[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 Wild World chords and lyrics
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[Intro] [Verse 1] [Chorus] [Verse 2] [Chorus] [Bridge] [Chorus]
Wild World Chords by Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam)
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