Tuning: Standard
Notes: This song really is all about the picking, especially the verse bit. Make sure to listen to the
original (see yt link in description) because the rhythm gets shifted around a lot. Don't forget there are two
different Fm octaves in the song (lower for the verse and higher for pre-chorus/chorus).
I've also added a bonus chart at the end for the picking pattern in some selected parts. They are far from
perfect but should be enough for you to begin with.
Have fun and happy playing!
[Chords]
Ab Db Ab/Eb Fm Eb
e|---4-----4-----4-----1----8-----6---|
B|---4-----6-----4-----1----9-----8---|
G|---5-----6-----5-----1-or-10----8---|
D|---6-----6-----6-----3----10----8---|
A|---6-----4-----6-----3----8-----6---|
E|---4-----x-----x-----1----x-----x---|
[Intro]
Ab Db Ab/Eb Ab Db Ab/Eb
[Verse 1]
Ab Db Ab/Eb Ab Db Ab/Eb
Long hair and longer stride
Fm Db Ab/Eb Fm Db Ab/Eb
Skateboard affair with the primal tribe
Ab Db Ab/Eb Ab Db Ab/Eb
And your cut-off painter pants
Fm Db Ab/Eb Fm Db Eb
Chargin down the craggy mountains, with our thrift-store friends
[Pre-Chorus]
Fm Cm Db Ab Cm Fm
And who you find so, so in love with the falling earth
Cm Db Eb Ab Db Ab/Eb
Who you wake in the middle of the fallin' night with summer playing coy
[Verse 2]
Ab Db Ab/Eb Ab Db Ab
And In the attics of the city night
Ab Db Ab/Eb Fm
We talked corso and the M.C. five
Db Ab Fm Db Eb Fm
And you could dance like, we were all alright
[Chorus 1]
Cm Db Ab Cm Fm
Only the wild ones, give you something and never want it back
Cm Db Eb Fm
Oh the riot and the rush of the warm night air
Cm Db Ab Cm Fm
Only the wild ones, are the ones you can never catch
Cm Db Eb Ab Db Ab/Eb Ab Db Ab/Eb Fm Db Ab/Eb Fm Db Ab/Eb
Stars are up now, no place to go, but everywhere
[Verse 3]
Ab Db Ab/Eb Ab Db Ab
One I met in the green mountain state
Fm Db Ab/Eb Fm Db Ab/Eb
I dropped out, and he moved away
Ab Db Ab/Eb Ab Db Ab/Eb
Heard he got some land down south
Fm Db Ab/Eb Fm Db Eb
Changed his name to a name the birds could pronounce
[Chorus 2]
Fm Cm Db Ab Cm Fm
And only the wild ones, give you something and never want it back
Cm Db Eb Fm
Oh the riot and the rush of the warm night air
Cm Db Ab Cm Fm
Only the wild ones, are the ones you can never catch
Cm Db Eb Ab Db Ab/Eb Ab Db Ab/Eb Fm Db Ab/Eb
Stars are up now, no place to go, but everywhere
Fm Db Ab/Eb Ab Db Ab/Eb Ab Db Ab/Eb Fm Db Ab/Eb Fm Db Ab/Eb
(No place to go but everywhere)
[Verse 4]
Ab Db Ab/Eb Ab Db Ab/Eb
And in the city the mayor said
Fm Db Ab/Eb Fm Db Ab/Eb
Those who dance are all mislead
Ab Db Ab/Eb Ab Db Ab/Eb
So you packed your things and moved to the other coast
Fm Db Ab/Eb Fm Db Eb
Said you gonna be like Charlie Rose
[Chorus 3]
Cm Db Ab Cm Fm
Only the wild ones, give you something and never want it back
Cm Db Eb Fm
Oh the riot and the rush of the warm night air
Cm Db Ab Cm Fm
Only the wild ones, are the ones you can never catch
Cm Db Eb Fm
Stars are up now, no place to go, but everywhere
[Interlude]
Ab Db Ab/Eb Ab Db Ab/Eb
Fm Db Ab/Eb Fm Db Ab/Eb
Ab Db Ab/Eb Ab Db Ab/Eb
Fm Db Ab/Eb Fm Db Eb
[Chorus 4]
Cm Db Ab Cm Fm
Only the wild ones, give you something and never want it back
Cm Db Eb Fm
Oh the riot and the rush of the warm night air
Cm Db Ab Cm Fm
Only the wild ones, are the ones you can never catch
Cm Db Eb Ab Db Ab/Eb Ab
Stars are up now, no place to go, but anywhere
[Outro]
Fm Db Ab/Eb Ab Db Ab/Eb Fm Db Ab
Mmmmmmm...
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[Picking/Strumming Patterns]
[Intro]
Ab Db Ab/Eb Ab Db Ab/Eb Ab
e|----------4---|-------x--------|-4----------|---------4----|-------x--------|-4-------|
B|--4-------4-4-|---6-6-x--4-----|-4-4--------|-4-------4-4--|---6-6-x--4-----|-4-4-----|
G|------5-------|---6-6-x------5-|------5-----|-----5--------|---6-6-x------5-|------5--|
D|--------------|---6-6-x--------|------6-----|--------------|---6-6-x--------|------6--|
A|--------------|-4-----x--6-----|------6-----|--------------|-4-----x--6-----|------6--|
E|--4-----------|-------x--------|------4-----|-4------------|-------x--------|------4--|
[Verse 1]
Ab Db Ab/Eb
e|----------4--|--------x-------|
B|--4---4-4-4--|----6-6-x--4----|
G|--5---5-5-5--|----6-6-x--5----|
D|--6---6-6----|----6-6-x--6----|
A|--6----------|--4-----x--6----|
E|--4----------|--------x-------|
