Steppenwolf › Born To Be Wild Bass Tab

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Title:      Born to be wild
Artist:     Steppenwolf
Tabbed by:  Stephane Lapointe (slapointe11@sympatico.ca)
Date:       July 2003

It's a great song to play but it's not easy
to get the right timing for the first part of the verse.

This tab is based on the one published by "Ba$$ Lizard"
but with significant changes.
The timing should make sense (and will certainly help) but may not be perfect.

Thanks to email any corrections, improvements or comments
to slapointe11@sympatico.ca
Also, feel free to tell me if you like this tab.


INTRODUCTION
============
The fist hammer is not heavy; it's much more like the start
of the slide up which is quick.

G|----------------
D|----------------   3 times, then
A|0-h25---p0-h7--
E|----------------

Again, the slide up is quick

    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|79---7---9-7-----|
D|  ------9---------|
A|  --------------5-|
E|  ------------7---|

VERSE
=====
Watch timing and muted notes which are indicated with an "x".

  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|---------------5|----------------|----------------|
A|7---x-7---x---5-|7---x-7-x--75-5-|7---x-7---x---5-|7---x-7-x--75---|
E|------------7---|-------------7--|------------7---|-------------753|

The same thing as above but the last note is different.

  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|---------------5|----------------|----------------|
A|7---x-7---x---5-|7---x-7-x--75-5-|7---x-7---x---5-|7---x-7-x--75---|
E|------------7---|-------------7--|------------7---|-------------750|


  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|----------------|----9-9-7-------|
D|----------------|--9-------9-7---|   3 times, then
A|--------0-----0-|7---------------|
E|3-----3---------|--------------0-|

  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|--------0-----0-|
E|3-----3---------|

BRIDGE: Before second verse only
======
Pointed notes are slightly muted.

  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|7-----------5.--|
E|----------7.--7.|

VERSE
=====

PRE-CHORUS
==========
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|   Some quiet notes
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|   are not tabbed here
E|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|0---------------|----------------|   in the last bar

CHORUS
======
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|   4 times
A|7---------------|5---------------|
E|----------------|----------------|

SOLO
====
Start by playing twice the first four bars of the verse then play

  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|----------------|   This bar slightly differ from the song track
D|----------------|   
A|7-7-7-7-7-----5-|   3 times, then
E|----------5h7---|

  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|--------------7-|
D|----------7h9---|
A|7-7-7-7-7-------|
E|----------------|

  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|9-9-9-9-9-----7-|
D|----------7h9---|   4 times, then
A|----------------|
E|----------------|

  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
D|----------------|   4 times, then
A|----------------|
E|----------------|

  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|9/--------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|

VERSE
=====

PRE-CHORUS
==========

CHORUS
======

OUTRO: Different from the song track
=====
G|79-----7-------|----7-9-7-------|----------------|--------------7-|
D|------7-----9---|7-9-------9-7-9-|----------------|----------7h9---|
A|----------------|----------------|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-7-7-------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

G|9-------7-------|----7-9-7-------|
D|------7-----9---|7-9-------9-7-9-|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|

G|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|   Fade-out
A|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|7-7---------5-6-|
E|----------------|----0h35h7-----|

That's it ... Enjoy!!


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Send "Born To Be Wild" Ringtone to your Cell Phone