Cat Stevens is the former stage name of Steven Demetre Georgiou (born in London on 21 July 1948). He is a British singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, humanitarian and education philanthropist. In December 1977, Stevens converted to Islam and adopted the name Yusuf Islam the following year. He began releasing music as Yusuf in 2006.
Stevens' albums Tea for the Tillerman (1970) and Teaser and the Firecat (1971) were both certified triple platinum in the US by the RIAA.
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
AmD7G Now that I’ve lost everything to you CF You say you wanna start something new DmE And it’s breaking my heart you’re leaving Esus4E Baby I’m griev-ing
AmD7G But if you wanna leave, take good care CF Hope you have a lot of nice things to wear DmE7G(w/ riff 1) But then a lot of nice things turn bad out there
Riff 1: e |---------------------------| B |-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| G |---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| D |-0-3---3---2---2---0---0---| A |---------------------------| E |---------------------------|
[Chorus:]
CGF (w/ riff 2) Oh, baby, baby it’s a wild world
Riff 2: e |------------------| B |-1p0--------------| G |-----2p0----------| D |---------3p2p0----| A |---------------3--| E |-----------------3|
GFC (riff 3) It’s hard to get by, just upon a smile
Riff 3: e |---------------------| B |---------------------| G |---------------------| D |---------------------| A |-----0-3-3-3-0-------| E |--3-3-----------3----|
CGF (riff 2) Oh, baby, baby it’s a wild world
GFCDmE I’ll always remember you like a child girl (riff 4)
Riff 4: (DmE) e |-------1--------0--| B |-----3--------0----| G |---2--------1------| D |-0--------2--------| A |-------------------| E |-------------------|
[Verse 2:] AmD7G You know I’ve seen a lot of what the world can do CF And it’s breaking my heart in two DmE But I never want to see you sad girl Esus4E Don’t be a bad girl
AmD7G But if you want to leave, take good care CF Hope you make a lot of nice friends out there DmE7 G(w/ riff 1) But just remember there’s a lot of bad and beware
[Chorus:]
CGF (w/ riff 2) Oh, baby, baby it’s a wild world GFC (riff 3) It’s hard to get by, just upon a smile CGF (riff 2) Oh, baby, baby it’s a wild world
GFCDmE I’ll always remember you like a child girl (riff 4)
[Verse 3:]
(Piano break over la la la's) La la la la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la la Baby I love you
But if you want to leave, take good care Hope you make a lot of nice friends out there But just remember there’s a lot of bad and beware
[Chorus] x 2 (Second time end on the C chord and let ring)
CGF (w/ riff 2) Oh, baby, baby it’s a wild world GFC (riff 3) It’s hard to get by, just upon a smile CGF (riff 2) Oh, baby, baby it’s a wild world
GFCDmE I’ll always remember you like a child girl (riff 4)