Steppenwolf - Born to be wild
bassver. 6
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drum ver. 1
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ukulele ver. 1
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Tuning: E A D G
BORN TO BE WILD (Bassline)
As recorded by Steppenwolf
(From the 1968 Album STEPPENWOLF)
Words and Music by Mars Bonfire
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Rushton Moreve - Bass'
[Intro]
Q=146
4/4
Gtr I
W H E S S Q W +H +E S S E E
G|----------|---------------|----------|----------------------|
D|----------|---------------|----------|----------------------|
A|----------|------------5--|-7--------|-(7)----(7)-----5-----|
E|----------|--------6s7----|----------|------------5h7---7---|
W +H +E S S E E H. E a E E E E E E E E E
G|----------|--------------------|-----------7h9-|-9-7---9-7--------||
D|----------|--------------------|---------------|-----9------------||
A|-7--------|-(7)----(7)-----5---|-7-------------|---------------5--||
E|----------|------------5h7---x-|---------------|-------------7----||
[1st - 3rd Verses]
Segno $
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G||-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
D||o----------------|---------------5-|----------------|-----------------|
A||o-7----7-----5-7-|---7---7-----5---|-7----7-----5-7-|---7---7---------|
E||-----------7-----|-----------7-----|----------7-----|-----------7-5-3-|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------||
D|----------------|---------------5-|----------------|------------------||
A|-7----7-----5-7-|---7---7-----5---|-7----7-----5-7-|---7---7----------||
E|----------7-----|-----------7-----|----------7-----|-----------7-5-3--||
[Pre-Chorus]
E E E E E E E E E E a E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E a E E S S E E E
G|-----------------|-----7h9-9-7-------|-----------------|-----7h9-9-9p7-------|
D|-----------------|---9---------9-----|-----------------|---9-----------9-----|
A|-----------------|-7-------------7-0-|-----------------|-7---------------7-0-|
E|-3-3---3-5-5---5-|-------------------|-3-3---3-5-5---5-|---------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E a E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----7h9-9-7-------|
D|-----------------|---9---------9-----|
A|-----------------|-7-------------7-0-|
E|-3-3---3-5-5---5-|-------------------|
1.
E E E E E E E E E E a E E S S E E E
G|-----------------|-----7h9-9-9p7--------||
D|-----------------|---9-----------9-----o||
A|-----------------|-7---------------7-0-o||
E|-3-3---3-5-5---5-|----------------------||
[Chorus]
2.,D.S.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------||-----------------|
D|-----------------||-----------------|
A|-----------------||-----------------|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------5-6--|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-3-|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0------|
W W W H +E E E E
G|----------|----------|----------|-----------------|
D|----------|----------|----------|-----------------|
A|-7--------|-5--------|-7--------|-5----(5)---5-6--|
E|----------|----------|----------|----------7------|
To Coda
W W W H +E E E E
G|----------|----------|----------|-----------------||
D|----------|----------|----------|-----------------||
A|-7--------|-5--------|-7--------|-5----(5)---5-6--||
E|----------|----------|----------|----------7------||
[Organ Solo]
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G||-----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------||
D||o----------------|---------------5-|----------------|-----------------o||
A||o-7----7-5---5-7-|---7---7-----5---|-7----7-5---5-7-|---7---7---------o||
E||-----------7-----|-----------7-----|----------7-----|-----------7-5-3--||
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|----------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------7--|
D|----------------|---------------5-|----------------|-------------9----|
A|-7----7-7---5-7-|---7---7-----5---|-7----7-7-7---5-|-7-7---7-7-7------|
E|----------7-----|-----------7-----|------------7---|------------------|
E E a E E E a E q E E a E E E a E q
G|-9-9-7h9-9-9-----7--|-9-9-7h9-9-9-----7--|
D|-------------7h9----|-------------7h9----|
A|--------------------|--------------------|
E|--------------------|--------------------|
E E a E E E a E q E E a E E E a E q
G|-9-9-7h9-9-9-----7--|-9-9-7h9-9-9-----7----|
D|-------------7h9----|-------------7h9------|
A|--------------------|----------------------|
E|--------------------|----------------------|
G|-E9-E9-E9-E9-E9-E9-E9-E9-|-E9-E9-E9-E9-E9-E9-E9-E9-|-E9-E9-E9-E9-E9-E9-E9-E9-|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Dal Segno al Coda
E E E E E E E E q Q H W
G|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9----------|-------||
D|-----------------|------------|-------||
A|-----------------|------------|-------||
E|-----------------|------------|-------||
[Outro]
Coda &
a Q E E a E Q E +E S S E E a E E E E
G||--7h9--9-9-----7----|---------7---7h9-7-----|
D||o----------7h9----9-|-(9)-7h9---9-------9-7-|
A||o-------------------|-----------------------|
E||--------------------|-----------------------|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
G|----------------|-----------------||
D|----------------|----------------o||
A|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7--------o||
E|----------------|---------0-4-7---||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7---------5---5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7----------|
E|-----------------|---0-4-5S7---7---|-----------------|---------0-4-5-7--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------*|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------*|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7---------5---5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-*|
E|-----------------|---0-4-5S7---7---|-----------------*|
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Duration Legend
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).
| (n) - note tied to previous
| h - hammer-on
| p - pull-off
| /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
| s - legato slide
| S - shift slide
| x - muted
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