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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:
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             GUITAR             KEYBOARD
        E  A  D  G  B  e     Bass   Chord
       ------------------    ---------------
E    -  x  7  9  9  9  7      E    B-E-G#
C#m  -  x  4  6  6  5  4      C#   G#-C#-E
D    -  x  5  7  7  7  5      D    A-D-F#
G    -  3  5  5  4  3  3      G    B-D-G
A    -  5  7  7  6  5  5      A    A-C#-E
[INTRO] [16 M]
        1 2 3   4         1 2 3   4…
 E      E   C#m D  E      E   C#m D  E      E   C#m D  E      E   C#m D  
 1 2 3 4  1 2 3 4…
 G   A    E        G   A    E        G   A    E        G   A    E        
[VERSE 1] [16 M]
 E                           E   C#m D  E                           
 Get your mo-tor run-… nin'…            Head out on the high-… way…
 E   C#m D  E                            E   C#m D        
…           Look-in' for ad-ven-… ture,…         and what-
 E                      E   C#m D  G        A            
-ev-er comes our… way…               Yeah,… darl-in' go…
 E                    G          A           E                   
 make… it hap-… pen…    Take the world… in a love em-… brace…
 G       A                E                 G      A                 E       
   Fire… all of your guns…  at once,… and…    ex-… plode in-to space…
[VERSE 2] [16 M]
 E                              E   C#m D  E                         
 I like smoke and light-… nin'…            Hea-vy me-tal thun-… der…
 E   C#m D  E                         E   C#m D       
…           Rac-in' with the wind,…           and the
 E                            E   C#m D  G        A            
 feel-in' that I'm un-… der…               Yeah,… darl-in' go…
 E                    G          A           E                   
 make… it hap-… pen…    Take the world… in a love em-… brace…
 G       A                E                 G      A                 
   Fire… all of your guns…  at once,… and…    ex-… plode in-to space…
 E            
…      Like a
[PRE-CHORUS 1] [8 M]
 E                          E             G                        
 true…   na-… ture's child…       we were born,…   born to be wild…
 G            A                   G                  E          E        
…      We can climb… so high…      I nev-er…  wan-na die…
[CHORUS 1] [8 M]
 E               D       C#m D  E        D   C#m D  
 Born…   to be…  wild…
 E               D       C#m D  E        D   C#m D  
 Born…   to be…  wild…
[GUITAR SOLO 1] [24 M]
 E       E C#m D  E   E C#m D  E       E  C#m D  E    E  C#m D  
 G   A   E     G  A   E        G   A   E      G  A    E        
 E       E     G      G        A       G      E       E      
[RE-INTRO 1] [4 M]
 E        E   C#m D  E        E   C#m D  
[VERSE 3] [16 M] Repeat [VERSE 1]
 E                           E   C#m D  E                           
 Get your mo-tor run-… nin'…            Head out on the high-… way…
 E   C#m D  E                            E   C#m D        
…           Look-in' for ad-ven-… ture,…         and what-
 E                      E   C#m D  G        A            
-ev-er comes our… way…               Yeah,… darl-in' go…
 E                    G          A           E                   
 make… it hap-… pen…    Take the world… in a love em-… brace…
 G       A                E                 G      A                 
   Fire… all of your guns…  at once,… and…    ex-… plode in-to space…
 E            
…      Like a
[PRE-CHORUS 2] [8 M]
 E                          E             G                        
 true…   na-… ture's child…       we were born,…   born to be wild…
 G            A                   G                  E          E        
…      We can climb… so high…      I nev-er…  wan-na die…
[CHORUS 2] [8 M]
 E               D       C#m D  E        D   C#m D  
 Born…   to be…  wild…
 E               D       C#m D  E        D   C#m D  
 Born…   to be…  wild…
[GUITAR SOLO 2] [24 M]
 E       E C#m D  E   E C#m D  E       E  C#m D  E    E  C#m D  
 G   A   E     G  A   E        G   A   E      G  A    E        
 E       E     G      G        A       G      E       E        
[CHORUS 3] [12 M] [CODA]
 E               D       C#m D  E               D       C#m D  
 Born…   to be…  wild…          Born…   to be…  wild…
 E               D       C#m D  E               D       C#m D  
 Born…   to be…  wild…          Born…   to be…  wild…
 E       E       E       E 
        
                