Track Title: Wild Wild Life Album Title: Sand in the Vaseline 84-92 Prime Artist: Talking Heads Producer: Talking Heads Written by: David Byrne From the Album: True Stories 1984? (A) Lyrics: I'm wearin' Fur pyjamas I ride a Hot Potata' It's tickling my fancy Speak up, I can't hear you Here on this mountaintop Woahoho I got some wild, wild life I got some new to tell ya Woahoho About some wild, wild life Here comes the doctor in charge Woahoho She's got some wild, wild life Ain't that the way you like it? Ho, ha! Living wild, wild life. I wrestle, with your conscience You wrestle, with your partner Sittin' on a window sill, but he Spends time behind closed doors Check out Mr. Businessman Oh, ho ho He bought some wild, wild life On the way to the stock exchange Oh, ho ho He got some wild, wild life Break it up when he opens the door Whoahoho He's doin' wild, wild life I know that's the way you like it Wo ho Living wild, wild life Peace of mind? Piece of cake! Thought control! You get on board anytime you like Like sittin' on pins and needles Things fall apart, it's scientific Sleeping on the interstate Woah ho ah Getting wild, wild life Checkin' in, a checkin' out! Uh, huh! I got a wild, wild life Spending all of my money and time Oh, ho ho Done too much wild, wild We wanna go, where we go, where we go Oh, ho ho! I doing wild, wild I know it, that's how we start Uh, huh Got some wild, wild life Take a picture, here in the daylight Oh, ho! And it's a wild, wild life You've grown so tall, you've grown so fast Oh, ho ho Wild, wild I know that's the way you like it Oh, ho! Living wild wild wild wild, life. www.thepeaches.com/music/ Paul Sterret sent me this tab: Wild Wild Life Talking Heads ...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. 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 |