Wild Wild Life tab by Talking Heads

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Submitted by graetchen

Figure A augmentedA (Intro and First Verse)
  Rhythm                 Lead
  E MajorE                    E MajorE
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 BB (Bridge)
  Rhythm                 Lead
  C majorC         FF    G+G       C majorC         FF    G+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 majorC (Chorus)
  Rhythm
  A augmentedA                  E MajorE             D MajorD
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 augmentedA                  E MajorE         D MajorD
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 MajorD (Intro to second verse and Second verse itself)
  Rhythm                 Lead
  E MajorE                    E MajorE
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 MajorE (Pre solo)
  Rhythm
  F#F#                G+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 majorC                 D MajorD        C majorC
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
  FF        G+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#F#        G+G         C majorC         D MajorD    C majorC
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 MajorD    G+G
e||-----------------]
b||-----------------]
g||-10--10--12--12--]
d||-10--10--12--12--]
a||-----------------]
e||-----------------]
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

Solo (rhythm plays Figure D MajorD)
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 augmentedA 4 TIMES
Verse - FIGURE A augmentedA 4 TIMES
     ¨I’m wearin’ my fur pajamas
     I ride a hot potatoe¨
Bridge - FIGURE BB 2 TIMES
     ¨It’s ..
     speak ..
Chorus - FIGURE C majorC 4 TIMES
     ¨Here ..
     I ..
     Here ..)
     Ain’t ..
Intro - FIGURE D MajorD 2 TIMES
Verse - FIGURE D MajorD 4 TIMES
     ¨I ..
     you ..
Bridge - FIGURE BB 2 TIMES
     ¨sittin’ ..
     but ..
Chorus - FIGURE C majorC 4 TIMES
     ¨Check ..
     on ..
     wakin’ ..
     I know ...
Break - FIGURE E MajorE
     ¨He’s ..
     Thought ..
Solo  - RHYTHM PLAYS FIGURE D MajorD 4 TIMES, LEAD PLAYS SOLO
Bridge - FIGURE BB 2 TIMES
     ¨Like ..
     Things ..
Chorus - FIGURE C majorC 8 TIMES
     ¨sleepin’ ..
     checkin’ ..
     spending ..)
     we ..
     I ..
     take ...
     you ..
     And ..
     (livin’ wild ..