What The World Needs Now Is Love Chords

by Burt Bacharach
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author NBA96 [a] 6,541.
2 contributors total, last edit on May 9, 2020

Chords

Am
Dm
Bb
C
A
F
Eb
G
Em
Gm

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Burt Bacharach ft. Elvis Costello - What The World Needs Now Is Love
From the album: Reach Out (1967)
Comment for any corrections and please rate
 
 
Intro:
Am Dm Am Dm
 
          Am          Dm     Am          Dm
What the world needs now is love, sweet love,
Bb                                C
It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of,
          Am          Dm     Am          Dm
What the world needs now is love, sweet love,
 Bb                          A
No not just for some but for everyone,
 
Am Dm Am Dm Bb C
Am Dm Am Dm Bb A
Am Dm Am Dm
 
          Am          Dm     Am          Dm
What the world needs now is love, sweet love,
Bb                                C
It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of,
          Am          Dm     Am          Dm
What the world needs now is love, sweet love,
 Bb                          A        F Am F Am
No not just for some but for everyone,
 
 Am
Lord, we don’t need another mountain,
           Eb            F                    Bb
There are mountains and hillsides enough to climb,
          Eb          F
There are oceans and rivers enough to cross,
  Dm                    G           F
Enough to last till the end of time,
 
          Em          Am     Em          Am
What the world needs now is love, sweet love,
 F                            C    G
No, not just for some but for everyone,
 
Am Dm Am Dm Bb C
Am Dm Am Dm Bb A
Am Dm Am Dm
 
          Am          Dm     Am          Dm
What the world needs now is love, sweet love,
Bb                                C
It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of,
          Am          Dm     Am          Dm
What the world needs now is love, sweet love,
 Bb                             Am   Dm Gm         Bb      F
No, not just for some, oh, but just for every, every, everyone.
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What The World Needs Now Is Love – Burt Bacharach
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6 comments
jtnix
Here's a thing with Bacharach tunes, he loves major 6 and minor 7 chords. You can pretty much make every major chord in this to a Maj6 chord and every minor chord is in fact a minor 7th. So, Am7, Dm7 Bb6 C6, etc. Try playing the whole song like this and you know Burt that much better ;)
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drdonnie47
Well Done!! Love the chord arrangement. Many Thanks for Sharing.
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