Wild World
by Cat Stevens • Lesson #282 • Jan 31, 2020
About this lesson
Hey friends! Here’s my lesson for Wild World by Cat Stevens. Played in the key of C, this is an intermediate song (requiring only 1 barre chord) which offers many opportunities to add fills & riffs in between your normal strums. I’ll teach you the intro, verse, chorus, the various riffs and fills, as well as walking you through a few different strumming patterns. I hope you find this helpful!
- 0:00 Playthrough & overview
- 1:54 Chord shapes
- 4:39 Chord progressions
- 8:25 Strumming patterns
- 10:54 Riff: Esus4 lick
- 12:10 Riff: G7 Walkdown
- 15:13 Riff: Chorus Scale Walkdown
- 16:56 Riff: Chorus Bass Line
- 19:20 Final advice
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Related & Recommended
If you’re looking for some other Cat Stevens guitar lessons, I’ve got a few! This includes my rhythm & counting deep-dive for Wild World, should you want guidance with the tempo & BPM.
If you’re after some Cat Stevens recordings of Wild World, here’s a few you can reference. The first is his studio recording (1970), and the second is a live performance (1971).
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