------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BORN TO BE WILD - Steppenwolf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: BadMoFo PM me for suggestions, comments Tuning: Standard EADGBe Awsome song, easy and fun to play. Its hard to match the original sound though its kind of gritty plus Steppenwolf used this funky, wicked, organ synthisizer thing throughout the song wich helped define Steppenwolf's unique sound. I know this isn't 100% correct, but its way more correct than the other tabs. Timing and rythem is everything on this one. And since I don't know anything about timing, you just have to listen to the song to get it. Anyway, here are the guitar parts as interpreted by me. Intro e|--------------------| B|--------------------| G|-9--9-9-------------| D|-9--9-9--9-9---7/9--| x 4 A|-7--7-7--7-7-0-5/7--| E|--------------------| You can play this the fouth time to add in that funky little bass intro. e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|-9--9-9-------------------------------------------| D|-9--9-9--7/9-7------------------------------------| A|-7--7-7--------9-7-5------------------------------| E|---------------------7-5-0------------------------| Verse e|----------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------| G|--x-x-x-x-x---------------x-x-x-x-x-----------------| D|--x-x-x-x-x---9-9---7/9---x-x-x-x-x---9-9---7/9-----| x 2 A|--x-x-x-x-x---7-7-0-5/7---x-x-x-x-x---7-7-0-5/7-----| E|----------------------------------------------------| Get yer moter... Head out on... Lookin for adv... And whatever... This next part is played with two guitars, but when I play it by myself I just play the bass part from GTR II with the lick from GTR I. I tabbed the lick basicly how it sounds but in the original version there are slight variations each time its played, so improvise with some hammer ons and pull offs and stuff. Again, listen to the song for timing. Also note that most GTR II parts could be played by bass or organ. GTR I e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------6-8b9r8---------------------------3-5b6r5-3----------| G|------------------5-7---------5---------------------2-4-----------2--------| D|----7------9--------------------------7------9-----------------------------| A|----5------7--------------------------5------7-----------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| Yeah Darling gonna... Take the world... GTR I e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------6-8b9r8----------------------------------------------| G|------------------5-7---------5--------------------------------------------| D|----7------9--------------------------7------9-----------------------------| A|----5------7--------------------------5------7-----------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| Fire all of your... Explode into space GTR II played over GTR I e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------2---------------------------------2--------------------------------| A|-5------0------2-------------------5------0------2-------------------------| E|-3-------------0-------------------3-------------0-------------------------| ^or A|7| E|5| The second verse is played here, same as the first. See lyrics below. Chorus lead in GTR I e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12-------| A|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10-------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| Like a true nature child, we were born, born to be wild. We can GTR I e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-14--14--14--14--14--14--12--12--12--12--12--12--9-(9)---------------------| A|-12--12--12--12--12--12--10--10--10--10--10--10--7-(7)---------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| climb so high I never wanna diiiiiiiiie GTR II e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-------| E|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-------| Like a true nature child, we were born, born to be wild. We can GTR II e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-7---7---7---7---7---7---5---5---5---5---5---5---2-(2)---------------------| E|-5---5---5---5---5---5---3---3---3---3---3---3---0-(0)---------------------| climb so high I never wanna diiiiiiiiie Chorus GTR I e|---------------------------| B|---------------------------| G|-9-(9)-----7-(7)-----------| D|-9-(9)-----7-(7)-----------| x 4 A|-7-(7)-----5-(5)-----------| E|---------------------------| Born to be wiii-iiild GTR II e|---------------------------| B|---------------------------| G|-9-(9)-----7\6-6/7---------| D|---------------------------| x 4 A|---------------------------| E|---------------------------| Or single guitar version e|---------------------------| B|---------------------------| G|-9-(9)-----7\6-6/7---------| D|-9-(9)-----7\6-6/7---------| x 4 A|-7-(7)-----5\4-4/5---------| E|---------------------------| Born to be wiii-iiild This next bit is over the organ solo. GTR I just bangs on the E5 chord in a series of rythmical patterns. Something like this. GTR I e|------------------| e|-----------------| e|----------------------| B|------------------| B|-----------------| B|----------------------| G|------------------| G|-----------------| G|----------------------| D|-9--99--9-9-99-9--| x 4 D|-9-9-xxx-9-9-xxx-| x 4 D|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--| A|-7--77--7-7-77-7--| A|-7-7-xxx-7-7-xxx-| A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--| E|------------------| E|-----------------| E|----------------------| GTR II comes in with this over the last pattern from GTR I e|---------------------------| B|---------------------------| G|-9-(9)-----7\6-6/7---------| D|---------------------------| x 4 A|---------------------------| E|---------------------------| And then the drum solo, Doon-ta-da-Doon-ta-da-Doon-ta-da Doon Doon, classic! Then repeat the first verse and chorus, and then there is a little outro pretty much the same as the solo. Lyrics Get your moter runnin Head out on the highway Lookin for adventure And whatever comes our way Yeah, darling gonna make it happen Take the world in a love embrace Fire all of your guns at once and Explode into space I like smokin lightning Heavy metal thunder Racing with wind And the feeling that I'm under Yeah, darling gonna make it happen Take the world in a love embrace Fire all of your guns at once and Explode into space Like a true nature's child We were born, born to be wild Gonna climb so high I never wanna die Born to be wild Born to be wild Born to be wild Born to be wild Get your moter runnin Head out on the highway Lookin for adventure And whatever comes our way Yeah, darling gonna make it happen Take the world in a love embrace Fire all of your guns at once and Explode into space Born to be wild Born to be wild Born to be wild Born to be wild | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note ===============================================================================