| Author: | Leonard | Latest revision: | October 15, 2022 |
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| Notes: | Cat quickly found out when playing ever bigger concerts that this song had the power to calm down large audiences, so he frequently used it as a set opener such as on the 1976 Majikat Earth tour. The song was recorded in the studio in a single afternoon, with just two guitars and voice. Alun provides the intro on his Epiphone guitar with a capo on the 7th fret, playing high up the neck. Then Cat’s unique fingerpicking sets in, solely using his thumb and index finger. The little wind chimes you can hear on the record are just two coins knocked together. “If you balance a large coin on the tip of each middle finger,” Paul Samwell-Smith notes, “and you then touch them together, they’ll ring. It was very quick – we didn’t even bother to book percussion, we just got some coins out of our pockets.” | ||
| Each guitar tab is the author’s own work and represents his or her own interpretation of the song. Visitors may use the guitar tabs offered here only for private study, scholarship, or research. |
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"The Wind"
by Cat Stevens
from the original album
TEASER & THE FIRECAT (1970)
Standard tuning
(bass to treble) E-A-D-G-B-E
in 4/4 time
INTRO
D5
E|--------5-----------5-----|--------5-----------5-----|
B|-----3-----3-----3-----3--|-----3-----3-----3-----3--|
G|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D|--0-----------0-----------|--0-----------0-----------|
A|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D D4 D D2 G6 A4 A A4
E| |--------2-----3--2--0-----|--0--------0--------------| |
B| |-----------3-----------2--|-----0--3-----3-----2--3--| |
G|.|-----2-----------------3--|-----------------2--------|.| Play
D|.|--0-----0-----0--0--0-----|--------------------------|.| twice.
A| |--------------------------|--------------0-----0-----| |
E| |--------------------------|--3-----3-----------------| |
VERSE 1
D D4 D D2 G6 A4 A A4
E|--------2-----3--2--0-----|--0--------0--------------|
B|-----------3-----------2--|-----0--3-----3-----2--3--|
G|-----2-----------------3--|-----------------2--------|
D|--0-----0-----0--0--0-----|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|--------------0-----0-----|
E|--------------------------|--3-----3-----------------|
I lis-ten to the wind, to the wind of my
D D4 D D2 G6 A4 A A4
E|--------2-----3--2--0-----|--0--------0--------------|
B|-----------3-----------2--|-----0--3-----3-----2--3--|
G|-----2-----------------3--|-----------------2--------|
D|--0-----0-----0--0--0-----|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|--------------0-----0-----|
E|--------------------------|--3-----3-----------------|
soul.
D D4 D D2 G6 A4 A A4
E|--------2-----3--2--0-----|--0--------0--------------|
B|-----------3-----------2--|-----0--3-----3-----2--3--|
G|-----2-----------------3--|-----------------2--------|
D|--0-----0-----0--0--0-----|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|--------------0-----0-----|
E|--------------------------|--3-----3-----------------|
Where I'll end up, well, I think only God real-ly
D D4 D D2 G6 A4 A A2
E|--------2-----3--2--0-----|--0--------0--------------|
B|-----------3-----------2--|-----0--3-----3-----2--0--|
G|-----2-----------------3--|-----------------2--------|
D|--0-----0-----0--0--0-----|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|--------------0-----0-----|
E|--------------------------|--3-----3-----------------|
knows.
G A7sus4 G A7sus2 D
d u d u u u d u
E|--------3--3--------3--3--|-----------3---------2--0--|
B|--------0--0--------3--3--|-----0-----0---------3--0--|
G|-----0--0--0-----2--2--2--|-----0-----2------2--2--0--|
D|--------0-----------2-----|---------------0-----0-----|
A|--------------0-----0-----|--------0------------------|
E|--3-----------------------|--3------------------------|
I've set upon the set- ting sun.
Em G Em G A4 A A2
d u d u d u u
E|--------0--0--------3--3--|--------0--0--------------------|
B|--------0--0--------0--0--|--------0--0-----0--3-----2--0--|
G|--------0--0--------0--0--|--------0--0-----0-----2--------|
D|----(2)-2-------(0)-0-----|----(2)-2-----------------------|
A|--------------------------|--------------------0-----0--0--|
E|--0-----------3-----------|--0-----------3-----------------|
But never, ne- ver, ne- ver, ne- ver,
G A7sus4 G A7sus2 D Dsus2
d u d u u u
E|--------3--3--------3--3--|-----------3---------2--0--|
B|--------0--0--------3--3--|-----0-----0---------------|
G|-----0--0--0-----2--2--2--|-----0-----2------2--------|
D|--------0-----------2-----|---------------0-----0--0--|
A|--------------0-----0-----|--------0------------------|
E|--3-----------------------|--3------------------------|
I ne-ver want-ed wa- ter once.
Em G Em A G
d u u u d u u
E|--------0--0-------------|---------------|
B|--------0--0----0-----0--|---------------|
G|--------0--0----0-----0--|-----2------0--|
D|----(2)-2-------------2--|---------------|
A|-------------------------|--0------------|
E|--0-----------3----0-----|---------3-----|
No, ne-ver, ne- ver, ne-
D D4 D D2 G6 A4
E|--------2-----3--2--0-----|--0--------0-----------------|
B|-----------3-----------2--|-----0--3-----3-----2h3p2h3--|
G|-----2-----------------3--|-----------------2-----------|
D|--0-----0-----0--0--0-----|-----------------------------|
A|--------------------------|--------------0-----0--------|
E|--------------------------|--3-----3--------------------|
ver.
D D4 D D2 G6 A4 A A4
E|--------2-----3--2--0-----|--0--------0--------------|
B|-----------3-----------2--|-----0--3-----3-----2--3--|
G|-----2-----------------3--|-----------------2--------|
D|--0-----0-----0--0--0-----|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|--------------0-----0-----|
E|--------------------------|--3-----3-----------------|
VERSE 2 (finger-picking pattern as VERSE 1 except where otherwise noted)
D D4 D D2 G6 A4 A A4 D-RIFF
I lis-ten to my words but they fall far be-low.
D D4 D D2 G6 A4 A A4 D-RIFF
I let my music take me where my heart wants to go.
G A7sus4 G A7sus2 D
I swam upon the de-vil's lake.
Em G Em G A4 A Asus2
But ne-ver, ne-ver, ne-ver, ne-ver,
G A7sus4 G A7sus2
I'll never make the same mis-
D
E|--2-p0-h2--|
B|-----------|
G|--2-p0-h2--|
D|-----------|
A|-----------|
E|-----------|
take.______
Em G Em A G D-RIFF
No, ne-ver, ne-ver, ne- ver.
D D5
E|--------5--|
B|-----3-----|
G|-----------|
D|--0--------|
A|-----------|
E|-----------|
CHORDS
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ALUN DAVIES'S ORIGINAL INTRO (2nd GUITAR)
- CAPO AT 7TH FRET -
G5
E|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B|--------3-----------3-----|--------3-----------3-----|
G|-----0-----0-----0-----0--|-----0-----0-----0-----0--|
D|--5-----------5-----------|--5-----------5-----------|
A|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|--------------------------|
Note: Cat Stevens uses solely the thumb plus index finger
for fingerpicking this song.
D D4 D2 D5
xx0232 xx0233 xx0230 xx0235
---IRM ---IRL ---IR- ---IRL
G G6 Em
320003 320000 022000
RM---L RM---- -MR---
A A4 A2 A7sus4 A7sus2
x0222x x0223x xxxx0x x02233 x02203
--III- --IIR- ------ --IMRL --IM-L
x02000
--I---
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
[ ] = 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
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