The Troggs

Wild Thing(Tabs)

The Troggs

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Pay attention to this - of the many tabs of this 1966 Troggs protopunker 
that I've seen on the net, this is the only one that gets the 'wild thing, 
I think I love you' break correct.  Which is all the more amazing when 
you see how laughably simple it actually is. 
 
As Dave Marsh said in _The New Book of Rock Lists_: 'Based on their playing 
style, the Troggs {troglodytes, i.e. cave dwellers} in question would have 
to be considered Neanderthals - Cro-Magnons had art.'  -- AWR 
 
 
                                'Wild Thing' 
                               (Chip Taylor) 
 
Intro: 
 
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	-----9r7----- 
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	------------- 
	------------- 
	     ^^^ slow reverse bend 
 
	A   D    E 
	/ / / /  / / / / 
 
Verse: 
 
	A          D   E   D 
	Wild thing        ... 
 
	A          D   E   D 
	Heart ... 
 
	A           D      E     D 
	Everything .... 
 
	A          D     E 
	Wild t....      / / / 
 
Break 1: 
 
	guitar: 
 
	     v       v     v     v     v 
	-----------|------------------------- 
	--5--5-----|-5----------------------- 
	--5--6-(5)-|-6----------------------- 
	--5--7--5--|-7----------------------- 
	--5--7--5--|-7----------------------- 
	-----------|------------------------- 
 
	bass: 
 
	     v       v     v     v     v 
	-----------|-2----------------------- 
	-----2-----|------------------------- 
	-----------|------------------------- 
	-----------|------------------------- 
 
	Wild thing, I .... 
	{above riff} 
 
	But I wanna .... 
 
	{above riff} 
 
	Come on and .... 
 
	{above riff} 
 
	I love you 
 
	A   D    E   D    A   D    E   D 
	/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / / 
 
{repeat verse} 
 
{ocarina solo over verse chords - no ocarina tab, but there are only four 
 notes to it (E, G, A, and B) and you too should be able to play it within 
 five minutes of picking up an ocarina} 
 
Break 2: 
 
	Wild thing, I think ...... 
	A   D    E   D    A   D    E 
	/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  {hold 4 bars} 
 
{repeat verse} 
 
Coda: 
 
	 A          D   E 
	Wild t... 
	   D           A          D   E 
	C'mon, c'mon, .... 
	 D                   A 
	Shake it, shake ....{fade} 
 
 
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
	        

Written by Chip Taylor

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