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Wicked Game Tab by Chris Isaak

Wicked Game tab by Chris Isaak (Ver. 3)

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Contributed by J Foster

  • Difficulty: Intermediate 💪
Wicked Game
Chris Isaak

Mixolydian scale


E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--0-(tremolo, down 1/2 step)---7--7 (slide down & away) -0--|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|


E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--0-(tremolo, down 1/2 step)--(palm mute and rake down from 6th string to 2nd string 5th fret)-|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


E|------------------------------2-----0----------------------------|
B|--5--3--2--0 (Tremolo)----------3-----3--2-----------------------|
G|------------------------2--1----------------4--4--2--1--1--2s-4--|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|


E|----2-----0-------------------------------|
B|-------3-----3--2-------------------------|
G|-- ----------------4--4--2--1--1--2s-4----|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|



    Bm                    A                        E
The world was on fire and no one could save me but you


     Bm                       A                   E     E----------------|
It`s strange what desire will make foolish people do    B----------------|
                                                        G----1--h2--s4---|
                                                        D--2-------------|
                                                        A----------------|
                                                        E----------------|



Bm                   A                      E      E------------|
I never dreamed that I`d meet somebody like you    B------------|
                                                   G------------|
                                                   D--------2---|
                                                   A--2--s4---4-|
                                                   E------------|


    Bm                   A                      E
And I never dreamed that I`d lose somebody like you     E----------------|
                                                        B----------------|
                                                        G----1--h2--s4---|
                                                        D--2-------------|
                                                        A----------------|
                                                        E----------------|




   Bm     A                    E
No I..... don`t wanna` fall in love  (This world is only gonna` break your heart)
                                                        E----------------|
                                                        B----------------|
                                                        G----1--h2--s4---|
                                                        D--2-------------|
                                                        A----------------|
                                                        E----------------|

   Bm    A                    E
No I.... don`t wanna` fall in love  (This world is only gonna` break your heart)
                                                        E----------------|
                                                        B----------------|
                                                        G----1--h2--s4---|
                                                        D--2-------------|
                                                        A----------------|
                                                        E----------------|
     Bm
With You

E|----2-----0-----------------------------|
B|-------3-----3--2-----------------------|
G|-------------------4--4--2--1--h1--s4---|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|

     Bm
With you

E|----2-----0-----------------------------|
B|-------3-----3--2-----------------------|
G|-------------------4--4--2--1--h1--s4---|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|

                           (This world is only gonna` break your heart)   Bm


              A            E                             Bm
What a wicked game to play     to make me feel this way


              A            E                          Bm
What a wicked thing to do     to let me dream of you

              A             E                           Bm
What a wicked thing to say     you never felt this way


              A            E
What a wicked thing to do     to make me dream of you... and



Bm     A              E
I..... wanna` fall in love  (This world is only gonna` break your heart)
                                                E----------------|
                                                B----------------|
                                                G----1--h2--s4---|
                                                D--2-------------|
                                                A----------------|
                                                E----------------|
    Bm    A              E
No  I.... wanna` fall in love with you   (This world is only gonna` break your heart)
                                                             E----------------|
                                                             B----------------|
                                                             G----1--h2--s4---|
                                                             D--2-------------|
                                                             A----------------|
                                                             E----------------|
     Bm
with you





E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--0-(tremolo, down 1/2 step)---7--7 (slide down & away) -0--|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|


E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--0-(tremolo, down 1/2 step)--(palm mute and rake down from 6th string to 5th string)-|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|



E|-----------------------------2-----0----------------------------|
B|--5--3--2--0 (Tremolo)---------3-----3--2-----------------------|
G|------------------------2--1---------------4--4--2--1--1--2s-4--|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|


E|----2-----0-----------------------------|
B|-------3-----3--2-----------------------|
G|-------------------4--4--2--1--h1--s4---|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|


Bm                        A                        E
The world was on fire and no one could save me but you


     Bm                       A                   E
It`s strange what desire will make foolish people do    E----------------|
                                                        B----------------|
                                                        G----1--h2--s4---|
                                                        D--2-------------|
                                                        A----------------|
                                                        E----------------|


Bm                   A                      E
I never dreamed that I`d like somebody like you   E----------------|
                                                  B----------------|
                                                  G----1--h2--s4---|
                                                  D--2-------------|
                                                  A----------------|
                                                  E----------------|

Bm                   A                      E
I never dreamed that I`d lose somebody like you  E---------------------------------|
                                                 B---------------------------------|
                                                 G--------------2---2--4---6-------|
                                                 D--------2---2---4------6---7--7--|
                                                 A--2--s4---4----------------------|
                                                 E---------------------------------|


(7th fret) (5th fret)
   Bm        A              E
No I........ wanna` fall in love (This world is only gonna` break your heart)
                                                     E----------------|
                                                     B----------------|
                                                     G----1--h2--s4---|
                                                     D--2-------------|
                                                     A----------------|
                                                     E----------------|

   Bm      A              E
No I.....  wanna` fall in love (This world is only gonna` break your heart)
                                                   E----------------|
                                                   B----------------|
                                                   G----1--h2--s4---|
                                                   B--2-------------|
                                                   A----------------|
                                                   E----------------|
     Bm
With you


E|----2-----0-----------------------------|
B|-------3-----3--2-----------------------|
G|-------------------4--4--2--1--h1--s4---|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|

                              (This world is only gonna` break your heart)

     Bm
With you


E|----2-----0-----------------------------|
B|-------3-----3--2-----------------------|
G|-------------------4--4--2--1--h1--s4---|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|


                               (This world is only gonna` break your heart)

No I.............................................................

E|----2-----0-----------------------------|
B|-------3-----3--2-----------------------|
G|-------------------4--4--2--1--h1--s4---|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|

                               (This world is only gonna` break your heart)

E|----2-----0-----------------------------|
B|-------3-----3--2-----------------------|
G|-------------------4--4--2--1--h1--s4---|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|

                               (This world is only gonna` break your heart)

Bm          A              E
   Nobody      loves no one

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About this song

Wicked Game is a song by American rock musician Chris Isaak, released from his third studio album Heart Shaped World (1989). Despite being released as a single in 1989, it did not become a hit until it was later featured in the David Lynch film Wild at Heart (1990). Lee Chesnut, an Atlanta radio station music director who loved David Lynch films, began playing the song, and it quickly became a nationwide top-ten hit in January 1991, reaching number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making it the first hit song of Isaaks career. It has subsequently been covered by many other artists and been featured in numerous high-profile movies and television series and advertisements, so much so that Dazed magazine questioned whether it might be the most influential love song in modern music.