Wings - Wild Life: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Wild Life" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

C                  G
The world "wild" applies to
G7                   Cm
The words "you" and "me"

      Cm
While taking a walk
A#                  F
Through an African park one day
        Cm
I saw a sign say
     A#                F
"The animals have the right of way"

Chorus:
     Cm
Wild life
A#                 F
Whatever happened to
      Cm
Wild life
A#                   F
The animals in the zoo?

                    Cm
You're breathing so hot
A#                          F
A lot of political nonsense in the air
                 Cm
You're making it hard
A#                           F
For the people who live in there
                 Cm
You're moving so fast
A#                        F
But, baby, you know not where

Chorus:
      Cm        A#
Wild life (wild life)
                        F
What's going to happen to
     Cm         A#
Wild life (wild life)
                   F
The animals in the zoo?

You'd better stop
There's animals everywhere
And man is the top, an animal too
And, man, you just gotta care

Chorus:
Wild life (wild life)
What's going to happen to
Wild life (wild life)
The animals in the zoo?

You're breathing a lot
Of political nonsense in the air
You're making it hard
For the people who live in there

Wild life (wild life)
What's going to happen to
(whatever happened to, whatever happened to)
Wild life (wild life)
The animals in the zoo?
(Whatever happened to, whatever happened to)

(Wild life
Whatever happened to, whatever happened to
Wild life
Whatever happened to, whatever happened to)

Ah, la-la-ah (wild life)
Whatever happened to
(Whatever happened to, whatever happened to)
Ah, ah, ah (wild life)
The animals in the zoo?
(Whatever happened to, whatever happened to)
Woo, woo
Wild life (wild life)
Whatever happened to
(whatever happened to, whatever happened to)
Wild life (wild life)
Whatever happened to
(whatever happened to, whatever happened to)
Woo, woo

(Wild life
Whatever happened to, whatever happened to
Wild life
Whatever happened to, whatever happened to
Wild life
Whatever happened to, whatever happened to
Wild life
Whatever happened to, whatever happened to
Wild life
Whatever happened to, whatever happened to)


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

A#

Guitar chord A#

C

Guitar chord C

Cm

Guitar chord Cm

F

Guitar chord F

G

Guitar chord G

G7

Guitar chord G7

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Wild Life" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Wild Life" by Wings.