Verse 1:
C D G
“With your smile, turn the world upside down”
Em B
Sit down, I’m gonna tell ya
Am B
a little story ‘bout a sad little fella
Em B
He was a Dapper-Dan Cinderella
Am
Oh, and let me tell ya
B
It made the other fellas jealous
C D
They made him cry
G
“Na na na”
C
Spit in his eye
Am
“Ha ha ha”
Am B
How could they pick on such a friendly little guy?
Verse 2:
Em B
This town was kinda broken
Am B
Not the kind of place you’d leave your doors open
Em B
Full of backwards, back-woods broke-men
Am
Still he was copin’
B
Yeah he was dreamin’ hopin’
C D
He’d get away
G
“Na na na”
C
Maybe someday
Am
“Ha ha ha”
Am B
But on the radio his momma used to play.
Chorus:
Am D G C
“When it feels like all the world is wearing a frown
Am B E
Put a smile on and spread it around.”
C D G
With your smile, turn the world upside down.
Interlude: B
Chorus:
Em C
Da da, da da da da
Am B X4
Da da da da da dada
Verse 3:
Em B
Well now he had the spirit
Am B
And he would smile every time he’d hear it
Em B
Soon he knew every single lyric
B
Oh, and he would sing it
C Am
And in his sleep he’d dream it
D
All day and night
G
“Na na na”
C
Through every fight
Am
“La La La”
Am B
You wouldn’t judge him if you knew what it was like
Verse 4:
Em B
And how, as luck would have it
C B
He got rewarded for his weird new habit
Em B
He earned a fat green stack of cabbage
C
And he planned to stash it
D C
Till he was livin’ lavish
C D
That fateful day
G
“Na na na”
C
He ran away
Am
“La La La”
B
And he could hear the song his momma used to play
Chorus:
Am D G C
“When it feels like all the world is wearing a frown
Am B E
Put a smile on and spread it around.”
C D Em
With your smile, turn the world upside down.
Chorus:
Em C
Da da, da da da da
Am B -x4-
Da da da da da dada
Am D G C
When it feels like all the world is wearing a frown
Am B E E7
Put a smile on and spread it around.
C D G
With my smile, I turned the world upside down.
