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Chris Botti ft. Mark Knopfler – What A Wonderful World Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsCadd9 C Cmaj7 F6sus2/CFsus2/CFadd#11/CCadd9/EC/ECmaj7/EEmEmadd13F6sus2Fsus2 F Fadd9 Em7add13 Esus4 E7 Asus4 Am Abmaj7 Ab6 Gsus4 G5

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These are the chords for What A Wonderful World by Chris Botti feat. Mark Knopfler on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

 Cadd9 C Cmaj7 C
 F6sus2/C Fsus2/C Fadd#11/C Fsus2/C
 Cadd9/E C/E Cmaj7/E C/E  F6sus2/C
       Cadd9
I see
  C             Em  Emadd13  F6sus2
Trees of green
     Fsus2     Em  Emadd13  F
Red roses too
 Fadd9           Em7add13  Esus4
I see 'em bloom
     E7         Asus4  Am  Abmaj7
For me and you
                  Ab6  Gsus4  G5
And I think to myself
                  Cadd9/E  C/E
What a wonderful world
E7  E  Fmaj7sus2  F  Fsus2/G
       C
I see
               Em  F
Skies of blue
            Em   Dm
Clouds of white
                C   E
Bright blessed day
             Am    Ab
Dark sacred night
                       Dm7  G7
And I think to myself
                  C
What a wonderful world
F/C  Dm/C  C
     F/G         G
The colors of a rainbow
     Em/G             Am/G
So pretty in the sky
    Dm/G         G
Are also on the faces
    F/G             C/G
Of people going by

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C  C/B  Am            Em/G
I see friends shaking hands
      Am              Em7  Am
Sayin' how do you do
                A7/Db
They're really sayin'
(Dm7)  (F/G)
I love you
C
                C/E  Cadd9/E  F
I hear babies cry
               C/E  Dm7
I watch them grow
                    C    E
They'll learn much more
          E/Ab   Am
Than I'll ever know
        Abmaj7    Ab6  Dm7  G
And I think to myself
                  C
What a wonderful world
D/C  Gm/C  Bb/C  C/E
 F  Am7  Bb6  Am7
 Gm7 C9  F  A7  Dm
 Dbmaj7 Db6/9  Gm7  C9
 F  F7/B  Bbmaj7  Bb/C C/E
 F  Am7  Bb6  Am7
 Gm7 C9  F  A7  Dm
 Dbmaj7 Db6/9  Gm7  C9
 F  B/F  Gm/F F Fadd9 F

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     F/G         G
The colors of a rainbow
     Em/G          Am/G
So pretty in the sky
    Dm/G         G7
Are also on the faces
    F/G          C/G
Of people going by
C  C/B  Am             Esus4
I see friends shaking hands
     Am              Em7  Am
Sayin how do you do
                Dbm7b5
They're really sayin'
   Dm7         (G)  (F)  E7b9
Oh I love you
      C            Em  F
I hear babies cry
               C/E  Dm7
I watch them grow
      G7         C
They learn much more
     E      E/Ab   Am
Than I will ever know
        Abmaj7        Ab6  Dm7  G7
And I think to myself
                  C    Bb  A  A/C
What a wonderful world
        Dm7
Yes I think to myself
                  Cadd9  C
What a wonderful world
Cmaj7  C  F6sus2  Fsus2  Fadd#11
        Fsus2     Cadd9/E
What a wonderful world
C/E  Cmaj7/E  C/E  Eb6/9
 Cmaj7  Fmaj7  Cmaj7  Abmaj7

How to play What A Wonderful World: key, chords and progression

What A Wonderful World by Chris Botti ft. Mark Knopfler is centred on C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 59 chords: Cadd9, C, Cmaj7, Cadd9/E, C/E, Cmaj7/E, F6sus2/C, Em, Emadd13, F6sus2, Fsus2 and F and 47 more.

The progression the song keeps returning to is F/G – G – Em/G – Am/G (IV – V – iii – vi in C major). In solfa, that is fah – soh – mi – lah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: F6sus2/C, F6sus2, Fsus2, F and Fadd9 are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.