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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)