Talking Heads

Talking Heads - Wild Wild Life guitar tab

Wild Wild Life by Talking Heads

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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.

If there are brackets around tab: [-2-3-], 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)"

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