Post by Leonard on Oct 9, 2016 15:33:37 GMT -5
The capo does a lot of the heavy lifting here in making this song sound entirely unique. The interlude was perhaps the most difficult part to figure out simply due to the rapid chord shifts in its latter half. Since the song was only ever part of a compilation album, its lyrics were never officially written down so that unsuspecting fans, much to the dismay of the artist, ended up transfiguring the outro to “We gotta get to Heaven, get a dime” instead of the correct “get a guide.”
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Date: April 10, 2016 Transcribed by: Leonard
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This is a faithful rendition of how
Cat Stevens plays the song on guitar.
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"I Want to Live in a Wigwam" (1971)
by Cat Stevens
Standard tuning (EADGBE)
- Capo at 5th fret -
in 4/4 time
VERSE 1
G D Dsus4
I'd like to live in a wigwam.
Bm7/A Am
Yes, I'd like to live in a wigwam.
Am7 A7sus4 D G C/G
I'd like to live in a wig-wam,
D Em RIFF 1
And dance 'round the totem pole.
VERSE 2
G D Dsus4
I'd like to live in an igloo.
Bm7/A Am
Yes, I'd like to live in an igloo.
Am7 A7sus4 D G C/G
I'd like to live in an igloo_____,
D Em RIFF 2
And fish from an ice-hole.
VERSE 3
G D Dsus4
Oh, I'd like to ride on a caravan.
Bm7 Am
I'd like to take a ride on a caravan.
Am7 A7sus4 D G C/G
Yes, I'd like to ride on a cara-van,
D Em RIFF 1
And sing with the gyp-sies.
VERSE 4
G D Dsus4
I'd like to live on a commune.
Bm7 Am
Yes, I'd like to live on a commune.____
Am7 A7sus4 D G C/G
I'd like to live on a comm-une,
D Em RIFF 2
And people can call me a hippie.
INTERLUDE
G D7/F# D7sus4 D7 Bm7/A Em
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
d d u d u d u d d u d d u d d u d u d u d d u d d u
E|-3---3-3-3-3-3-3--|-2---2-3-2---2-2--|-2---2-2-2-2-2-2--|-0---0-0-0---0-0--|
B|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0--|-3---3-2-3---3-3--|-3---3-3-3-3-3-3--|-0---0-0-0---0-0--|
G|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0--|-2---2-2-2---2-2--|-2---2-2-2-2-2-2--|-0---0-0-0---0-0--|
D|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0--|-0---0-0-0---0-0--|-4---4-4-4-4-4-4--|-2---2-2-2---2-2--|
A|-2---2---2---2----|-0----------------|-0---0---0---0----|-2---2---2---2----|
E|-3---3---3---3----|-2----------------|------------------|-0---0---0---0----|
Am7 A7sus4 D Am7 A7sus4 D
/ / / / / / / / / / / /
d d u d u d u d d u d d u d d u d d u
E|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0--|-2---2-3-2---2-2--|-0---0-0--2---2-2--|
B|-1---1-1-3-3-3-3--|-3---3-2-3---3-3--|-1---3-3--3---3-3--|
G|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0--|-2---2-2-2---2-2--|-0---0-0--2---2-2--|
D|-2---2-2-2-2-2----|-0---0-0-0---0-0--|-2---2-2--0---0-0--|
A|-0---0---0---0----|------------------|-0---0-------------|
E|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
Am7 A7sus4 Am7 Am7 A7sus4 D B/F# Em RIFF 2
/ / / / / / / / / / / /
d d u d d u d d u d u d u d d d d u
E|-0---0-0-0----0-0--|-0----0-0-2-2-x-x--|--0---0---0---0-0--|----------------|
B|-1---3-0-0-h1-3-0--|-0-h1-3-0-3-3-4-4--|--0---0---0---0-0--|----------------|
G|-0---0-0-0----0-0--|-0----0-0-2-2-4-4--|--0---0---0---0-0--|----------------|
D|-2---2-0-0-h2-2-0--|-0-h2-2-0-0-0-4-4--|--2---2---2---2-2--|----------------|
A|-0---0---0----0----|-0----0------------|--2---2---2---2----|----------2--0--|
E|-------------------|-------------------|--0---0---0---0----|-0--2--3--------|
VERSE 5
G D Dsus4
I don't want to live in a palace.
Bm7/A Am
No, I don't want to live in no palace.
Am7 A7sus4 D G C/G
Oh, I don't want to live in no pala-ace.
D Em RIFF 2
There's too many empty rooms.
VERSE 6
G D Dsus4
And I don't want to live in the barracks,
Bm7/A Am
Don't want to live in the barracks.
Am7 A7sus4 D G C/G
Oh, I don't want to live in the barra-ack,
D Em RIFF 1
And wake up to the bugle tune.
VERSE 7
G D Dsus4
I'd just like to live on a tree hut.
Bm7/A Am
Yes, I'd like to live on a tree hu-ut.
Am7 A7sus4 D G C/G
Yes, I'd like to live on a tree hu-ut,
D Em RIFF 2
And listen to the sound of the birds.
VERSE 8
G D Dsus4
I don't want to live in a jailhouse.
Bm7/A Am
Don't wanna bide my time in no jailhouse.
Am7 A7sus4 D G C/G
No, I don't want to live in no jailhou-se,
D Em RIFF 2
And be fed bread through the bars.
OUTRO VERSE
C/G Csus2/G
I'm glad I'm alive am I,
F/C G
I'm glad I'm alive am I,
F/C C/G F/C C/G
I'm glad I'm a-live, I'm glad I'm a-live,
F/C G
I'm glad I'm alive am I.
C/G Csus2/G
We gotta get our heads up in the sky,
F/C G
We gotta get our heads up in the sky,
F/C C/G F/C Em/B Am
We gotta get our heads up, gotta give a try,
F/C G
We gotta get our heads up in the sky.
C/G Csus2/G
We gotta get to Heaven, get a guide,
F/C G
We gotta get to Heaven, get a guide,
F/C C/G F/C C/G
We gotta get a Heaven, we gotta have a guide,
F/C G Em
We gotta get a Heaven, get a guide______.
CHORDS
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RIFF 1
G6 G6/D D5
/ / / /
d u d u d
E|-----0----------------|
B|--3--3-----0--3-------|
G|--4-----4--0--2-------|
D|--5-----5--0--0-------|
A|--------5-------------|
E|----------------------|
RIFF 2
(G) G
E|---------------------|-(3)...--------|
B|---------------------|-(0)...--------|
G|---------------------|-(0)...--------|
D|---------------------|-(0)...--------|
A|--------------2---0--|-(2)...--------|
E|--0---2---3----------|--3....--------|
Note: All chords relative to capo position.
G G6/(D) D Dsus4 Bm7/A Am
320003 x(5)5430 xx0232 xx0233 x04232 x02210
RM---L --R-LMI- ---IRM ---IRL --RIMI --MRI-
Am7 A7sus4 C/G Em
x02010 x02030 332010 022000
--M-I- --M-L- RLM-I- -MR---
D7/F# D7sus4 B/F# F/C Csus2/G Em/B
200212 xx0213 xx444x x33211 330010 x22000
T--MIR ---MIL --RRR- -RLMII RL--I- -MR---
Chord fingering: T = thumb
I = index finger
M = middle finger
R = ring finger
L = little finger
Tablature notation: h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
~ = vibrato, or hold chord
[ ] = natural harmonic (Harm.)
/ = legato slide (gliss) up the fret
\ = legato slide (gliss) down the fret
! = accentuate part with great intensity
d = downward stroke
u = upward stroke