Artist: The Troggs
Song: Wild Thing
Tabbed by: John Leadman
Every guitarist should know this song.
Easy as hell, but sounds great.
CHORDS:
A (5776xx)
D (x5777x)
E (x7999x)
INTRO:
Starts with a strange bend. You bend the note on the 7th fret up, then
you hit it, and release it back down. Listen to the song to hear what
I mean.
E|---------------|
B|---------------| b = bend note
G|--(7)b9r7------| r = release note
D|---------------|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|
Then the chords start, play the
intro like this:
A D E
E|----------------------------------|
B|-------------7-7----9-9-9-9--9-9--|
G|--6--6---x-x-7-7--x-9-9-9-9--9-9--|
D|--7--7---x-x-7-7--x-9-9-9-9--9-9--|
A|--7--7---x-x-5-5--x-7-7-7-7--7-7--|
E|--5--5----------------------------|
The chords in the verses should be
played something like this:
A D E D
E|------------------------------------|
B|-------------7-7----9-9------7-7----|
G|--6--6---x-x-7-7--x-9-9--x-x-7-7-x--|
D|--7--7---x-x-7-7--x-9-9--x-x-7-7-x--|
A|--7--7---x-x-5-5--x-7-7--x-x-5-5-x--|
E|--5--5------------------------------|
VERSE 1:
A D E
Wild thing
D A D E
You make my heart sing
D A D E
You make everything, groovy
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/troggs/wild_thing_tab.html ]
D A D E
Wild thing
CHORUS:
Here's the riff for the chorus:
E|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-----6---6---|
D|---5-7-5-7---|
A|---5-7-5-7---|
E|---5-5-5-5---|
[play Riff]
Wild thing, think I love you
[play Riff]
but I wanna know for sure
[play Riff]
C'mon, hold me tight
[play Riff]
I love you
A D E D A D E D
VERSE 2: [play like VERSE 1]
Wild thing
You make my heart sing
You make everything, groovy
Wild thing
SOLO:
This is some sort of flute arranged for guitar.
Rhythm guitar just plays the verse chords and then at the end
he plays the chorus riff.
E|------------------------------5-------5-5--------------------5-5-7-
B|---8-8-5-8--5-8--5-8-8-5--5-8---8-5-8-----8-5-8-8--5---5-5-8-------
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------
E--7-5-----7-5-----7-5-----7-5--------------------------------5-5---|
B------8-5-----8-5-----8-5-----8-5--5--8-5--8-5--5-5-5-5--5-8-------|
G-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------|
CHORUS: [play like first chorus]
Wild thing, think you move me
But I wanna know for sure
C'mon, hold me tight
You move me
A D E D A D E E E E
OUTRO:
A D E
Wild thing
D A D E
You make my heart sing
D A D E
You make everything, groovy
D A D E
Wild thing
D A D E
C'mon, c'mon, Wild thing
D A D E
Shake it, shake it, Wild thing
[fade out...]
