Wild World - Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam)

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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:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yffOnXYgy3o

Live performance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jta56wBl7SM

For a few of the chords I've taken a middle path so the chords
sound better as an accompaniment if all you have is one guitar.
Although Cat plays a D chord, he sings a C note, so I've gone
with a D7 it 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 on guitar, but the piano part suggests a subtler
Dm7 phrase.

[G Riff]
         
e |--3--------
B |--0--------
G |--0--------
D |--0-----3--
A |--2--------
E |--3--------

           
------3--|----
---0-----|----
0--------|----
---------|--2-
---------|----
---------|----

          
-------3------
----0---------
-0-----------0
----------0---
--------------
--------------

-----3--|
--0-----|
--------|
--------|
--------|
--------|

    (F riff)  
e |-----------
B |--1--0-----
G |--------2--
D |-----------
A |-----------
E |-----------

              
--------------
--------------
0-------------
---3--2--0----
------------3-
--------------

           [C 
-|     e |----
-|     B |----
-|     G |----
-|     D |----
-|     A |----
-|     E |---3

riff]
--------------
--------------
--------------
--------------
---0-3--3-3--0
-3------------

-----|
-----|
-----|
-----|
-----|
-3---|

NOTE: Please IGNORE ANY POP-UP CHORD BOXES the website might
automatically suggest and use the typed shapes shown below:

 = x02210    = 332000        = 022100    = xx3003
 = xx0212        = 133211    = 022200    = xx2003
  = 320003      = xx0211       = 020100     = xx0003
              
^ = Emphasise 

              
the beat    N.

                        = 
C. = No chords

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[Intro]
            
    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 -la! La

       
 -la!

[Verse 1]
            
    Now that I

            
've lost every

         
thing to you,
            
You say you wa

           
nna start some

      
thing new,
         
And it's break

ing my heart,
             
You're leaving

            
, baby, I'm gr

   
iev - ing,
            
    But if you

            
 wanna leave, 

          
take good care

,
              
Hope you have 

         
a lot of nice 

          
things to wear

,
            
But, then a lo

             
t of nice thin

            
gs turn bad ou

          
t there
                                    ^       ^
[Chorus]
            
   Oo, baby, b

             
aby, it's a wi

          [ 
ld world,
             
   It's hard t

             
o get by just 

             [ 
upon a smile,
            
   Oo, baby, b

             
aby, it's a wi

          [ 
ld world,
             
   I'll always

             
 re - member y

              
ou  ...like a 

             
child, girl

[Verse 2]
            
    You know I

            
've seen a lot

              
 of what the w

         
orld can do,
         
And it's break

              
ing my heart i

  
n two,
           
Because I neve

              
r wanna see yo

  
u sad, girl,
           
Don't be a bad

       
    girl------

,
              
But if you wan

            
na leave, take

      
 good care,
              
Hope you make 

         
a lot of nice 

            
friends out th

ere,
              
But just re - 


member there's

 a lot of bad,
           
And be - ware,

      
           be 

  
- ware!
 ^       ^
[Chorus]
            
   Oo, baby, b

             
aby, it's a wi

          [ 
ld world,
             
   It's hard t

             
o get by just 

             [ 
upon a smile,
            
   Oo, baby, b

             
aby, it's a wi

          [ 
ld world,
         
And I'll alway

             
s re - member 

              
you ...like a 

          
child girl----

 
---
         ^         
[Break]
         
              

              
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 wan

            
na leave, take

      
 good care,
              
Hope you make 

         
a lot of nice 

            
friends out th

ere,
              
But just re - 


member there's

 a lot of bad,
           
And be - ware,

      
  oh,        b

    
e - ware!
 ^       ^
[Chorus]
            
   Oo, baby, b

             
aby, it's a wi

          [ 
ld world,
             
   It's hard t

             
o get by just 

             [ 
upon a smile,
            
   Oo, baby, b

             
aby, it's a wi

          [ 
ld world,
         
And I'll alway

             
s re - member 

             
you like a chi

           
ld, girl------


--
         ^           ^
[Chorus]
            
   Oo, baby, b

             
aby, it's a wi

          [ 
ld world,
             
   And it's ha

             
rd to get by j

             
ust upon a smi

    [ 
le,
            
   Oo, baby, b

             
aby, it's a wi

          [ 
ld world,
         
And I'll alway

             
s re - member 

             
you like a chi

    
ld, girl
          ^          ^