You Are The Wilderness

Tabbed by: Matt Benecke
This is arguably the best song featured on The Walking Dead Soundtrack: Vol. 1
as well as the best performance from season 3 of The Talking Dead.
There are a few slight variations between the acoustic version of the song and
the recorded one.  The most important one occurs at the end of each line of
verse.  In the acoustic version, there's a two-strum of a Am chord but on the
recorded version it's a brief hammer-on riff.  Since this is meant to be a
chord tablature, I'll go with the acoustic version but I will also include the
riff variation at the bottom for anyone who is interested.
Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)
Chords Used:
Em   022000
Am   x02210
C/G  332010
Intro (0:00 - 0:37)
Guitar 1 Plays Em the entire time or you can substitute Riff 1 x7
Riff 1

Verse 1 (0:17 - 1:25)
Em                              Am (or hammer on)
Stood at the edge of the valley
Em                          Am
Looked at the ground below
Em                     Am
Oh, I was surrounded
Em                           Am
There's nowhere left to go
Em                                    Am
I heard the wind down beneath my feet
Em                                  Am
I felt the earth shake inside of me
Em                                Am
I run forever but I won't get far
Em                                      Am
'Cause if I don't have you I will starve
Chorus 1 (1:25 - 2:09)
          C/G
There's a wolf in my heart
          Am
There's a wolf in my heart
    Em
For you
          C/G
There's a wolf in my heart
          Am
There's a wolf in my heart
    Em
For you
          C/G
There's a wolf in my heart
          Am
There's a wolf in my heart
    Em
For you
*NOTE: The original recording follows a chromatic walk down from the 7th
fret of the A string down to the 1st and then back to the 2nd over the
lyrics "For you" (repeated twice during the walk down). The acoustic
version loops back to the intro riff
Verse 2 (2:34 - 3:22)
Em                       Am
Was it cold desperation
Em                        Am
That let the fire go out?
Em                         Am
Or was it cold desperation
Em                              Am
'Cause I let it burn for miles?
Em                             Am
I am an animal for what I need
Em                               Am
You are the wilderness inside me
Em                                Am
I run forever but I won't get far
Em                                       Am
'Cause if I don't have you I will starve
Chorus 2 (3:23 - 4:08)
          C/G
There's a wolf in my heart
          Am
There's a wolf in my heart
    Em
For you
          C/G
There's a wolf in my heart
          Am
There's a wolf in my heart
    Em
For you
          C/G
There's a wolf in my heart
          Am
There's a wolf in my heart
    Em
For you
*Chromatic walk down followed by intro riff
Outro (4:33 - 4:57)
Em                     Am
You are the wilderness
Em                     Am
You are the wilderness
Em                     Am
You are the wilderness
Em
You are You are the one You are the one
Lyrics
Stood at the edge of the valley
Looked at the ground below
Oh, I was surrounded
There's nowhere left to go
I heard the wind down beneath my feet
I felt the earth shake inside of me
I run forever but I won't get far
'Cause if I don't have you I will starve
There's a wolf in my heart
There's a wolf in my heart
For you
There's a wolf in my heart
There's a wolf in my heart
For you
There's a wolf in my heart
There's a wolf in my heart
For you
For you
For you
Was it cold desperation
That let the fire go out?
Or was it cold desperation
'Cause I let it burn for miles?
I am an animal for what I need
You are the wilderness inside me
I run forever but I won't get far
'Cause if I don't have you I will starve
There's a wolf in my heart
There's a wolf in my heart
For you
There's a wolf in my heart
There's a wolf in my heart
For you
There's a wolf in my heart
There's a wolf in my heart
For you
For you
For you
You are the wilderness
You are the wilderness
You are the wilderness
You are You are the one You are the one

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