Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild Chords & Tabs

 

Born To Be Wild Chords & Tabs

Steppenwolf Chords & Tabs

Version: 3 Type: Bass Tab

Born To Be Wild Bass Tab

   
It's a great song to play but it's not easy to get the right timing for the first part of the verse.

The timing should make sense (and will certainly help) but may not be perfect.


INTRODUCTION
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G|----------------
D|----------------   3 times, then
A|0-h25---p0-h7--
E|----------------

    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|79---7---9-7-----|
D|  ------9---------|
A|  --------------5-|
E|  ------------7---|

VERSE
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muted notes are indicated with an "x".

  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|---------------5|----------------|----------------|
A|7---x-7---x---5-|7---x-7-x--75-5-|7---x-7---x---5-|7---x-7-x--75---|
E|------------7---|-------------7--|------------7---|-------------753|

The same thing as above but the last note is different.

  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|---------------5|----------------|----------------|
A|7---x-7---x---5-|7---x-7-x--75-5-|7---x-7---x---5-|7---x-7-x--75---|
E|------------7---|-------------7--|------------7---|-------------750|


  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|----------------|----9-9-7-------|
D|----------------|--9-------9-7---|   3 times, then
A|--------0-----0-|7---------------|
E|3-----3---------|--------------0-|

  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|--------0-----0-|
E|3-----3---------|

BRIDGE: Before second verse only
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Pointed notes are slightly muted.

  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|7-----------5.--|
E|----------7.--7.|

VERSE
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PRE-CHORUS
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  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/steppenwolf/born_to_be_wild_btab_ver_3.html ]
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|   
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|   
E|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|0---------------|----------------|   

CHORUS
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  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|   4 times
A|7---------------|5---------------|
E|----------------|----------------|

SOLO
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Start by playing twice the first four bars of the verse then play

  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|----------------|   This bar slightly differ from the song track
D|----------------|   
A|7-7-7-7-7-----5-|   3 times, then
E|----------5h7---|

  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|--------------7-|
D|----------7h9---|
A|7-7-7-7-7-------|
E|----------------|

  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|9-9-9-9-9-----7-|
D|----------7h9---|   4 times, then
A|----------------|
E|----------------|

  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
D|----------------|   4 times, then
A|----------------|
E|----------------|

  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|9/--------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|

VERSE
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PRE-CHORUS
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CHORUS
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OUTRO: Different from the song track
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G|79-----7-------|----7-9-7-------|----------------|--------------7-|
D|------7-----9---|7-9-------9-7-9-|----------------|----------7h9---|
A|----------------|----------------|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-7-7-------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

G|9-------7-------|----7-9-7-------|
D|------7-----9---|7-9-------9-7-9-|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|

G|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|   Fade-out
A|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|7-7---------5-6-|
E|----------------|----0h35h7-----|