If I Ruled the World

Words & Music by Leslie Bricusse & Cyril Ornadel
Recorded by Tony Bennett, 1963
From "Picwick"


Dm7 CM7          CM7/6   CM7
If   I ruled the world, 

      Gm7       C7     Bm7-5         E7/9
Ev'ry day would be the first day of spring,

Bm7/5  E7/9              Am           Am+7  Am7
Ev'ry heart would have a new song to sing,

         Am6         Em7       Cdim            Dm7   G7
And we'd sing of the joy ev'ry morning would bring.


Dm7 CM7          CM7/6   CM7
If I ruled the world, 

      Gm7       C7    Bm7-5     E7/9
Ev'ry man would be as free as a bird,

Bm7/5  E7/9             Am          Am+7  Am7
Ev'ry voice would be a voice to be heard -

        Am6      Em7                Cdim        Dm7       E9
Take my word, we would treasure each day that occurred.


Bridge:

   AM7   F#m            Bm7        E7
My world     would be a beautiful place,

               AM7        AM7/6       Dm7    G7
Where we would weave such wonderful dreams;

    CM7  Am7               Dm7          G7
My world     would wear a smile on its face,

         Am         Am+7  Am7     F#m7    Dm7   G7
Like the man in the moon when the moon beams. *


Dm7 CM7          CM7/6   CM7
If  I ruled the world, 

      Gm7       C7      Bm7-5          E7/9
Ev'ry man would say the world was his friend,

Bm7/5      E7/9           Am          Am+7  Am7
There'd be happiness that no man could end;

        Am6          Em7 Em7-5    A7sus4   A7
No, my friend, not if I  ruled the world.

A7+5  Dm            Dm+7    G7
Ev'ry head would be held up high,

           CM7        Cdim        A7
There'd be sunshine in ev'ryone's sky,

       Dm7      FM7        Dm7 G7        CM7
If the day ever dawned when I ruled the world.


* Here's another case where I just got used to singing it wrong. Bennett actually sings "Like the man in the moon HAS when the moon beams."

Transposed from a chart provided to me by a recent visitor, who asked to be identified only as another friend of good music.


 
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