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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3 Version 4 Version 5Born 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: ----------- 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