Born To Be Wild
Steppenwolf (Mars Bonfire, 1968)

Palm muted downstrumming:
| d d d d d d d d |
[Dm] Get your motor runnin'
[Dm] Head out on the highway
[Dm] Lookin' for adventure
In what- [Dm] ever comes our way
[F] Yeah [G] darlin' gonna [D] make it happen
[F] Take the [G] world in a [D] love embrace
[F] Fire [G] all of your [D] guns at once and
[F] Ex- [G] plode into [D] space
[Dm] I like smoke and lightnin'
[Dm] Heavy metal thunder
[Dm] Wrestlin' with the wind
And the [Dm] feelin' that I'm under
[F] Yeah [G] darlin' gonna [D] make it happen
[F] Take the [G] world in a [D] love embrace
[F] Fire [G] all of the [D] guns at once and
[F] Ex- [G] plode into [D] space
Like a [D] true nature's child, we were [F] born, born to be wild
We could [G] climb so high, [F] I never wanna [D↓] die
[D↓] Born to be [C↓] wild | [D] | [C] |
[D↓] Born to be [C↓] wild | [D] | [C] |
[Dm]Get your motor runnin'
[Dm]Head out on the highway
[Dm]Lookin' for adventure
In what- [Dm]ever comes our way
[F]Yeah [G]darlin' gonna [D]make it happen
[F]Take the [G]world in a [D]love embrace
[F]Fire [G]all of your [D]guns at once and
[F]Ex- [G]plode into [D]space
Like a [D]true nature's child we were [F]born, born to be wild
We could [G]climb so high, [F]I never wanna [D↓] die
[D↓] Born to be [C↓] wild | [D] | [C] |
[D↓] Born to be [C↓] wild | [D] | [C] |
[D↓] Born to be [C↓] wild | [D] | [C] |
[D↓] Born to be [C↓] wild | [D] | [C] | [D↓]
#Capo on 2nd fret to play with original.
#Last Updated 7/9/17 JJ
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Steppenwolf (Mars Bonfire, 1968)





Palm muted downstrumming:
| d d d d d d d d |
[Dm] Get your motor runnin'
[Dm] Head out on the highway
[Dm] Lookin' for adventure
In what- [Dm] ever comes our way
[F] Yeah [G] darlin' gonna [D] make it happen
[F] Take the [G] world in a [D] love embrace
[F] Fire [G] all of your [D] guns at once and
[F] Ex- [G] plode into [D] space
[Dm] I like smoke and lightnin'
[Dm] Heavy metal thunder
[Dm] Wrestlin' with the wind
And the [Dm] feelin' that I'm under
[F] Yeah [G] darlin' gonna [D] make it happen
[F] Take the [G] world in a [D] love embrace
[F] Fire [G] all of the [D] guns at once and
[F] Ex- [G] plode into [D] space
Like a [D] true nature's child, we were [F] born, born to be wild
We could [G] climb so high, [F] I never wanna [D↓] die
[D↓] Born to be [C↓] wild | [D] | [C] |
[D↓] Born to be [C↓] wild | [D] | [C] |
[Dm]Get your motor runnin'
[Dm]Head out on the highway
[Dm]Lookin' for adventure
In what- [Dm]ever comes our way
[F]Yeah [G]darlin' gonna [D]make it happen
[F]Take the [G]world in a [D]love embrace
[F]Fire [G]all of your [D]guns at once and
[F]Ex- [G]plode into [D]space
Like a [D]true nature's child we were [F]born, born to be wild
We could [G]climb so high, [F]I never wanna [D↓] die
[D↓] Born to be [C↓] wild | [D] | [C] |
[D↓] Born to be [C↓] wild | [D] | [C] |
[D↓] Born to be [C↓] wild | [D] | [C] |
[D↓] Born to be [C↓] wild | [D] | [C] | [D↓]
#Capo on 2nd fret to play with original.
#Last Updated 7/9/17 JJ
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