Intro:
Am D7 G C F Dm E Esus4 E
La la la ...
Verse:
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(w/ 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 (w/ riff 2)
Oh, baby, baby it’s a wild world
Riff 2:
e |------------------|
B |-1p0--------------|
G |-----2p0----------|
D |---------3p2p0----|
A |---------------3--|
E |-----------------3|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/cat_stevens/wild_world_crd_ver_5.html ]
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---0-3-|
E |---3-----------3-----|
C G F (riff 2)
Oh, baby, baby it’s a wild world
G F C Dm E
I’ll always remember you like a child girl (riff 4)
Riff 4:
(Dm E)
e |-------1--------0--|
B |-----3--------0----|
G |---2--------1------|
D |-0--------2--------|
A |-------------------|
E |-------------------|
Verse 2:
You know I’ve seen a lot of what the world can do
And it’s breaking my heart in two
But I never want to see you sad girl
Don’t be a bad girl
But if you want to leave, take good care
Hope you make a lot of nice friends out there
But just remember there’s a lot of bad and beware
Chorus:
Oh, baby, baby it’s a wild world
It’s hard to get by, just upon a smile
Oh, baby, baby it’s a wild world
I’ll always remember you like a child girl
Verse 3:
(Piano break over la la la's)
La la la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la
Baby I love you
But if you want to leave, take good care
Hope you make a lot of nice friends out there
But just remember there’s a lot of bad and beware
Chorus x 2
(Second time end on the C chord and let ring)
