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WILD CHILD
As recorded by The Doors
(From the 1969 Album THE SOFT PARADE)
Words and Music by The Doors
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (D G D G B D) - 'Robby Krieger - Electric Guitar w/ Open G-Tuning'
Gtr II (D G D G B D) - 'Robby Krieger - Electric Guitar w/ Open G-Tuning'
Intro
Q=84
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I (El. Gtr. w/ Open G-Tuning - DGDGBD)
~~~ ~~~
E E Q S S S S E E E E Q S S S S E E
||-----------------------|-----------------------||
||o----------------------|----------------------o||
||-----------------------|-----------------------||
||-----------------------|-----------------------||
||o-0-0-2b3--0-0-0-0-----|-0-0-2b3--0-0-0-0-----o||
||-------------------3-0-|------------------3-0--||
1st Verse
N.C.
~~~ ~~~ ~~~
E E Q S S S S E E E E Q S S S S E E E E Q S S S S E E
||-----------------------|-----------------------||----------------------|
||o----------------------|----------------------o||----------------------|
||-----------------------|-----------------------||----------------------|
||-----------------------|-----------------------||----------------------|
||o-0-0-2b3--0-0-0-0-----|-0-0-2b3--0-0-0-0-----o||-0-0-2b3--0-0-0-0-----|
||-------------------3-0-|------------------3-0--||------------------3-0-|
A S S S S S S S S E E Q
|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------14\------|
|-------14-------14-------14\------|
|----14-------14-------14----------|
|-14-------14-------14-------------|
|----------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II (El. Gtr. w/ Open G-Tuning - DGDGBD)
| W
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
Ab N.C.
3/4
S S S S S S S S E E Q S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------13-------13-------13\------|-10s8---10s8---10s8---10s8-----|
|----13-------13-------13-13\------|------8------8------8------8---|
|-13-------13-------13-------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| W S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--5s3-0--5s3-0--5s3-0--5s3-0---|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
2nd Verse
N.C.
4/4
E E Q S S S S S S E E E Q S S S S S S E E E E E S S S S S S E
|-----/8-----------------|-----/8-----------------||-----10s8----------------|
|-8-8-----8-8-8-8--------|-8-8-----8-8-8-8--------||-8-8------8-8-8-8--------|
|-----------------10s9-7-|-----------------10s9-7-||------------------10s9-7-|
|------------------------|------------------------||-------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------||-------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------||-------------------------|
|
| E E Q S S S S S S E E E Q S S S S S S E E E E E S S S S S S E
|------------------------|------------------------||-------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------||-------------------------|
|-0-0-/3--0-0-0-0--------|-0-0-/3--0-0-0-0--------||-0-0--5s3-0-0-0-0--------|
|------------------3s2-0-|------------------3s2-0-||-------------------3s2-0-|
|------------------------|------------------------||-------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------||-------------------------|
E E Q S S S S S S E E E E E S S S S S S E E E Q S S S S S S E
|-----/8-----------------|-----10s8----------------|-----/8-----------------|
|-8-8-----8-8-8-8--------|-8-8------8-8-8-8--------|-8-8-----8-8-8-8--------|
|-----------------10s9-7-|------------------10s9-7-|-----------------10s9-7-|
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|
| E E Q S S S S S S E E E E E S S S S S S E E E Q S S S S S S E
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-0-0-/3--0-0-0-0--------|-0-0--5s3-0-0-0-0--------|-0-0-/3--0-0-0-0--------|
|------------------3s2-0-|-------------------3s2-0-|------------------3s2-0-|
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
E E E E S S S S S S E E E Q S S S S S S E
|-----10s8----------------|-----/8-----------------|
|-8-8------8-8-8-8--------|-8-8-----8-8-8-8--------|
|------------------10s9-7-|-----------------10s9-7-|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|
| E E E E S S S S S S E E E Q S S S S E E
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-0-0--5s3-0-0-0-0--------|-0-0-/3--0-0-0-0-/3---0-|
|-------------------3s2-0-|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
A S S S S S S S S E E Q
|-------14-------14-------14\------|
|----14-------14-------14-14\------|
|-14-------14-------14-------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|
| W
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S E E Q
|--------13-------13-------13------|
|-----13-------13-------13---------|
|-/13-------13-------13------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|
| W
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
3/4 4/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E Q S S S S S S E
|-10s8---10s8---10s8---10s8---|-----/8------------------|
|------8------8------8------8-|-8-8-----8-8-8-8---------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------10s9-7--|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S E E Q S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|--5s3-0--5s3-0--5s3-0--5s3-0-|-0-0-/3--0-0-0-0---------|
|-----------------------------|------------------3s2-0--|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
E E Q S S S S S S E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----/8-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-8-8-----8-8-8-8--------|-------------------|-/5---------------|
|-----------------10s9-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5s3-0-|-/5-5-5-0-5s3-0---|
|------------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|
| E E Q S S S S S S E W W
|------------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-0-0-/3--0-0-0-0--------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------------3s2-0-|-------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E e e e e S S E E
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-5s3-0-5s3-0-5s3-0-5s3-0-5s3-|-0-/12-12-10-12-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------|---/12-12-10-12-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
Q. E E E E S S
|-------------------------------|
|--------17s16-/17--------------|
|-/17----17s16-----/17----------|
|----------------------/17------|
|--------------------------/17--|
|-------------------------------|
E E E E E E Q S S S S E E E S S E E
|-----------------/17----------|----------------------------------|
|-------------/17-----/17-17\--|-----12-12-12-12-10-/12-0-0-0-----|
|---------/17-------------17\--|-/12-------------10-/12-0-0-0-/12-|
|-----/17----------------------|----------------------------------|
|-/17--------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
S S S S E E E S S E E
|-12-12-12-12-12----/12-----12--------||
|-12-12-12-12-12-10-/12-0-0-----------||
|-12-12-12-12-12-10-----0-0----(12)\--||
|-------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------||
Bridge
Bb C
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|---3---3-(3)---3---|---5---5-(5)-5-----|
|-3---3-------3---4s|=5---5---------5-4s|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
Bb C
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|---3---3-(3)-3-----|---5---------5-----|
|-3---3---------3-4s|=5---5---------5-4-|
|-------------------|-------5-(5)-------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
E E E E E E E E A S S S S S S S S E E Q
|---3---3-----3------|-------14-------14-------14\------|
|-3---3---3-3--------|----14-------14-------14-14\------|
|---------------(3)/-|-14-------14-------14-------------|
|---------------(3)/-|----------------------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------------------|
Ab S S S S S S S S E E Q
|-------13-------13-------13-------|
|----13-------13-------13----------|
|-13-------13-------13-------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
Outro
~~~~~~~
e E Q H E E E E +Q. E
|-5-----------||----------------------|
|-------------||---13s11--------------|
|-------------||---------12-(12)------|
|-------------||-------------------12-|
|-------------||----------------------|
|-------------||----------------------|
~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
E E E E +Q Q E E E E +H
|----------12-(12)-----|-15s12---------------|
|-13s11----------------|---------------------|
|-------12-------------|-------12-15-(15)----|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
E E E E +Q. E E E E E +Q. E
|-15s12----------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-14s13s11--------------|
|-------12-15-(15)-----|----------12-(12)------|
|----------------------|--------------------12-|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
~~~~~~~
E E E E +Q. E E E E E +E S S Q
|----------------------|----------------------------|
|-14s13s11-------------|-16s15s14-------------------|
|----------12-(12)-----|----------12-(12)-12s11s12--|
|----------------------|------------------12s11s12--|
|----------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------|
+E S S +E E +E Q E Q Q S S E S S E
|----------------------------------|-15\------------------------|
|------10s12---------------/11-----|------11--------------------|
|-(12)------------/12-(12)------12-|----------12s11s12-12s10s12-|
|-(12)-10s12-(12)------------------|-------------------12s10s12-|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~
+E E E E +Q. E Q H +E E Q H +E E
|-------------------------|--------------------|--------------------*|
|------13s11--------------|-14\----------------|-14\----------------*|
|-(12)-------12-(12)------|------12----(12)----|-14\--12----(12)s10-*|
|-(12)-----------------12-|-----------------12-|--------------------*|
|-------------------------|--------------------|--------------------*|
|-------------------------|--------------------|--------------------*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
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. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths