B       E      D           A           B
My sin, my sin is done and it won't be forgiven
    B         E
I'm gone, I'm gone
    D              A           B
I'm gone where the wild people living
E             D      D           B
Gone where the wild, wild people riding
E       D      A            B
So long alone, close to the bone


[Verse 2]
B                   E   A                     B
They kill the messenger, they kill the taxman waiting in line
B                   E   A                    B
They kill the passenger, where the train and taxi collide
  B           E        D           A         B
A holiday has come, my mind has escaped into hiding
     B            E     D             A           B
I've shot away my life, out where the wild people riding
E             D     D           B
Out where the wild, wild people riding
E       D      A            B
So long alone, close to the bone


[Verse 3]
B            E       A                     B
Mama mama ma please, please don't kill the messenger man
B            E       A                     B
Mama mama ma please, please don't kill the passenger man
B            E         D           A        B
Saturday I'm sick, I'm sick with a virus descending
B                  E             D            A          B
Burn Sunday to the quick, to the quick with a match on a mile-long stick


[Verse 4]
   B       E      D           A           B
My sin, my sin is done and it won't be forgiven
    B         E
I'm gone, I'm gone
    D              A           B
I'm gone where the wild people living
E             D      D           B
Gone where the wild, wild people riding
E       D      A            B
So long alone, close to the bone
B            E       A                     B
Mama mama ma please, please don't kill the messenger man
B            E       A                     B
Mama mama ma please, please don't kill the passenger man

[Outro]
B E D A B
B E D A B