Wild World Chords & Tabs

by Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam)

[Version Description]
Strumming Patterns:
Main Pattern:
BPM: 80
Denominator: 16
Triplet: No
Measures: [1, 202, 202, 202, 1, 101, 1, 101, 1, 202, 202, 202, 1, 101, 1, 101]

[Intro]
Am       D7                  G 
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, la, la
         C                   F 
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, la, la
         Dm                  E      Esus4 E
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
            C                     F  
You say you wanna start something new
         Dm                       E      
And it’s breaking my heart you’re leaving
         Esus4 E  
Baby I’m griev-ing
Am               D7               G   
But if you wanna leave, take good care
                C                     F   
Hope you have a lot of nice things to wear
Dm                      E7       G   (riff 1)
But then a lot of nice things turn bad out there

Riff 1:
e|---------------------------|
B|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
G|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D|-0-3---3---2---2---0---0---|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|

[Chorus]
C    G                 F         (riff 2)
Oh, baby, baby it’s a wild world
Riff 2:
e|------------------|
B|-1p0--------------|
G|-----2p0----------|
D|---------3p2p0----|
A|---------------3--|
E|-----------------3|
G                 F               C    (riff 3)
It’s hard to get by, just upon a smile
Riff 3:
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D                       
A|-----0-3-3-3-0-------|
E|--3-3-----------3----|
C    G                 F         (riff 2)
Oh, baby, baby it’s a wild world
G              F                 C          Dm    E  (riff 4)
I’ll always remember you like a child girl
Riff 4:
   Dm        E        
e|-------1--------0--|
B|-----3--------0----|
G|---2--------1------|
D|-0--------2--------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|

[Verse 2]
Am                   D7                        G 
You know I’ve seen a lot of what the world can do
         C                    F  
And it’s breaking my heart in two
      Dm                    E       
But I never want to see you sad girl
           Esus4 E   
Don’t be a bad   girl
Am                 D7               G   
But if you want to leave, take good care
                C                       F    
Hope you make a lot of nice friends out there
Dm                          E7    G   (riff 1)
But just remember there’s a lot of bad and beware

[Chorus]
C    G                 F         (riff 2)
Oh, baby, baby it’s a wild world
G                 F               C    (riff 3)
It’s hard to get by, just upon a smile
C    G                 F         (riff 2)
Oh, baby, baby it’s a wild world
G              F                 C          Dm    E  (riff 4)
I’ll always remember you like a child girl

[Bridge]
  Am        D7               G 
...la-la-la-la-la-la-la, la, la
         C                        F 
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la la la-la, la
         Dm                       E 
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la la la-la, la
Esus4   E       
Baby, I love you
Am                 D7               G   
But if you want to leave, take good care
                C                     F      
Hope you make a lot of nice friends out there
Dm                          E7       G  (riff 1)
But just remember there’s a lot of bad and beware

[Chorus]
C    G                 F         (riff 2)
Oh, baby, baby it’s a wild world
G                 F               C    (riff 3)
It’s hard to get by, just upon a smile
C    G                 F         (riff 2)
Oh, baby, baby it’s a wild world
G              F                 C          Dm    E  (riff 4)
I’ll always remember you like a child girl
C    G                 F         (riff 2)
Oh, baby, baby it’s a wild world
G                 F               C    (riff 3)
It’s hard to get by, just upon a smile
C    G                 F         (riff 2)
Oh, baby, baby it’s a wild world
G             F                 C         
I’ll always remember you like a child girl