Verse 
G                                C 
When you climbed out of bed this morning 
        D7                      G 
Did you wish you had never been born 
                                  C 
Did the weight of the burden your bearing 
     D7                          G 
Seem planted in your side like a thorn  
        C                          D7 
Well it all might seem bigger than you are 
     C                         D7 
Just remember as it spins in a swirl 
       C                     D7 
To the world you're just one person 
       C    D7                G 
But to o-ne person you're the world 


[Refrão]
                     C 
Like a father to his daughter  
       D7            G 
Like a mother to her son 
                  C 
Like a lover to a lover 
       D7             G 
You're someone to someone  

Verse 
          C                  D7 
While the storm clouds go on raging 
       C                    D7 
As the wind blows the flags unfurl 
       C                     D7 
To the world you're just one person 
       C    D7                G 
But to o-ne person you're the world 
                                  C 
So when you're down with troubles looming 
     D7                     G 
I'll be the rock that won't roll 
                      C 
Call me and I'll come running 
     D7                       G 
I'll love you even when we're old 
    C                    D7 
One small deed becomes a miracle 
  C                              D7 
A single grain of sand becomes a pearl 
       C                     D7 
To the world you're just one person 
       C    D7                G 
But to o-ne person you're the world 


[Refrão]
     C           D7 
Like mama to her boy 
     C            D7 
Like daddy to his girl 
       C                     D7 
To the world you're just one person 
       C    D7                G 
But to o-ne person you're the world 

Outro 
       C                     D7 
To the world you're just one person 
       C    D7                G 
But to o-ne person you're the world