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:
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I can show you the world
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Shining, shimmering, splendid
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Tell me, princess, now when did
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You last let your heart decide?
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I can open your eyes
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Bm
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Take you wonder by wonder
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Bm
Over, sideways and under
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On a magic carpet ride
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A whole new world
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A new fantastic point of view
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No one to tell us no
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Or where to go
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Or say we're only dreaming
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A whole new world
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Bm
A dazzling place I never knew
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But when I'm way up here
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It's crystal clear
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That now I'm in a whole new world with you
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A7
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Now I'm in a whole new world with you
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Unbelievable sights
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C
Indescribable feeling
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Dm
Soaring, tumbling, freewheeling
Dm
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Through an endless diamond sky
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F
A whole new world (Don't you dare close your eyes)
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A hundred thousand things to see (Hold your breath - it gets better)
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I'm like a shooting star
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I've come so far
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I can't go back to where I used to be
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A whole new world (Every turn a surprise)
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With new horizons to pursue (Every moment red-letter)