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Cat Stevens-Wild World - sr - 200

[Intro:] 
Am   D7   G   C   F   Dm  E Esus4  E

Am            D7                 G
Now that I’ve lost everything to you
            C                     F
You say you wanna start something new
         Dm                       E                Esus4 E
And it’s breaking my heart you’re leaving 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

[Chorus]
Riff 1:
e|---------------------------|
B|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
G|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A|---8--8---7---7---5---5----|
E|---------------------------|
  
C    G                 F         (w/ riff 2)
 Oh, baby, baby it’s a wild world

Riff 2:  - play F xx321x to help play riff
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:  - play C x3555x to help play riff
e|---------------------|
B|-----5---------------|
G|-----5---------------|
D|-----5---------------|
A|-----3-3-3-3---------|
E|--3-5--------5--3----|

C    G                 F         (riff 2 - Descending)
 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]
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           Esus4 E
But I never want to see you sad girl 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(w/ riff 1)
But just remember there’s a lot of bad and beware

[Chorus:] THEN (Piano break over la la la's)  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                       E           Esus4 E
But just remember there’s a lot of bad and beware

[Chorus] x 2  
C    G                 F         (w/ riff 2 - Descending)
 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 - Descending)
 Oh, baby, baby it’s a wild world
G              F                 C          Dm    E
 I’ll always remember you like a child girl (riff 4)

(Second time end on the C chord and let ring)

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Ace-How Long

 [Intro]
Ab/Bb  Bb  x4
then Bm on the 4th beat of the 4th Bb
 
[Chorus]
Cm7      Gm7           Fm7      Gm7
How long has this been goin' on
Cm7      Gm7           Fm7      Gm7
How long has this been goin' on
 
 
[Verse 1]
Ab/Bb                       Bb
Friends with their fancy persuasion
        Ab/Bb                   Bb
Don't admit that it's part of a scheme
      Ab/Bb                     Bb
But I can't help but have my suspicions
         Ab/Bb                    Bb
'Cause I ain't quite as dumb as I seem
        Ab/Bb                Bb
And you said you was never intendin' 
   Ab/Bb                      Bb
To break up our scene in this way
          Ab/Bb               Bb
But there ain't any use in pretendin' 
         Ab/Bb            Bb  Bm
It could happen to us any day
 
 
[Chorus]
Cm7      Gm7           Fm7      Gm7
How long has this been goin' on
Cm7      Gm7           Fm7      Gm7
How long has this been goin' on
 
[Musical Interlude: 16 measures of Cm to Bb]
 
 
[Verse 2]
Oh, your friends with their fancy persuasion
Don't admit that it's part of a scheme
But I can't help but have my suspicion
'Cause I ain't quite as dumb as I seem
 
Oh, you said you was never intending
To break up our scene in this way
But there ain't any use in pretendin'
It could happen to us any day
 
And how long has this been going on
How long has this been going on
How long
 
 
[Chorus]
Cm7      Gm7           Fm7      Gm7
How long has this been goin' on
Cm7      Gm7           Fm7      Gm7
How long has this been goin' on
Cm7      Gm7           Fm7      Gm7
How long has this been goin' on
Cm7      Gm7           Fm7      Gm7
How long has this been goin' on
How long
How long has this been going on
been going on
 
How
long has this been going on

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