Born to be Wild Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays532

Born to be Wild by Steppenwolf is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, D, A, G and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			E                        D A  
Get your motor runnin'   
E                        D A  
Head out on the highway   
E                        D A  
Lookin' for adventure   
       E                 D A  
In whatever comes our way   
   
G     A             E  
Yeah, darlin' gonna make it happen   
G        A          E  
Take the world in a love embrace   
G    A          E                G A          E(Em 1st time)  
Fire all of the guns at once and explode into space   

   
E                            D A  
I like smoke and lightnin'   
E                            D A  
Heavy metal thunder   
E                            D A  
Wrestlin' with the wind   
        E                    D A  
And the feelin' that I'm under   
   
Chorus - part 1   
   
Chorus - part 2:   
       E  
Like a true nature's child   
        G  
We were born, born to be wild   
         A              G             Em  
We could climb so high, I never wanna die   

E          D A D  E D  
Born to be wild,   
E          D A D  E  D              
Born to be wild,                
   
Solo, organ + guitar (in Em E D A D repeated)   
   
Repeat first verse   
   
Chorus - total   
Solo - fade out (in Em)   




    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante