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Song: Wild world
Artist: Cat Stevens
Composer: Cat Stevens
Album: Tea for the Tillerman
Tabbed by DJ 23rd Mar 2016
Original album track:
--.-/watch?ds49ayffOnXYgy3o
Live performance:
--.-/watch?ds49aJta56wBl7SM
For a few of the chords I've taken a middle path, as Cat plays
a D chord, but sings a C note, so I've gone with a D7 which
sounds better with the melody and as a transition from the Am
to the G. He plays Cmaj7 with a G bass without really
emphasising it, but the bassist plays a B note.
Cat plays a Dm, but the piano suggests a subtler Dm7 phrase.
[G Riff]
G G7/F G6/E G/D
e |--3--------------3--|-----------3-----------3--|
B |--0-----------0-----|--------0-----------0-----|
G |--0--------0--------|-----0-----------0--------|
D |--0-----3-----------|--2-----------0-----------|
A |--2-----------------|--------------------------|
E |--3-----------------|--------------------------|
(F riff) [C riff]
e |--------------------------| e |-----------------------|
B |--1--0--------------------| B |-----------------------|
G |--------2--0--------------| G |-----------------------|
D |--------------3--2--0-----| D |-----------------------|
A |-----------------------3--| A |-------0-3--3-3--0-----|
E |--------------------------| E |---3-3-------------3---|
NOTE: Please IGNORE ANY POP-UP CHORD BOXES the website might
automatically suggest and use the typed shapes shown below:
Am = x02210 Cmaj7 = 332000 E = 022100 G7/F = xx3003
D7 = xx0212 F = 133211 Esus4 = 022200 G6/E = xx2003
G = 320003 Dm7 = xx0211 E7 = 020100 G/D = xx0003
C = x32010
^ = Emphasise the beat N.C. = No chords
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[Intro]
Am D7 G
La -la, la -la, la -la, la, la, la - la!
Cmaj7 F
La -la, la -la, la -la, la, la, la -la!
Dm7 E Esus4 E7
La -la, la -la, la -la, la, la, la -la! La -la!
[Verse 1]
Am D7 G
Now that I've lost everything to you,
Cmaj7 F
You say you wanna start something new,
Dm7
And it's breaking my heart,
E Esus4 E7
You're leaving, baby, I'm griev - ing,
Am D7 G
But if you wanna leave, take good care,
Cmaj7 F
Hope you have a lot of nice things to wear,
Dm7 E7 G G7/F G6/E G/D
But, then a lot of nice things turn bad out there
^ ^
[Chorus]
C G F [F riff]
Oo, baby, baby, it's a wild world,
G F C [C riff]
It's hard to get by just upon a smile,
C G F [F riff]
Oo, baby, baby, it's a wild world,
G F C Dm7 E7
I'll always re - member you ...like a child, girl
[Verse 2]
Am D7 G
You know I've seen a lot of what the world can do,
Cmaj7 F
And it's breaking my heart in two,
Dm7 E
Because I never wanna see you sad, girl,
Esus4 E7 Am
Don't be a bad girl------,
D7 G
But if you wanna leave, take good care,
Cmaj7 F
Hope you make a lot of nice friends out there,
Dm7
But just re - member there's a lot of bad,
E7 G G7/F G6/E G/D
And be - ware, be - ware!
^ ^
[Chorus]
C G F [F riff]
Oo, baby, baby, it's a wild world,
G F C [C riff]
It's hard to get by just upon a smile,
C G F [F riff]
Oo, baby, baby, it's a wild world,
N.C. G F C Dm7 E7
And I'll always re - member you ...like a child girl-------
^
[Break]
Am D7 G Cmaj7 F
La -la, la -la, la -la, la, la, la -la,
Dm7 E
La -la, la -la, la -la, la, la, la -la, la -la!
Esus4 E7 Am
Baby, I love you-------,
D7 G
But if you wanna leave, take good care,
Cmaj7 F
Hope you make a lot of nice friends out there,
Dm7
But just re - member there's a lot of bad,
E7 G G7/F G6/E G/D
And be - ware, oh, be - ware!
^ ^
[Chorus]
C G F [F riff]
Oo, baby, baby, it's a wild world,
G F C [C riff]
It's hard to get by just upon a smile,
C G F [F riff]
Oo, baby, baby, it's a wild world,
N.C. G F C Dm7 E7
And I'll always re - member you like a child, girl--------
^ ^
[Chorus]
C G F [F riff]
Oo, baby, baby, it's a wild world,
G F C [C riff]
And it's hard to get by just upon a smile,
C G F [F riff]
Oo, baby, baby, it's a wild world,
N.C. G F C
And I'll always re - member you like a child, girl
^ ^