm Am Bb C
Fairies sayin', "I love you."
*this (approximately) is played over the [(Dm Am) x3 Bb C] part:
e--10----10----10----8----8----8--------------------------------------
B-----10----10----10---10---10---10--/-[x3]---8---1---------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------
then the solo: (chords are F Am/C Dm... and so on, like before; end on C)
e----------------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------/3--3--3--3b5--5--5r3--3--3-1--1-3-1-0--0--0----------------
E--1--1-0-1---------------------------------------------3--3--3--1-----
e----------------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------5b-5--5-3--3--3-5--5--5-7--------
E--1--1--1-1--1--3--3--3-3--5--5--5-5----------------------------------
F Am/C Dm Am/C Bbm
I hear babies cry / and I watch 'em grow
Am Gm F
They'll learn much more / than I'll ever know
Bbm Gm Am Bbm Gm Am
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world
Bbm Gm Am F Bbm C F
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world
