I've Got The World On A String

by Frank Sinatra, Michael Buble, Lisa Stanfield, Louis Armstrong · posted by WaltP

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

I’VE GOT THE WORLD ON A STRING
W: Ted Koehler
M: Harold Arlen
Frank Sinatra, Michael Buble,
Lisa Stanfield, Louis Armstrong
Key: F

1     -2 -3    -5  5 -5*  -5
I've got the world on a string
4    -3* -6-3* -3   3
Sit-ting on a rain-bow
3    -2    4   -2  2    -2  2  -1*
Got that string a-round my fin-ger
-1  -1   1     -1 -1  1    -3 -3  -2
What a world, what a life I'm in love

1     -2-3  -5   5  -5* -5
I've got a song that I sing
4 -3*  -6  -3*  -3   3
I can make the rain go
3 -2  4  -2  2   -2  2  -1*
An-y time I move my fin-ger
-1  -1  1   -1    -1  1    -3 -3  -2
Luck-y me, can’t you see  I'm in love

-3   -3-3  -3  -3  -3  -4
Life is a beau-ti-ful thing
-3  -3  -3  -3  -3   -3   -4
As long as I've got that string
-3  -3-3  -3 -3 -4  6  -4
I'd be a sil-ly so-and-so
3  3   3     3  3  3  -3
If I should ev-er let go

1     -2  -3   -5  5 -5*  -5
I've got the world on a string
4    -3* -6 -3*  -3   3
Sit-ting on the rain-bow
3    -2    4   -2   2   -2  2  -1*
Got that string a-round my fin-ger
-1  -1   1     -1 -1   1     -3 -3  -2
What a world, what a life - I'm in love

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