Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf

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Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E

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[Riff] (intro)
             
e|------------
B|-9-----9-9--
G|-9-----9-9--
D|-9-----9-9--
A|-7-----7-7--
E|-0-----0-0--

              
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---9-|---9----
---9-|---9----
---9-|---9---9
---7-|---7---7
---0-|---0---0

    
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-----------| (it's not necessary to always play the G# note
-----------|  on the B string, can sometimes be left out.
-11---12---|  Play similar for verse, but palm mute low open
-7----7----|  E in the first bar.)
-0--0-0--0-|


[Chorus] (arra
             
e|-0----------
B|-0----------
G|-1----------
D|-2----------
A|-2----------
E|-0----------

ngement of gui
             
-----|-2------
-----|-3------
-----|-2------
-----|-0------
-----|--------
-----|--------

tar and organ)
  
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-2---3---|
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[Intro]
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[Verse A]
             
Get your motor

           
 runnin',     

            
  head out on 

              
the highway.
             
Lookin' for ad

          
venture    in 

             
whatever comes

           
 our way.

[Verse B]
            
  Yeah darlin'

        
, gonna make i

t happen.
            
  Take the wor

        
ld in a love e

mbrace.
            
  Fire all of 

             
your guns at o

            
nce and   expl

          
ode into space

.

[Verse A]
             
I like smoke a

              
nd lightning, 

         
      heavy me

              
tal thunder.
             
Racin' with th

          
e wind    and 

             
the feeling th

               
at I'm under.

[Verse B]
            
  Yeah darlin'

        
, gonna make i

t happen.
            
  Take the wor

        
ld in a love e

mbrace.
            
  Fire all of 

             
your guns at o

            
nce and   expl

          
ode into space

.

[Pre-chorus]
             
Like a true na

              
ture's child, 

        
we were born -

 born to be wi

ld.
             
We can climb s

             
o high, I neve

        
r wanna die.

[Chorus]
            
Born to be wi 

                 
- i - ild.
            
Born to be wi 

                 
- i - ild.

[Solo]
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|      |      |      |      |  N.C. | N.C.  |

[Verse A]
             
Get your motor

           
 runnin',     

            
  head out on 

              
the highway.
             
Lookin' for ad

          
venture    in 

             
whatever comes

           
 our way.

[Verse B]
            
  Yeah darlin'

        
, gonna make i

t happen.
            
  Take the wor

        
ld in a love e

mbrace.
            
  Fire all of 

             
your guns at o

            
nce and   expl

          
ode into space

.

[Pre-chorus]
             
And like a tru

              
e nature's chi

            
ld, we were bo

rn - born to b

e wild.
             
We can climb s

             
o high, I neve

        
r wanna die.

[Chorus]
            
Born to be wi 

                 
- i - ild.
            
Born to be wi 

                 
- i - ild.

[Outro]
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(fade out)

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