What The World Needs Now Is Love Chords
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Difficulty: | intermediate |
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Tuning: | E A D G B E |
Capo: | no capo |
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Burt Bacharach ft. Elvis Costello - What The World Needs Now Is Love
From the album: Reach Out (1967)
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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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6 comments

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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Well Done!! Love the chord arrangement. Many Thanks for Sharing.
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