If I Ruled The World Chords

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Author armourduck [pro] 177. Last edit on Mar 15, 2017

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[Verse]
Ab       Cm       Bb
   If I ruled the world,
                  Ab                Cm           Bb
Every day would be the first day of spring.
                         Eb    Ab         Cm
Every heart would have a new song to sing,
                     Bb
and we'd sing of the joy every morning would bring.
 
Ab      Cm        Bb
   If I ruled the world,
                                Ab    Cm Bb
Every man would be as free as a bird
                       Eb          Ab       Cm
Every voice would be a voice to be heard,
                      Bb
take my word we would treasure each day that occurred.
 
 
[Chorus]
C       F           C              F
My world would be a beautiful place
               C  Cm                  Fm     Bb
Where we would weave such wonderful dreams
Eb       Ab           Eb           Ab
My world would wear a smile on its face,
         Cm         F         Am    Dm  Fm    Bb
like the man in the moon has, where the moon beams
 
 
[Piano solo]
Ab Cm Bb
 
 
[Verse]
Ab      Cm           Bb
If I ruled the world,
                                      Ab      Cm   Bb
Every man would see the world was his friend, yeah
                          Eb Ab            Cm
There'd be happiness that no man could end,
              Gm        C         Cm
no my friend, not if I ruled the world
 
 
[Bridge]
Fm                          Ab   Db
Every hand would be held up high,
           Eb    Db     Cm  Bb
There'd be sunshine in everyone's sky
Fm          Bb
If the day ever dawned,
Ab     Bb        Ab Cm Bb
when I rule the world
 
 
[Instrumental]
Ab Cm Bb
 
 
[Outro]
                            Ab
Every hand would be held up high,
 
Cm                      Bb
Sunshine in everyone's sky
                       Ab
If the day ever dawned,
       Cm       Bb
when I rule the world.
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If I Ruled The World – Jamie Cullum

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I’ve recently looked at the chords in the actual songbook for this album and here are some corrections/improvements: In the verses, each Eb should be Eb/G. Also, the last Bb of each verse should be an Ebmaj7/Bb and then for the start of the next bar go to a Bbadd9. Leading into the “Chorus” with an F/G really helps the transition and isn’t included in this tab. There are a lot of other minor differences, but the ones of great note are the “Chorus” as labeled in this version: Cmaj7 Dm7/C Fmaj7/C Cmaj9 My world would be a beautiful place Dm7/C Cmaj7 Fm7 Fm7/Bb Where we would weave such wonderful dreams Ebmaj7 Fm9/Eb Ebmaj7 Fm9/Eb My world would wear a smile on its face Cm7 Cm6 Am7b5 D7 Fm7 Abmaj9/Bb Like the man in the moon has when the moon beams The rest will do just fine in this version for the most part. Maybe I’ll just have to make my own version now that I’ve put in the work ;P

Actually the ending is worth fixing, too. This isn’t the exact chording from the songbook, but I find it works really well and is easier (plus the words are wrong): Fm7 /Gb /G Ab Every head would be held up high Ebmaj7 Eb/Db Cm7 Bb There’d be sunshine in everyone’s sky Fm7 Ab/Bb Bb If the day ever dawned when I ruled the world