Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf

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Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf (1968)
Written By: 'Mars Bonfire' (Dennis Edmonton).
Chorded By: Skidaddy, Esq., G.Q.
4/4 TIME @ 144 BPM (4 Min. 27 Sec.) in 'A'.

Chords Used:
-----------
             GUITAR             KEYBOARD
        E  A  D  G  B  e     Bass   Chord
       ------------------    ---------------
    -  x  7  9  9  9  7          --
  -  x  4  6  6  5  4         --
    -  x  5  7  7  7  5          --
    -  3  5  5  4  3  3          --
    -  5  7  7  6  5  5          --

[INTRO] [16 M]

        1 2 3   4         1 2 3   4…
                                                 


 1 2 3 4  1 2 3 4…
                                                             


[VERSE 1] [16 M]


             
 Get your mo-t

              
or run-… nin'…

        
            He

              
ad out on the 

            
high-… way…
        
…           Lo

              
ok-in' for ad-

             
ven-… ture,…  

          
       and wha

  
t-
             
-ev-er comes o

             
ur… way…      

         
         Yeah,

              
… darl-in' go…
             
 make… it hap-

             
… pen…    Take

             
 the world… in

             
 a love em-… b

         
race…
            
   Fire… all o

             
f your guns…  

              
at once,… and…

            
    ex-… plode

                    
 in-to space…


[VERSE 2] [16 M]

             
 I like smoke 

              
and light-… ni

         
n'…           

             
 Hea-vy me-tal

             
 thun-… der…
        
…           Ra

              
c-in' with the

             
 wind,…       

        
    and the
             
 feel-in' that

              
 I'm un-… der…

        
              

             
 Yeah,… darl-i

       
n' go…
             
 make… it hap-

             
… pen…    Take

             
 the world… in

             
 a love em-… b

         
race…
            
   Fire… all o

             
f your guns…  

              
at once,… and…

            
    ex-… plode

             
 in-to space…
             
…      Like a


[PRE-CHORUS 1] [8 M]

             
 true…   na-… 

              
ture's child… 

             
      we were 

             
born,…   born 

           
to be wild…
             
…      We can 

             
climb… so high

             
…      I nev-e

             
r…  wan-na die

                
…


[CHORUS 1] [8 M]

             
 Born…   to be

                           
…  wild…
             
 Born…   to be

                           
…  wild…


[GUITAR SOLO 1] [24 M]

                                        
                                                   
                                                     


[RE-INTRO 1] [4 M]

                             


[VERSE 3] [16 M] Repeat [VERSE 1]

             
 Get your mo-t

              
or run-… nin'…

        
            He

              
ad out on the 

            
high-… way…
        
…           Lo

              
ok-in' for ad-

             
ven-… ture,…  

          
       and wha

  
t-
             
-ev-er comes o

             
ur… way…      

         
         Yeah,

              
… darl-in' go…
             
 make… it hap-

             
… pen…    Take

             
 the world… in

             
 a love em-… b

         
race…
            
   Fire… all o

             
f your guns…  

              
at once,… and…

            
    ex-… plode

             
 in-to space…
             
…      Like a


[PRE-CHORUS 2] [8 M]

             
 true…   na-… 

              
ture's child… 

             
      we were 

             
born,…   born 

           
to be wild…
             
…      We can 

             
climb… so high

             
…      I nev-e

             
r…  wan-na die

                
…


[CHORUS 2] [8 M]

             
 Born…   to be

                           
…  wild…
             
 Born…   to be

                           
…  wild…


[GUITAR SOLO 2] [24 M]

                                        
                                                   
                                                       


[CHORUS 3] [12 M] [CODA]

             
 Born…   to be

          
…  wild…      

            
    Born…   to

                
 be…  wild…
             
 Born…   to be

          
…  wild…      

            
    Born…   to

                
 be…  wild…
                      

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