PARTS: Soprano Alto Tenor Bass All
KEY: bold = first beat of bar ^ = rest Underline = triplet backing vocal = [text]
021 - What The World Needs Now
Chorus
What the world needs now is love, sweet love.
It’s the on-ly thing ^ that there’s just too lit-tle of.
What the world needs now is love, sweet love.
No not just for some, ^ but for ev-‘ry-one.
Verse 1
^ (quick notes) Lord, we don’t need an-oth-er moun-tain.
There are moun-tains and hill-sides e-nough-to-climb.
^ There are o-ceans and riv-ers e-nough-to-cross
e-nough-to-last ^ till the end of time.
Chorus
What the world needs now is love, sweet love.
It’s the on-ly thing ^ that there’s just too lit-tle of.
What the world needs now is love, sweet love.
No not just for some, ^ but for ev-‘ry-one.
Verse 2
^ (quick notes) Lord, we don’t need an-oth-er mead-ow.
There are corn-fields and wheat-fields e-nough-to-grow.
There are sun-beams and moon-beams e-nough-to-shine,
oh, lis-ten-Lord if you want to know.
Chorus
What the world needs now is love, sweet love.
It’s the on-ly thing ^ that there’s just too lit-tle of.
What the world needs now is love, sweet love.
No not just for some, ^ but for ev-‘ry-one.
Tag
No not just for some, ^ oh, but just for ev-‘ry -
‘wo-oh-OH-on’
A 1965 popular song with lyrics by Hal David and music composed by Burt Bacharach