A Whole New World is a song from the 1992 Disney film, Aladdin. It was composed by Alan Menken with lyrics by Tim Rice. A Grammy Award-winning song, it is a duet performed by the characters Aladdin and Jasmine about love and discovering a new world together. The film is based on the Arabic folklore Aladdin, one of the tales in The Book of One Thousand and One Nights.
Key: D
Introduction:
D
D/G
D
D
D/G
D
D
D/G
D
I can show you the world
D
D/G
Bm
A/C#
Shining, shimmering, splendid
Em
F#7
Bm
Tell me, princess, now when did
Bm/A
G
D
You last let your heart decide?
D
D/G
D
I can open your eyes
D
D/G
Bm
A/C#
Take you wonder by wonder
Em
F#7
Bm
Over, sideways and under
Bm/A
G
D
On a magic carpet ride
G
A
D
A whole new world
G
A/C#
D
A new fantastic point of view
G
D/F#
No one to tell us no
G
D/F#
Or where to go
Bm7
E7
A7
Or say we're only dreaming
G
A
D
A whole new world
G
A
Aº
Bm
A dazzling place I never knew
D7
G
D/F#
But when I'm way up here
G
D/F#
It's crystal clear
Bm7
E7
C
A7
D
That now I'm in a whole new world with you
D
D4
C
A7
D
Now I'm in a whole new world with you
F
F/Bb
F
Unbelievable sights
F
F/Bb
Dm
C/E
Indescribable feeling
Gm
A7
Dm
Soaring, tumbling, freewheeling
Dm/C
Bb
F
Through an endless diamond sky
Bb
C
F
A whole new world (Don't you dare close your eyes)
Bb
C/E
F
A hundred thousand things to see (Hold your breath - it gets better)
Bb
F/A
I'm like a shooting star
Bb
F/A
I've come so far
Dm7
G7
C7
I can't go back to where I used to be
Bb
C
F
A whole new world (Every turn a surprise)
Bb
C
C#º
Dm
With new horizons to pursue (Every moment red-letter)