From a Calvin Klein commercial, and was later available on the Starbucks compilation album, Sweetheart 2005: Love Songs
Original Key : Dm -
Em7 Am7 (x2)
Chorus 1:
Em7 Am7 Em7 Am7
What the world needs now, is love, sweet love,
F6 G6 F6/G
It's the only thing, that there's just too little of.
Em7 Am7 Em7 Am7
What the world needs now, is love, sweet love,
F6 E7sus4 E7
No, not just for some, but for everyone.
Verse 1:
Am9
Lord, we don't need another mountain,
Gm7 C7 Fmaj9 F6
There are mountains and hillsides enough to climb.
Gm7 C7 Fmaj7
There are oceans and rivers enough to cross,
Am7 D7 F/G
Enough to last, till the end of time.
Chorus 1:
Em7 Am7 Em7 Am7
What the world needs now, is love, sweet love,
F6 G6 F6/G
It's the only thing, that there's just too little of.
Em7 Am7 Em7 Am7
What the world needs now, is love, sweet love,
F6 E7sus4 E7
No, not just for some, but for everyone.
Verse 2:
Am9
Lord, we don't need another meadow,
Gm7 C7 Fmaj9 F6
There are cornfields and wheat fields enough to grow.
Gm7 C7 Fmaj7
There are sunbeams and moonbeams enough to shine,
Am7 D7 F/G Ebm7
Oh listen, Lord, if you want to know...
Chorus 3: (Key Change)
Fm7 Bbm7 Fm7 Bbm7
What the world needs now, is love, sweet love,
Gb6 Ab6 Gb6/Ab
It's the only thing, that there's just too little of.
Fm7 Bbm7 Fm7 Bbm7
What the world needs now, is love, sweet love,
Gb6 Fm7 Bbm7 Ebm9 Ab13 N.C.
No, not just for some, oh but just for every, every...
Db Dbadd9 Db
Everyone.
Interlude:
Fm7 Bbm7 (x2)
Coda:
Fm7 Bbm7 Fm7 Bbm7
(What the world needs now, is love, sweet love),
Fm7 Bbm7 Fm7 Bbm7
(What the world needs now, is love, sweet love).
Fm7 Bbm7 Fm7 Bbm7 N.C.
(What the world needs now, is love, sweet love).
Outro:
Fm7 Bbm7
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