Song: What the world needs now
Artist: Dionne Warwick
Composers: Burt Bacharach and Hal David
Album: Here where there is love
Tabbed by DJ 16th May 2017
Bass note progressions:
[Intro] [Coda]
/B /D /C /D#
(What the...) What the...
e|--------------| e|--------------|
B|--------------| B|--------------|
G|--------------| G|--------------|
D|----------0---| D|--------------|
A|------2-------| A|------3---6---|
E|--------------| E|--------------|
TIME SIGNATURE: 3/4 time (Waltz time)
I would recommend using the voicings in the text
column numbers below.
Regarding the CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS please follow the
information at the bottom of the tab.
F#m7 = 242222 Bm9 = x24222 Fm7 = 131111
Bm7 = x24232 Am7 = 575555 Bb7 = x13131
G6 = 320000 D9 = x54550 Gm7 = 353333
A6 = x02222 Gmaj7 = 320001 Cm7 = 335343
A7 = x02020 E7 = 022130 Ab6 = xx6564
F#7sus4 = 242422 A7sus2 = x02000 Bb6 = x13333
F#7 = 242322 G6/A = x00000 Eb = x68886
G/A = x00003
N.C. = No chords
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Intro
N.C. /B /D [F#m7] [Bm7] [F#m7]
| / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / |
Chorus
[Bm7] /B /D [F#m7] [Bm7] [F#m7] [Bm7]
What the world needs now is love, sweet love,
[G6] [A6] [A7]
It's the only thing that there's just too little of,
/B /D [F#m7] [Bm7] [F#m7] [Bm7]
What the world needs now, is love, sweet love,
[G6] [F#7sus4] [F#7]
No, not just for some, but for everyone-------!
Verse 1
[Bm9]
Lord, we don't need another mountain,
[Am7] [D9]
There are mountains and the hillsides,
[Gmaj7] [G6]
E - nough to climb,
[Am7] [D9] [Gmaj7]
There are oceans and rivers e - nough to cross,
[Bm7] [E7] [A7sus2] [G6/A] [G/A]
E - nough to last...'til the end of time
Chorus
/B /D [F#m7] [Bm7] [F#m7] [Bm7]
What the world needs now, is love, sweet love,
[G6] [A6] [A7]
It's the only thing that there's just too little of,
/B /D [F#m7] [Bm7] [F#m7] [Bm7]
What the world needs now, is love, sweet love,
[G6] [F#7sus4] [F#7]
No, not just for some, but for everyone-------!
Verse 2
[Bm9]
Lord, we don't need another meadow,
[Am7] [D9]
There are cornfields and wheat fields...
[Gmaj7] [G6]
E - nough to grow,
[Am7] [D9]
There are sunbeams and moonbeams...
[Gmaj7] [Bm7]
E - nough to shine, oh, listen, Lord...
[E7] [A7sus2] [G6/A] [G/A] [Bb7]
If you want to know--------------------!
Chorus
/C /D# [Gm7] [Cm7] [Gm7] [Cm7]
What the world needs now, is love, sweet love,
[Ab6] [Bb6] [Bb7]
It's the only thing that there's just too little of,
/C /D# [Gm7] [Cm7] [Gm7] [Cm7]
What the world needs now, is love, sweet love,
[Ab6]
No, not just for some,
[Gm7] [Cm7] [Fm7] [Bb7] [Eb]
But for every--------------------, every - one
Coda
N.C. /C /D# [Gm7] [Cm7] [Gm7]
||: / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / |
[Cm7] /C /D# [Gm7] [Cm7] [Gm7] [Cm7]
What the world needs now is love, sweet love!
/C /D# [Gm7] [Cm7]
What the world ...needs now...
(What the world ...needs ...now...)
[Gm7] [Cm7]
...Love, sweet love!
(...Is love ...sweet love!)
/C /D# [Gm7] [Cm7]
What the world ...needs now...
(What the world ...needs ...now...)
[Gm7] [Cm7] N.C.
...Love, sweet love! :|| [Repeat Coda]
(...Is love ...sweet love!)
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forward/backward arrows below eleven of the diagrams.
The remaining chord boxes can be the default
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F#m7 Bm7 A6 F#7sus4 F#7
<3 of 33> <2 of 31> <2 of 44> <3 of 19> <2 of 27>
Am7 D9 E7 Ab6
<11 of 46> <8 of 15> <7 of 47> <4 of 26>
Bb6 Eb
<2 of 26> <3 of 16>
