Lyrics: George David Weiss and Bob Thiele
Music: Louis Armstrong (1967)
Time= 4/4, 80bpm. "___"= note value
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I see trees of green Red roses too I see them bloom For me and you
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And I think to myself What a wonder---ful world
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I see skies of blue the clouds of white the bright blessed day the dark sacred nights
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And I think to myself What a wonder---ful world
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The colors of the rain--bow, so pretty in the sky
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Are also on the faces, of people passing by
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I see friends shaking hands Saying, how do you do ?
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They're really saying I-----love----you
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I see trees of green I watch them grow They'll learn much more, Than'll ev------er know
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And I think to myself What a wonder---ful world
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Yes I think to myself What a wonder---ful world