| Verse 1: |
| F | |
| Wouldn't it be n | ice if we were older |
| Bb | Gm7 | |
| And we wouldn't h | ave to wait so | long |
| C7 | F | |
| And | wouldn't it be n | ice to live together |
| Bb | Gm7 | C7 | |
| In the kind of w | orld where we be | long |
| Dm7/A | Cm7/F | |
| You know it's gonna make it | that much better |
| Dm7/A | Am7 | Gm7 | C7 | |
| When we can say goodnight and | stay tog | ether |
| Verse 2: |
| Wouldn't it be nice if we could wake up |
| In the morning when the day is new |
| And after having spent the day together |
| Hold each other close the whole night through |
| What happy times together we'd be spending |
| I wish that every kiss was never ending |
| F | |
| Oh, wouldn't it be n | ice |
| bridge (guitar repeats first two bars of intro): |
| Dmaj7 | Gmaj7 | F#m7 | |
| Maybe if we | think and wish and hope and pray it m | ight come |
| Bm7 | |
| t | rue |
| Dmaj7 | Gmaj7 | F#m7 | Bm7 | |
| Maybe then there | wouldn't be a single thing we c | ouldn't do |
| F#m7 | Bm7 | |
| We could be m | arried (we could be m | arried) |
| F#m7 | C7 | |
| - last two bars of i | ntro - |
| And then we'd be happy (then we'd be happy) |
| F | |
| Oh, wouldn't it be | nice |
| coda: |
| (slow down) |
| Dm7/A | Cm7/F | |
| You know it seems the more we | talk about it |
| Dm7/A | Am7 | Gm7 | |
| It only makes it worse to | live with | out it |
| Am7 | Gm7 | C7 | |
| But lets | talk ab | out it |
| (resume original tempo) |
| F | |
| Wouldn't it be n | ice |
| Good night, baby |
| Sleep tight, baby... (fade) |