Talking Heads - Wild Wild Life

      
 
 Wild Wild Life by Talking Heads
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 I grabbed John's (phys174@csc.canterbury.ac.nz) post from Nevada, listened to
 the disc, made corrections, and here is the result. This is how a bud of mine
 and I play it (two guitars). I included a rhythm and lead for each part,
 and the lyrics at the bottom (they may have errors). There really isn't a
 rhythm guitar on the album, so the rhythm part is sort of a combination of the
 bass and drums. There is timing below the tab (1 + 2 + etc), I hope it helps.
                                   -2-3-                             
 If there are brackets around tab: , it means to repeat what's in the
 brackets. I hope somebody else likes this tune; thanks again to John for his
 original post.
 
 pete@pr.erau.edu
 
 Figure A (Intro and First Verse)
 Rhythm Lead
 E E 
   

 e|-----0-----0---0-|-----0-----0---0-| e|-----------------|-----------------|
 b|-----5-----5---5-|-----5-----5---5-| b|-----------------|-----------4-----|
 g|-----4-----4---4-|-----4-----4---4-| g|-----------------|-------2/4---4\2-|
 d|-----------------|-----------------| d|-2---------------|-----------------|
 a|-----------------|-----------------| a|-----------------|-----------------|
 e|-0-----0-----0---|-0-----0-----0---| e|-----------------|-----------------|
 

 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 
                 
 Figure B (Bridge)
 Rhythm Lead
 C F G C F G 
       

 e|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-1---1-1-3---3-3-| e|-----------------|-----------------|
 b|-1---1-1-1---1-1-|-1---1-1-3---3-3-| b|-5-----5---------|-----------------|
 g|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-2---2-2-4---4-4-| g|-5---------5-----|-2-------4-------|
 d|-2---2-2-2---2-2-|-3---3-3-5---5-5-| d|-5-----------5---|-3-------5-------|
 a|-3---3-3-3---3-3-|-3---3-3-5---5-5-| a|-3---3-----------|-3-------5-------|
 e|-----------------|-1---1-1-3---3-3-| e|-----------------|-1-------3-------|
 

 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 
                 
 Figure C (Chorus)
 Rhythm
 A E D 
    

 e|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-----------------|
 b|-2---2-2-2---2-2-|-2---2-2-2---2-2-|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-9-------7-------|
 g|-2---2-2-2---2-2-|-2---2-2-2---2-2-|-1---1-1-1---1-1-|-9---x-x-7---x-x-|
 d|-2---2-2-2---2-2-|-2---2-2-2---2-2-|-2---2-2-2---2-2-|-9---x-x-7---x-x-|
 a|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-2---2-2-2---2-2-|-7---x-x-5---x-x-|
 e|-----------------|-----------------|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-----------------|
 

 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 
                 
 Lead
 A E D 
    

 e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 b|-------2---------|-------2---------|-------9---------|-------7---------|
 g|-----2-----2-----|-----2-----2-----|-----9-----9-----|-----7-----7-----|
 d|---2---------2---|---2---------2---|---9---------9---|---7---------7---|
 a|-0---------------|-0---------------|-7---------------|-5---------------|
 e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 

 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 
                 
 Figure D (Intro to second verse and Second verse itself)
 Rhythm Lead
 E E 
   

 e|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-0---0-0-0---0-| e|-----------------|-----------------|
 b|-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-0---0-0-0---0-| b|---5-5-4-4-------|-----------------|
 g|-1-1---1-1-1---1-|-1-1---1-1-1---1-| g|-----------2-2-4-|-4---------------|
 d|-2-2-x-2-2-2-x-2-|-2-2-x-2-2-2-x-2-| d|-----------------|---2-2-4-4-------|
 a|-2-2-x-2-2-2-x-2-|-2-2-x-2-2-2-x-2-| a|-----------------|-----------0-0-2-|
 e|-0-0-x-0-0-0-x-0-|-0-0-x-0-0-0-x-0-| e|-----------------|-----------------|
 

 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 
                 
 Figure E (Pre solo)
 Rhythm
 F# G 
   

 e[---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 b[---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 g[---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 d[-4---4-4-4---4-4-4---4-4-4---4-4-|-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-|
 a[-4---4-4-4---4-4-4---4-4-4---4-4-|-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-|
 e[-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-|-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-|
 

 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
 
 1st time
 C D C 
    

 e|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
 b|---------------------------------||-3---3-3-3---3-3-----------------|
 g|-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-||-2---2-2-2---2-2-0---0-0-0---0-0-|
 d|-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-||-0---0-0-0---0-0-2---2-2-2---2-2-|
 a|-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-||-----------------3---3-3-3---3-3-|
 e|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
 

 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
 
 2nd time
 F G 
   

 e||---------------------------------]
 b||---------------------------------]
 g||---------------------------------]
 d||-3---3-3-3---3-3-5---5-5-5---5-5-]
 a||-3---3-3-3---3-3-5---5-5-5---5-5-]
 e||-1---1-1-1---1-1-3---3-3-3---3-3-]
 

 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
 
 Lead 1st time
 F# G C D C 
      

 e[-2---------------|-3---------------|-0---------------||-5-------3-------|
 b[-2---------------|-3---------------|-1---------------||---7-------5-----|
 g[-3---------------|-4---------------|-0---------------||-----7-------5---|
 d[-4---------------|-5---------------|-2---------------||-----------------|
 a[-4---------------|-5---------------|-3---------------||-----------------|
 e[-2---------------|-3---------------|-----------------||-----------------|
 

 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 
                 
 2nd time
 D G 
   

 e||-----------------]
 b||-----------------]
 g||-10--10--12--12--]
 d||-10--10--12--12--]
 a||-----------------]
 e||-----------------]
 

 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 
         
 Solo (rhythm plays Figure D)

 e[-------------------------|-----------------------------]
 b[-------------------------|-----------------------------]
 g[-------12-14-------12-14-|-------12-14-b16----14p12----]
 d[-12-14-------12-14-------|-12-14--------------------14-]
 a[-------------------------|-----------------------------]
 e[-------------------------|-----------------------------]
 

 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4     + 
               |--t--|

 e|-------12-15-------12-15-|-------12-15-b17----15p12----|
 b|-12-15-------12-15-------|-12-15--------------------15-|
 g|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
 d|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
 a|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
 e|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
 

 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4     + 
               |--t--|

 e|-------12-15-------12-12-|-15-12-------------------|
 b|-12-15-------12-15-------|-------15-12-------------|
 g|-------------------------|-------------14-12-------|
 d|-------------------------|-------------------14-12-|
 a|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 

 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 
            
 Intro - FIGURE A 4 TIMES
 Verse - FIGURE A 4 TIMES
 "I'm wearin' my fur pajamas
 I ride a hot potatoe"
 Bridge - FIGURE B 2 TIMES
 "It's ticklin' her fancy
 speak up I can't hear you"
 Chorus - FIGURE C 4 TIMES
 "Here on this mountain top woah-oh (I got some wild wild life)
 I got some news to tell you woah-oh (about some wild wild life)
 Here come the doctor in charge woah-oh (she's got some wild wild life)
 Ain't that the way you like it woah-oh (livin' wild wild life)"
 Intro - FIGURE D 2 TIMES
 Verse - FIGURE D 4 TIMES
 "I wrestle with your conscious
 you wrestle with your partner"
 Bridge - FIGURE B 2 TIMES
 "sittin' on a windowsill
 but he spends his time behind closed doors"
 Chorus - FIGURE C 4 TIMES
 "Check out mister business man woah-oh (he bought some wild wild life)
 on the way to the stockage stage woah-oh (he got some wild wild life)
 wakin' up when he opens the door woah-oh (and doin' wild wild life)
 I know that's the way you like woah-oh (livin' wild wild life)"
 Break - FIGURE E
 "He's a man it's a piece of cake
 Thought control you get 'em both anytime you like"
 Solo - RHYTHM PLAYS FIGURE D 4 TIMES, LEAD PLAYS SOLO
 Bridge - FIGURE B 2 TIMES
 "Like sittin' on pins and needles
 Things fall apart it's scientific"
 Chorus - FIGURE C 8 TIMES
 "sleepin' on the interstate woah-oh (gettin' wild wild life)
 checkin' in checkin' out woah-oh (I got 'em wild wild life)
 spending all of my money and time woah-oh (on too much wild wild life)
 we wanna go and we know where we go woah-oh (ah doin' wild wild life)
 I know it, that's how we start it woah-oh (find some wild wild life)
 take a picture here in (Madayla)? woah-oh (I got 'em wild wild life)
 you want some talk, you want some ? woah-oh (wild wild life)
 And I know that's the way you like it woah-oh
 (livin' wild wild wild wild whaoo)"