Wreckless Eric- Whole Wide World- Acoustic Guitar Lesson

One of my friends wanted a (total) beginners lesson for that song Will Ferrell sings in that movie Stranger than Fiction-- Wreckless Eric's Whole Wide World.

Hope this helps, at least a little bit.

If you want more explanation or for me to play the whole song through- let me know. please rate/give comments so I know how to improve.


Here are the lyrics:

When I was a young boy
My mama said to me
There's only one girl in the world for you
And she probably lives in Tahiti

I'd go the whole wide world
I'd go the whole wide world
Just to find her

Or maybe she's in the Bahamas
Where the Carribean sea is blue
Weeping in a tropical moonlit night
Because nobody's told her 'bout you

I'd go the whole wide world
I'd go the whole wide world
Just to find her
I'd go the whole wide world
I'd go the whole wide world
Find out where they hide her

Why am I hanging around in the rain out here
Trying to pick up a girl
Why are my eyes filling up with these lonely tears
When there're girls all over the world

Is she lying on a tropical beach somewhere
Underneath the tropical sun
Pining away in a heatwave there
Hoping that I won't be long

I should be lying on that sun-soaked beach with her
Caressing her warm brown skin
And then in a year or maybe not quite
We'll be sharing the same next of kin

I'd go the whole wide world
I'd go the whole wide world
Just to find her
I'd go the whole wide world
I'd go the whole wide world
Find out where they hide her

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[adalab]

Thanks! I watched Stranger than Fiction last night and I love this song. I grabbed my husbands guitar and found this youtube. I now know how to play my very first song :D

[AsteridStarr]

Girlfriend. Hairdryer. Oblivious. Lol.

[macabelico90]

1:06 Thats what she said.

[kathymccaston]

You are amazing, but you gotta lose the hairdryer. Is it really a blowdryer? How rude of the person doing that; I've heard it on several of your videos. That's just disrespectful. Thank goodness, we respect you!

[gageman70]

@mandris08 *smash smash smash smash*...sorry.

[imdbl1]

Hey Mike, It's great that you took the time to do this, but your not quite right. Yes, it's E and A, and your verses are correct, but you've got the count on the chorus wrong. I can't believe no one has caught it.

[mandris08]

I gave my love a cherry that had no stone....

[eb0dude]

thank dude, great easy way how to learn the song.

[lesilverflash]

Thanks a lot, man, you made it really easy.

[caliguy10]

Very good tutorial on Wreckless Eric's, "Whole Wide World."

[r0b3rt0nr8x]

well explained! thanks alot!

[supermankicass]

Dude! I just picked up the guitar, searched up the lyrics, and watched how you played the song, I can't thank you enough man!