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            [Riff] (intro)
   E                         E6   E7
e|-----------------|-------------------|
B|-9-----9-9-----9-|---9---------------| (it's not necessary to always play the G# note
G|-9-----9-9-----9-|---9---------------|  on the B string, can sometimes be left out.
D|-9-----9-9-----9-|---9---9-11---12---|  Play similar for verse, but palm mute low open
A|-7-----7-7-----7-|---7---7-7----7----|  E in the first bar.)
E|-0-----0-0-----0-|---0---0-0--0-0--0-|
[Chorus] (arrangement of guitar and organ)
   E                 D       DM7 D
e|-0---------------|-2---------------|
B|-0---------------|-3-------2---3---|
G|-1---------------|-2---------------|
D|-2---------------|-0---------------|
A|-2---------------|-----------------|
E|-0---------------|-----------------|
[Intro]
| E         | E    E6 E7 | x4
[Verse A]
E                       E6 E7 E                        E6 E7
Get your motor runnin',       head out on the highway.
E                     E6 E7     E                   E6 E7
Lookin' for adventure    in whatever comes our way.
[Verse B]
G      A              E
  Yeah darlin', gonna make it happen.
G          A          E
  Take the world in a love embrace.
G      A            E               G   A           E
  Fire all of your guns at once and   explode into space.
[Verse A]
E                           E6 E7 E                    E6 E7
I like smoke and lightning,       heavy metal thunder.
E                    E6 E7      E                       E6 E7
Racin' with the wind    and the feeling that I'm under.
[Verse B]
G      A              E
  Yeah darlin', gonna make it happen.
G          A          E
  Take the world in a love embrace.
G      A            E               G   A           E
  Fire all of your guns at once and   explode into space.
[Pre-chorus]
       E                            G
Like a true nature's child, we were born - born to be wild.
       A             G              E
We can climb so high, I never wanna die.
[Chorus]
E          D    DM7 D   E       D   DM7 D
Born to be wi - i - ild.
E          D    DM7 D   E       D   DM7 D
Born to be wi - i - ild.
[Solo]
| E     | E     | E     | E     | x2
| E7#9  | E7#9  | E7#9  | E7#9  | x2
| E     | E     | E     | E     | E N.C. | N.C.  |
[Verse A]
E                       E6 E7 E                        E6 E7
Get your motor runnin',       head out on the highway.
E                     E6 E7     E                   E6 E7
Lookin' for adventure    in whatever comes our way.
[Verse B]
G      A              E
  Yeah darlin', gonna make it happen.
G          A          E
  Take the world in a love embrace.
G      A            E               G   A           E
  Fire all of your guns at once and   explode into space.
[Pre-chorus]
           E                            G
And like a true nature's child, we were born - born to be wild.
       A             G              E
We can climb so high, I never wanna die.
[Chorus]
E          D    DM7 D   E       D   DM7 D
Born to be wi - i - ild.
E          D    DM7 D   E       D   DM7 D
Born to be wi - i - ild.
[Outro]
| E     | E     | E     | E     | x2
| E7#9  | E7#9  | E7#9  | E7#9  | x2
(fade out) 
        
                