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    Born To Be Wild

    Steppenwolf


    Chord Guide

           12

    Em:   022000

    		       3    4

    G:    3x0003

    		         123

    A:    x02220

    		        231

    E:    022100

             132

    D:    xx0232

     

    Intro:  Em x8

     

    Em (8)

    Get your motor runnin'

    Head out on the highway

    Lookin' for adventure

    In whatever comes our way

     

    Bridge:

    G (½)      A (½)             E

      Yeah, darlin' gonna make it happen

    G (½)           A (½)       E

      Take the world in a love embrace

    G (½)  A (½)         E                      G (½)    A (½)          E

       Fire all of the guns at once and ex  -  plode into space

     

    Em (8)

    I like smoke and lightnin'

    Heavy metal thunder

    Wrestlin' with the wind

    And the feelin' that I'm under

     

    Bridge

     

    Chorus:

                E (2)

    Like a true nature's child

                   G (2)

    We were born, born to be wild

                    A               G                       E (hold 2)

    We could climb so high, I never wanna die

     

     (hold each chord):

     E               D      E     D

    Born to be wild,

    E               D      E     D

    Born to be wild,

     

    Instrumental: Em x22 (hold last 2 measures)

     

    Repeat Verse 1

     

    Bridge

     

    Chorus

     

    Jam in Em


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