I've Got The World On A String
Words & Music by Ted Koehler & Harold Arlen, 1932
Recorded by Frank Sinatra, 1953 (#14)*
D7 D7/9 D9 G6 G/F# E7 Am7 Cdim
I've got the world on a string, sittin' on a rainbow,
G G/F# E-9 E
Got the string around my fin - ger;
Am7 D7 Am7 Cdim Im7 G Em7 Am7
What a world, what a life -- I'm in love.
D7 D7/9 D9 G6 G/F# E7 Am7 Cdim
I've got a song that I sing, I can make the rain go
G G/F# E-9 E
Anytime I snap my fin - ger;
Am7 D7 Am7 Cdim Am7 G Gdim G
Lucky me, can't you see? I'm in love.
Bridge:
G G7 B9 G E9
Life is a beautiful thing as long as I've got that string;
G G/F# A7 A7+5 C F7 D7
I'd be a silly so-and-so if I should ever let it go.
D7 D7/9 D9 G6 G/F# E7 Am7 Cdim
I've got the world on a string, sittin' on a rainbow,
G G/F# E-9 E
Got the string around my fin - ger;
Am7 D7 Am7 Cdim Am7 G Gdim Am7alt Cm7 G6
What a world, what a life -- I'm in love.