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I've Got The World On A String

Words by Ted Koehler, Music by Harold Arlen - 1932

Chorus:
F               D7	Gm7           C7	F	Am6        Abm6
Gm7         C7	-	F	C7
F               D7	Gm7           C7	F	Am6        Abm6
Gm7         C7	-	F              Db7	F
A9	-	D9	-
G7	G+	Bb            Eb7	C7
F               D7	Gm7           C7	F	G9            Eb9
Gm7	-                 C7	F	-       (C7 repeat)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Chorus:

I've got the world on a string, sittin' on a rainbow, Got the string around my finger,
What a world, what a life, I'm in love!
I've got a song that I sing, I can make the rain go, anytime I move my finger,
Lucky me, can't you see, I'm in love.
Life is a beautiful thing, as long as I hold the string,
I'd be a silly so and so, if I should ever let go.
I've got the world on a string, sittin' on a rainbow, Got the string around my finger,
What a world, what a life, I'm in love!
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Performer Links:

(webpage)

 

Watch Eddy Davis explain "I've Got The World On A String" for the tenor banjo (youtube)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com