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Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 22:43:08 +0000
From: Nic.Boulton@cw.mercury.co.uk
/o/Joan_Osborne/Wild_world.crd
>From the 'early material' CD.
[intro]:
| G | Am | Am | G |
G / Am Am \ G
how will we stay on the side walk
when there is no gravity
G / Am Am / C
piece of paper floating upwards
G --9---------------
D -----10-----------
A ---------10-------
C E ---------------3--
but no one stops to see ee ee
G / Am Am \ G
and you think that I'm the right one
coz I know just what to say
Am / C
and you ask me to convince you
C
that you won't blow awa a ay in this
[chorus]:
G G / Am Am \ G
||: wild wild world in this :|| x 3
Am / C
by the river-er-er-er-er
G / Am Am \ G
well we made them to be broken
sorry if they let you down
Am / C
sorry if the ones you know
C
are vanishing all over town
G / Am Am \ G
mmm and I need someone to hold me
and I ask you to be fair
Am / C
and you'd like to give me something
C
but we both know, there ain't a lot, ain't a lot to share
[chorus]
[bridge]:
Bm Am Em(0)
no oh are you listening to make sure I'm still here
G -----------------------
D --2--/4--/5----/9------
A -----------------------
Bm C Am
no did you know know that the river burns like gasoline
C Em(VII)
they can't turn on a rain machine
C Am
they tell me there is no more space
C D
won't you turn around, girl I hate it when I cannot see your face
[chorus]
end on a G
E A D G B e
3 5 5 4 3 3 - G
5 7 7 5 5 5 - Am
8 10 10 9 8 8 - C
7 9 9 7 7 7 - Bm
0 2 2 0 0 0 - Em(0) (play with 3rd & 4th fingers)
x 7 9 9 8 7 - Em(VII)
10 12 12 11 10 10 - D
/ is a slide up
\ is a slide down
Nic
Nic.Boulton@cw.mercury.co.uk
