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I'm Sitting On Top Of The World

Aretha Franklin

R&B / SoulAdvanced for beginners13 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

A7×○○○
D××○
G○○○
Em7○○○○○
F#m7Diagram coming soon
Bm7Diagram coming soon
E7○○○○
GdimDiagram coming soon
CdimDiagram coming soon
D7××○
F#Diagram coming soon
Em○○○○
BDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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A7  D          G   Em7     D      F#m7 Bm7 
I'm sitting on top of the world  
     Bm5-/7     E7  Bm5-/7 A7      Gdim    D Cdim Em7 A7 
Just rolling along,         just rolling along 
A7    D           G   Em7      D     F#m7 Bm7 
I'm quitting the blues of the world 
     Bm5-/7      E7  Bm5-/7 A7      Gdim      D G D D7M 
Just singing a song,         just singing a song  
 
Bridge 
        D7         G      G/F#        Em       Em6 
Glory, hallelujah, I just phoned the parson 
      G        Em7        D    F#m7 
"Hey, Par, get ready to call"  
E7        Bm5-/7   E7    Cdim     A7    G/B A7  A7/13- 
Just like humpty dumpty,     I'm ready to  fal 
A7  D          G   Em7     D      F#m7 Bm7 
I'm sitting on top of the world  
     Bm5-/7     E7  Bm5-/7 A7      Gdim    D Cdim Em7 A7 
Just rolling along,         just rolling along 
A7    D           G   Em7      D     F#m7 Bm7 
I'm quitting the blues of the world 
     Bm5-/7      E7  Bm5-/7 A7      Gdim      D G/B D 
Just singing a song,         just singing a song

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Chord set

A7 · D · G · Em7 · F#m7 · Bm7 · E7 · Gdim · Cdim · D7 · F# · Em · B

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.