A Wonder Like You
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A Wonder Like You:Ricky Nelson.
#11 in 1961.
#1.(Capo 1st fret for orig.)
C F C
I've seen the snow-white mountains of Alaska,
C F G
I've sailed along the rivers of Peru.
F G C
I've seen the world and all its Seven Wonders,
F G C
But I've never seen a wonder like you.
#2.
C F C
I've stood upon the pyramids of Egypt,
C F G
Far away across the ocean blue.
F G C
I've seen the island beauties of Hawaii,
F G C C7
But I've never seen a beauty like you.
Chorus:
F G C C7
I've gazed at the White Cliffs Of Dover.
F G C C7
There's not a place I didn't see.
F G C Am
Now that my travels are over,
D D7 G G7
I wish you had been there with me.
#3.
C F C
I've seen the pretty dancing girls of Siam.
C F G
The happy Polynesian people, too.
F G C
But they're not as happy as I am,
F G C
cause they haven't got a wonder like you.
Chorus:
REPEAT#3.
ADD:
F G C
They haven't got a wonder like you.
F G C
No, they haven't got a wonder like you.
F G C
No, they haven't got a wonder like you.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
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