"What A Wonderful World" on ukulele by Louis Armstrong • UkuTabs

Artist	Louis Armstrong
Album	What A Wonderful world - Single
Genre(s)	blues • jazz • oldies • swing • trumpet
Note	Probably one of the most beautiful songs ever, by Louis Armstrong.
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Verse:
       F        C     Dm        Am
I see trees of green, red roses too
Gm         F       A7         Dm     
I see them bloom, for me and you,
      Bb                C                F
And I think to myself, What a wonderful world.

Verse:
      F        C        Dm        Am
I see skies of blue and clouds of white,
Gm                 F        A7           Dm
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night,
      Bb                C                F
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world

Verse:
    C                          F
The colours of a rainbow are so pretty in the sky
C                       F
Are also on the faces of people going by
        Dm             Am          Dm         Am
I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do
Dm             Am     F      C
They’re really saying I love you.

Verse:
       F      C     Dm           Am
I hear babies cry, I watch them grow
Gm                 F     A7             Dm
They'll learn much more than I'll ever know,
      Bb                C               F
And I think to myself what a wonderful world

      Bb                C                F
Yes I think to myself, what a wonderful world.

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88 Comments

ORIANA GONZALEZ
June 10, 2019 at 23:47 · Reply
does anyone know how to play this song in a higher key because i can’t sing this low and i can’t go an octive higher because it stresses my vocal cords
- Rex
  June 20, 2019 at 23:33 · Reply
  A capo will do it!
Steve
May 21, 2019 at 03:36 · Reply
This is great! For a fun little chord turn around at the end of verses 1, 2 & 4, you can add the minor 2 (Gmin) and the Five (C) at a half bar each. It would look like this:
Bb C F Gmin C
And I think to myself, What a wonderful world.
tiani aerenga
May 4, 2019 at 14:11 · Reply
who actually bashes people for liking an instrument? imagine being this rude and pressed over an instrument lmao
John
April 22, 2019 at 18:34 · Reply
Very puzzling. I’m “good enough” to gig on upright bass in four jazz groups and a couple of big bands, and have played guitar for 40 years, but I prefer playing uke to guitar.
StringedInstruments
March 31, 2019 at 22:52 · Reply
I play both guitar and ukulele. Some songs I sing for my church group sound better on a uke, some sound better on a guitar. My dad plays the guitar so when I play with him it’s usually on the uke for a sound contrast. Although I respect the guitar I respect the ukulele too.
atlas88
March 29, 2019 at 03:36 · Reply
uh what? that’s not at all true, guitar and ukulele sound completely different and some people prefer the sound of ukulele. don’t bash people just for liking a different instrument dude
Brooke
February 10, 2019 at 17:35 · Reply
For strumming, I pluck G and C at the same time and then DU UDU
Christabel
January 19, 2019 at 22:32 · Reply
man something about that album covers always creeped me out
Ukulele_girl_island
December 23, 2018 at 19:22 · Reply
For the strumming pattern you can do DDU UDU
Rae
November 26, 2018 at 00:23 · Reply
For the strumming pattern, I usually just use DDU in a slow manner for each chord… it gives a pretty peaceful vibe. That’s just what I use :)
Arran
September 30, 2018 at 22:21 · Reply
instead of Bb, it should be Db
- ctwil
  November 6, 2018 at 10:55 · Reply
  Errrr… no.
  NO.
  NO.
  NOOO!!!!!!
  that sounds just plain stupid!
  - Arran
    December 15, 2018 at 21:02
    alright mate keep your tits on.
    On piano you can make it work, it’s because of the voicing on uke it sounds bad lol.
  - Arran
    December 15, 2018 at 21:09
    ?? bloody harmony police on ukutabs.
    it can work on other instruments
Rheeda
September 14, 2018 at 13:12 · Reply
I love the song, my favorite. I’m a beginner at ukelele and this will be my masterpiece.
Dave
September 3, 2018 at 01:38 · Reply
What a wonderful song!
Nata
June 13, 2018 at 06:27 · Reply
I like playing this on 7+ and mashing it up with Twenty One Pilots Can’t Help Falling in Love! View Renee Dominque’s video to see what I’m talking about
- ummm duh
  June 2, 2019 at 02:10 · Reply
  Twenty One Pilots did a cover, they didn’t write the song Elvis Presley did.
  - Scotty
    June 28, 2019 at 02:40
    Um, duh duh 2. While Elvis was the performer, it was written by Hugo Peretti an team. Can anyone name a song Elvis actually wrote?
Auggie
May 8, 2018 at 01:32 · Reply
I really love this song. As for the strumming, I just find a Vedio of it on YouTube and go from there. There are many deferent ways to do this. Just do what feels right to you.