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I've Got The World On A String

Barry Manilow

RockAdvanced for beginners18 chords

How to play it

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

D7××○
D9Diagram coming soon
G6Diagram coming soon
G○○○
F#Diagram coming soon
E7○○○○
Am7×○○○
CdimDiagram coming soon
E○○○
Em7○○○○○
GdimDiagram coming soon
G7○○○
B9Diagram coming soon
E9Diagram coming soon
A7×○○○
C×○○
F7Diagram coming soon
Cm7Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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D7   D7/9  D9  G6       G/F#  E7     Am7         Cdim  
I've  got  the world on  a  string, sittin' on a rainbow 
G       G/F#             E7/9-    E       
Got the string around my finger 
Am7     D7     Am7   Cdim     
What a world, what a life    
Am7     G   Em7 Am7   
I'm in love 
D7   D7/9  D9  G6      G/F#  E7 Am7             Cdim 
I've got   a  song that I  sing, I can make the rain go 
G         G/F#    E7/9- E 
Anytime I snap my finger 
Am7   D7   Am7      Cdim   
Lucky me, can't you see  
Am7     G  Gdim G 
I'm in love 
 
Bridge 
 
 G         G7       B9    G                           E9 
Life is a beautiful thing   as long as I've got that string 
G        G/F#       A7 A7/13-                        C  F7  D7 
I'd be a silly soandso     if I should ever let it go 
D7   D7/9  D9  G6      G/F#  E7     Am7          Cdim 
I've  got  the world on  a  string, sittin' on a rainbow 
G                G/F#    E-9    E 
Got the string around my finger 
Am7     D7     Am7   Cdim     
What a world, what a life  
Am7     G   Gdim  Am7 Cm7 G6  
I'm in love

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Chord set

D7 · D9 · G6 · G · F# · E7 · Am7 · Cdim · E · Em7 · Gdim · G7 · B9 · E9 · A7 · C · F7 · Cm7

Practice tip

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