Talking Heads – Wild Wild Life (Guitar)

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[Intro] / [Verse1]
  E                        B   A
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  

e|----------------|----------------|
B|----5-----5---5-|----5-----7-----|
G|----4-----4---4-|----4-----8-----|
D|6---------------|------7/9---9\7-|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
[Verse 2]
  E
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

e|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|
G|--9-9-8-8-------|----------------|
D|----------7-7-9-|9---------------|
A|----------------|--7-7-9-9-------|
E|----------------|----------7-7-9-|
[Intro] | E | E B A | E | E B A | | E | E B A | E | E B A | [Verse 1]
E          B A E          B A
 I'm wearin',   fur pajamas

E          B A E          B A
 I ride a,      hot potato
[Pre-Chorus]
C               F   G
 It's ticklin',  my fancy

C         F        G
 Speak up, I can't hear you
[Chorus 1]
A
  Here on this mountaintop

      D
Oh oh oh

           E     D    A 
I got some wild, wild life

A
   I got some news to tell you

   D
Oh oh

           E     D    A
About some wild, wild life

A
   Here comes the doctor in charge

      D
Oh oh oh

               E     D    A 
She's got some wild, wild life

A
   Ain't that the way you like it?

   D
Oh oh

       E     D   | E | % | % | % | 
Living wild, wild life (lick 2)
[Verse 2]
E
 I wrestle with your conscience

E
 You wrestle with your partner
[Pre-Chorus]
C             F       G
  Sittin' on a window sill, 

       C                 F           G
But he spends his time behind closed doors
[Chorus 2]
A
  Check out Mr. Businessman

      D
Oh oh oh

               E     D    A 
He bought some wild, wild life

A
 On the way to the stock exchange

      D
Oh oh oh

            E     D    A
He got some wild, wild life

A
Break it up when he opens the door

      D
Oh oh oh

         E     D    A
He doin' wild, wild life

A
 I know that's the way you like it

   D
Oh oh

       E     D    
Living wild, wild
[Bridge]
F#          G 
   Peace of mind

C                     D  C
 It's a piece of cake

F#            G
   Thought control

C                    F        G
 You get on board anytime you like
[Interlude/Solo] | E | % | % | % | | E | % | % | % | [Pre-Chorus]
C                 F         G
  Like sitting on, pins and needles

C                  F          G
 Things fall apart, it's scientific
[Chorus 3]
A
  Sleeping on the interstate

      D
Oh oh oh

        E     D    A
Gettin' wild, wild life

A
  Checkin' in, a checkin' out

      D
Oh oh oh

        E     D    A
I got a wild, wild life

A
  Spendin' all of my money and time

      D
Oh oh oh 

              E     D    A  
Done too much wild, wild life

A
 We wanna go, where we go, where we go

      D
Oh oh oh

        E     D    A
I doin' wild, wild life

A
 I know it, that's how we start

   D
Oh oh

         E     D    A
Got some wild, wild life

A
 Take a picture, here in the daylight

    D
Oh, oh

              E     D    A
And it's some wild, wild life

A
 You've grown so tall, you've grown so fast

      D
Oh oh oh

E     D    A
Wild, wild life

A
 I know that's the way you like it

    D
Oh, oh
[Coda]
       E          D          A        
Living wild wild, wild wild ... li-ife