Wild World Cat Stevens
Am D7 G
Now that i've lost every thing to you
G Cmaj7 F
You say you wanna start something new
F Dm E
And it's breaking my heart you're
leaeving
E
Baby I'm grievin'
Am D7 G
But if you want to leave take good
care
G Cmaj7 F
Hope you have a lot of nice things to
wear
F Dm E G7
But then a lot of nice things turn bad
out there
C
G Am F
Oh baby baby it's a wild world
G F C
It's hard to get by just upon a smile
C
G Am F
Oh baby baby it's a wild world
G F C D
E
I'll always remember youlike a child,
girl
Am D7 G
You know i've seen a lot of what the
world can do
G Cmaj7 F
And it's breaking my heart in two
F Dm E
Because I never want ot see you sad
girl
E
Don't be a bad girl
Am D7 G
But if you want to leave take good
care
G Cmaj7 F
Hope you make a lot of nice friends
out there
F Dm E
G7
But just remember theres a lot of bad
out there
C
G Am F
Oh baby baby it's a wild world
G F C
It's hard to get by just upon a smile
C
G Am F
Oh baby baby it's a wild world
G
F C D
E Am D7 G
Cmaj7 F Dm7
I'll always remember youlike a child,
girl
Am
D7 G Cmaj7
F Dm7
E Am
Baby I love you
Am D7 G
But if you want to leave take good
care
G C F
Hope you make a lot of nice friends
out there
F Dm E G7
But just remember theres a lot of bad
out there
Intro
(C)
(G7) (C) F Csus7 F
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Verse 1
C
G C F Csus7 F
Now I've been happy
lately, thinking a-bout the good things to come,
F
G Am (A4) (G) F
G F
And I be-lieve it could
be, some-thing good has begun
C
G C F Csus7 F
Oh, I've been smiling
lately, dreaming a-bout the world as one,
F
G Am (A4)(G) F
G F
And I be-lieve it could
be, some-day it's going to come
Verse 2
C
G C F Csus7 F
'Cause out on the edge
of darkness, there rides a peace train,
F
G Am (A4) (G)
F G F
Oh, peace train take
this coun-try, come take me home
again,
C
G C F Csus7
F
Now, I've been smiling
lately, thinking a-bout the good things to come,
F
G Am (A4) (G) F G
F
And I be-lieve it could
be, some-thing good has begun
Chorus
(C)
(G7) (C)
E
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B
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G
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D
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A |------------------|-----------------|
E
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Oh, peace train sound-
ing loud-er ,
F
Csus7 F F
G Am (A4)(G)
F G F
Glide on the peace train
,(Oo-ah, ee-ah, oo-ah!) Come on the
peace train,
(C)
(G7) (C)
E
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B
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G
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D
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A
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E |------------------|-----------------|
Yes, peace train ho
-ly roll-er ,
F Csus7 F F
G Am (A4)(G)
Everyone jump upon the
peace train, (Oo-ah, ee-ah, oo-ah!)
F G F
Come on now, peace train
Verse 3
C
G C F
Csus7 F
Get your bags together,
go bring your good friends too,
F
G Am (A4)(G)
F G F
‘Cause it's getting
near-er, it soon will be with you,
C
G C F Csus7
F
And come and join the
living, it's not so far from you,
F
G Am (A4)(G) F G
F
And it's getting
near-er, soon it will all be true
Chorus
(C)
(G7) (C)
E
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B |-1-----/3----/5---|--5-----3---1----|
G
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D
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A
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E
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Oh, peace train sound-
ing loud-er ,
F
Csus7 F F
G Am (A4)(G)
Glide on the peace train
, (Oo-ah, ee-ah, oo-ah!),
F G F
Come on the peace train, peace train
Break
C
G7 C G7
E
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B
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F Csus7 F
F G Am (A4)(G) F G
F
Oo-oo, oo, oo-oo, oo, oo-oo
Verse 4
C
G C F Csus7
F F
Now, I've been crying
lately, thinking a-bout the world as it is,
F
G Am (A4)(G)
F G F
Why must we go on
hat-ing, why can't we live in bliss?
C
G C F Csus7
F
'Cause out on the edge
of darkness there rides a peace train,
F
G Am (A4) (G) F
G F
Oh, peace train take
this coun-try, come take me home again
Chorus
(C)
(G7) (C)
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D
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A
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E |------------------|-----------------|
Oh, peace train sound-
ing loud-er ,
F
Csus7 F F
G Am A4) (G)
F G F
Glide on the peace train
,(Oo-ah, ee-ah, oo-ah!) Come on the
peace train,
(C)
(G7) (C)
E |------------------|-----------------|
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G
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D
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A
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E
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Yes, peace train ho
-ly roll-er ,
F
Csus7 F F
G Am (A4)(G)
Everyone jump upon the
peace train, (Oo-ah, ee-ah, oo-ah!)
F
G F
Come on, come on, come
on, umm-yes,
F G
Am (A4) (G) F
G
Come on peace train, yeah!
Yes, it’s the
C F Csus7
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D |--2-----/3---------|--/5--5---3--2--|
A |--3----------------|----------------|
E |--3----------------|----------------|
peace
train-------------------------------!
F
G Am (A4)(G)
F G F
(Oo-ah, ee-ah,
oo-ah) Come on, now, peace train, oh,
peace train
Break
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G7 C G7
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F Csus7 F
F G Am
(A4)(G) F G
Fmaj7----------------(D9)
(Oo-ah, ee-ah, oo-ah)
Coda- (Repeats &
fades)
C Am Em/B F G
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\ Here is Cats in the Cradle as I found it in Nevada. There are some pretty weird
chords in it and I don't know what they are. Could someone post
them or mail
them to me? It is much appreciated.
Is there a list somewhere
of weird chords?
Thanks
Clark Case
clarkin@sage.cc.purdue.edu
Cat's In The Cradle Words and music
by
Harry Chapin and Sandy Chapin
As published in "Harry Chapin: A Legacy in Song"
(c) 1987
Cherry Lane Music Co., Inc.
IMHO, this is a better version that the simplified version that
was/is on
ftp.nevada.edu.
TAB: each space represents an eigth note
The music says CAPO 8 (key of F) but I usually play it CAPO 5 (key
of D),
since that's in my range.
INTRO:
A(no 3rd)
e|--0-0---|20------|--------|----|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
B|--------|--0-3---|0----0--|--0-|--------|--------|------0-|--------|--------|
G|2-------|---2----|---2----|0---|2-------|20------|----0---|2-------|--------|
D|--------|--------|--------|----|----2---|--2-0---|--------|--------|--------|
A|--------|--------|--------|----|--------|---3--3-|0-------|--------|--------|
E|--------|--------|--------|----|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
A C
My child arrived just the other day;
D A
he came into the world in the usual way.
A C
But there were planes to catch, and bills to pay.
D
A
He learned to walk while I
was away.
G G/F# Em7 Em/D
And he was talkin' 'fore I knew it. And as he grew
C Em/B
A C Em/B A
he'd say, "I'm gonna be like you, Dad. You know I'm gonna be like you."
A G
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon,
C D
little boy blue and the man in the moon.
A G
"When you comin' home Dad?" "I don't know when,
C Em/B A C Em/B A
but we'll get together then, Son.
You know we'll have a good time then."
A(no 3rd)
e|--0-0---|20------|--------|----|--------|
B|--------|--0-3---|0----0--|--0-|--------|
G|2-------|---2----|---2----|0---|2-------|
D|--------|--------|--------|----|--------|
A|--------|--------|--------|----|--------|
E|--------|--------|--------|----|--------|
A C
My son turned ten just the other day.
D A
He said, "Thanks for the ball, Dad. Come on, let's play.
A C
Can you teach me to throw?"
I said, "Not today.
D A
I got a lot to
do." He said, "That's
okay."
G G/F# Em7 Em/D
And he walked away, but
his smile never dimmed.
C Em/B
A C Em/B A
It said, "I'm gonna be like him, yeah. You know I'm gonna be like him."
A G
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon,
C D
little boy blue and the man in the moon.
A G
"When you comin' home Dad?" "I don't know when,
C Em/B A C Em/B A
but we'll get together then, Son.
You know we'll have a good time then."
A(no 3rd)
e|--0-0---|20------|--------|----|--------|
B|--------|--0-3---|0----0--|--0-|--------|
G|2-------|---2----|---2----|0---|2-------|
D|--------|--------|--------|----|--------|
A|--------|--------|--------|----|--------|
E|--------|--------|--------|----|--------|
A C
Well, he came home from college just the other day,
D A
so much like a man I just had to say,
A C
"Son, I'm proud of you.
Can you sit for a while?"
D A
He shook his head and he said with a smile,
G G/F# Em7 Em/D
"What I'd really like, Dad, is to borrow the car keys.
C Em/B A
See you later. Can I have them please?"
A G
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon,
C D
little boy blue and the man in the moon.
A G
"When you comin' home Son?" "I don't know when,
C Em/B A C Em/B A
but we'll get together then, Dad.
You know we'll have a good time then."
F G Em A
F G Em A
(Slower)
A C
I've long since retired, my son's moved away.
D A
I called him up just the
other day.
A C
I said, "I'd like to see you if you don't mind."
D A
He said, "I'd love to, Dad, if I could find the time.
G G/F# Em7 Em/D
You see, my new job's a hassle and the kids have the flu,
C Em/B A C Em/B
A
but it's sure nice talkin' to you, Dad. It's been sure nice talkin' to you."
G G/F# Em7
Em/D
And as I hung up the phone it occured to me,
C Em/B A(no 3rd) C Em/B
A
he'd grown up just like me.
My boy was just like me.
(Tempo I)
A G
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon,
C D
little boy blue and the man in the moon.
A G
"When you comin' home Son?" "I don't know when,
C Em/B A C Em/B A
but we'll get together then, Dad, we're gonna have a good time
then."
A(no 3rd) A
e|--0-0---|20------|--------|----|0-------|--------|
B|--------|--0-3---|0----0--|--0-|2-------|--------|
G|2-------|---2----|---2----|0---|2-------|--------|
D|--------|--------|--------|----|2-------|--------|
A|--------|--------|--------|----|0-------|--------|
E|--------|--------|--------|----|0-------|--------|
CHORUS
E G
The cats in
the cradle and the silver spoon
G A
Little boy
blue and a man on the moon
E G
When you
comin' home son, I don't know when
D E
We'll get
together then,
G E
You know
we'll have a good time then
VERSE 2
E G
My son turned
ten just the other day
A E
He said
"Thanks for the ball dad, come on, let's play
E G
Could you
teach me to throw?", I said "Not today
A E
I got a lot
to do", he said "That's OK"
D G
He walked
away with a smile on his face, he said
E
"I'm
gonna be like him, yeah,
G E
you know I'm
gonna be like him"
Artist: John
Denver
Song: Leaving
On A Jet Plane
G7 C F
All my bags
are packed I'm ready to go
C F
I'm standing
here outside your door,
C Am G G7
I hate to
wake you up to say goodbye.
C F
But the dawn
is breaking it's early mor'n
C F
The taxi
waiting he is blowing his horn
C
Am G G7
Already i'm
so lonesome I could cry.
Chorus:
C
F
So kiss me
and smile for me,
C F
tell me that
you'll wait for me,
C Dm G7
hold me like
you will never let me go.
C
F C
Cuz I'm
leaving on a jetplane,
F
don't know
when I'll be back again.
Am G7
Oh babe I
hate to go.
There's so many
times I've let you down,
So many times
I've played around.
I tell you
now that they don't mean a thing.
Every place I'll go I'll think of you.
Every song
I'll sing, I'll sing for you.
When I come
back I'll bring your weddingring.
Chorus:
So kiss me....
Now the time
has come I'm leaving you.
Just one more
time let me kiss you.
Then close
your eyes and I'll be on my way.
You can dream
about the days to come,
when I won't
have to leave alone,
about the
times when I won't have to say.
Chorus:
So kiss me....
--
\
The Gambler:
F Bb F
On a warm
summer's evening on a train bound for nowhere
Bb
F
C
I met up with
a gambler. We were both too tired to sleep.
F Bb F
So we took
turns a starin' out the window at the darkness
Bb F C7 F
till boredom
overtook us and he began to speak.
He said,
"Son, I've made a life out of readin' people's faces
and knowin'
what their cards were by the way they held their eyes.
So if you
don't mind my sayin' I can see you're out of aces;
for a taste
of your whiskey I'll give you some advice."
So I handed
him my bottle, and he drank doen my last swallow.
Then he
bummed a cigarette and asked me for a light.
And the night
got deathly quiet and his face lost all expression.
Said,
"If you're gonna play the game, boy, you gotta learn to play it
right."
CHORUS:
F Bb F
"You got
to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em.
Bb F C
Know when to
walk away and know when to run.
F
Bb F Bb F
You never
count your money when you're sittin' at the table.
Bb F C7 F
Ther'll be
time enough for countin' when the dealin's done."
"Ev'ry
gambler knows that the secret to survivin'
Is knowin'
what to throw away and knowin' what to keep.
'Cause ev'ry
hand's a winner, and ev'ry hand's a loser.
And the best
that you can hope for is to die in your sleep."
And when he'd
finished speakin' he turned back toward the window.
Crushed ou
his cigarette and faded off to sleep.
And somewhere
in the darkness the gambler he broke even.
But in his
final words I found an ace that I could keep.
(to chorus:)
Well, there
it is.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
"...a
good point there, after all, he was the Walrus. I could be the
Walrus, I'd
still have to bum rides off of people."
Ferris Bueller
neil-mardis@augustana.edu
From:
Michael.C.Egan.4@nd.edu (Mike Egan)
suggests
moving the whole thing up a step (starting on a G)
and moving up
a further step at
A D A
"Every
gambler knows that the secret to survivin'
D A E
Is knowin'
what to throw away and knowin' what to keep
A D A
'Cause every
hand's a winner, and every hand's a loser
D A E7 A
And the best
that you can hope for is to die in your sleep."
A D A
And when he
finished speakin' he turned back toward the window
D A E
Crushed out
his cigarette and faded off to sleep
A D A
And somewhere
in the darkness, the gambler he broke even
D A E7 A
But in his
final words I found an ace that I could keep
A D A
"You got
to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em
D A E
Know when to
walk away, and know when to run
A D A
You never
count your money when you're sittin' at the table
D A E7 A
There'll be
time enough for countin' when the dealin's done."
Chords:
A
D Em/A G
G/D
E
---0------2------0------3------3----|
B
---2------3------0------0------0----|
G
---2------2------0------0------0----|
D ---2------0------2------0------0----|
A
---0-------------0------5------2----|
E
------------------------5------0----|
Capo 1st Fret
(In a
moderate country half-time)
On a warm
summer's evenin' on a train bound for nowhere,
I met up with
the gambler; we were both too tired to sleep.
So we took
turns a starin' out the window at the darkness
'til boredom
overtook us, and he began to speak.
D G/D D
He said,
"Son, I've made a life out of readin' people's faces,
A
and knowin'
what their cards were by the way they held their eyes.
D G/D D
And if you
don't mind my sayin', I can see you're out of aces.
G/D D A D
For a taste
of your whiskey I'll give you some advice."
So I handed
him my bottle and he drank down my last swallow.
Then he
bummed a cigarette and asked me for a light.
D G D
And the night
got deathly quiet, and his face lost all expression.
G D A D
Said,
"If you're gonna play the game, boy, ya gotta learn to play it right.
D G D
You got to
know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em,
G D A
know when to
walk away and know when to run.
D
Em/A D G D
You never
count your money when you're sittin' at the table.
G D A D
There'll be
time enough for countin' when the dealin's done.
[Slide capo
to 2nd fret]
D G D
Ev'ry gambler
knows that the secret to survivin'
A
is knowin'
what to throw away and knowing what to keep.
D G D
'Cause ev'ry
hand's a winner and ev'ry hand's a loser,
G D A D
and the best
that you can hope for is to die in your sleep."
And when he'd
finished speakin', he turned back towards the window,
crushed out
his cigarette and faded off to sleep.
And somewhere
in the darkness the gambler, he broke even.
But in his
final words I found an ace that I could keep.
You got to
know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em,
G D A
know when to
walk away and know when to run.
D
Em/A D G D
You never
count your money when you're sittin' at the table.
G D A D
There'll be
time enough for countin' when the dealin's done
[Repeat
chorus once and end]
Intro
*
E
|-----3-----3------3---3--------3--------5----------|
B
|-----3-----3------3---5----------------------------|
G
|-----4-----4------4---5----5-------5---------5-----|
D
|-----5-----5------5---5----------------------------|
A
|-----5-----5------5---3----------------------------|
E
|-----3-----3------3---3----------------------------|
G C/G
( Whilst holding down C
chord, move little finger off
2nd string, & use
to play 'A' note * on 1st string)
Verse 1
G D C Am7
It's not time to make a
change, just re-lax, take it easy,
G Em Am D
You're still young,
that's your fault, there's so much you have to know,
G D C Am7
Find a girl, settle
down, if you want, you can marry,
G Em Am7
D
Look at me, I am old,
but I'm happy
Verse 2
G Bm7 C Am7 G
I was once like you are
now, and I know that it's not easy to be calm,
Em Am7 D G Bm7
When you've found
something going on, but take your
time, think a lot,
C Am7 G Em
Why, think of everything
you've got, for you will still be here to-morrow,
D G
C/G G C/G
But your dreams may not
Verse 3
G
Bm7 C Am7
How can I try to
ex-plain? When I do , he turns a-way
again!
G Em Am7 D
It's always been the
same, the same old story,
G Bm7 C Am7
From the moment I could
talk, I was ordered to listen,
G Em D
G
Now there's a way, and I
know that I have to go away,
D
C G C/G
G C/G
I know I have to go
Instrumental verse 4
C/G G D C Am7
E
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B
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G
|--4-5---5-7--|---7---4-5---7---4-5----|----7-----7--7---9--------------|
D
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A
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E
|-------------|------------------------|--------------------------------|
G
Em Am D G D
E
|------------------------|---------------------------|------------------|
B
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G
|---4----------4----5-4--|--4--------------4-5--5-7--|-7--4-5---7---4-5-|
D
|--------5-7-------------|------7-7-5--7-7-----------|------------------|
A
|------------------------|---------------------------|------------------|
E
|------------------------|---------------------------|------------------|
C
Am7 G Em
D G
E
|------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
B
|------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
G
|---7---7-7---9----------|--4--------4---5-4--4----|--------4-5---5-7---|
D
|---------------5----5-7-|-----5-7--------------7--|--5--5--------------|
A
|------------------------|-------------------------|----5---------------|
E |------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
D
C G C/G G C/G
E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
B
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
G
|----7-------5----5-4---|-----------------------|-----------------------|
D
|-----------------------|---5-----5-5-5-5-2-0---|-----------------------|
A
|-----------------------|---------------------2-|-----------------------|
E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|---3-------------------|
Verse 5
G D C Am7
It's not time to make a
change, just sit down, take it slowly,
( A-way , a-way, a-way )
G Em Am
You're still young, that's you're fault there's so much
( I---- ----know----
D G D C
Am7
you have to go through,
Find a girl,settle down, if you want you can marry,
I have
to make this--- de-cision--- ---a-lone!)
G Em Am7
D
Look at me , I am old, but I'm happy
( No !)
Verse 5
G Bm7 C Am7
All the times that I
cried, keeping all the things I knew inside,
( Stay , stay, stay )
G Em Am7 D
It's hard, but it's harder to ig-nore it!
( Why--- ---must--- ---you go ,and make---
G Bm7 C Am7
If they were right, I'd a-gree, but it's them, they
know, not me,
---this de-cision---- ----a-lone? )
G Em D G
D C G
Now there's a way, and I
know that I have to go away, I know I have to go
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