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Did You Know? Wild Thing was released by the Troggs in 1966 and it reached number 1 in the charts. Strangely it was released by two labels at the same time and was the only song to reach number 1 for two record labels at the same time.
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Difficulty Level Of Original Recorded Song: Green Pick
Most Advanced Rhythm: Yellow Pick
Most Advanced Chord Change: Green Pick (Yellow Pick when played with Open Anchor Chords)
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Wild Thing Chords And Strumming, The Troggs
Open Chords:
Open D chord
Open A chord
Open E chord
Open G/A chord - x0000x
Strumming:
"The Chase"*: |D D U D |
"The Chase": |D D U D U |
"The Everyman*": |D U D U U D U |
"1 Strum/pickup:
|D | U D U |
"Cut off": |D U D U |
"Straight 8s": |D U D U D U D U |
Tempo: 101 bpm
Key: A
Intro -
|A - -D- |E - - - |
(The Chase*/ Everyman*)
Verse 1 -
||A - -D- |E - -D- || x3
(The Chase*/The Chase*)
|A - -D- |E - -G/A A G/A|
(The Chase*/ Everyman*)
| |A - - - |- - -G/A A G/A| | x 3
(1 Strum / pickup)
|A - - - |- - - - |
(1 Strum/ let ring)
(A)Wild thing (D) (E) (D)you make my (A)heart sing (D) (E)
(D)You make (A)everything (D)groovy (E) (D) (A)wild thing (D) (E) (G/A) (A) (G/A) (A)
Wild thing I think I love you (G/A) (A) (G/A) (A)
But I wanna know for sure (G/A) (A) (G/A) (A)
Come on and hold me tight (G/A) (A) (G/A) (A)
I love you
Verse 2 -
||A - -D- |E - -D- || x5
(The Chase*/The Chase*)
|A - -D- |E - - - |
(The Chase*/ Cut off)
||A - -D- |E - -D- || x3
(The Chase*/The Chase*)
|A - -D- |E - -G/A A G/A|
(The Chase*/ Everyman*)
| |A - - - |- - -G/A A G/A| | x 3
(1 Strum / pickup)
|A - - - |- - - - |
(1 Strum/ let ring)
(A)(D)(E)(D) x 2
(A)Wild thing (D) (E) (D)you make my (A)heart sing (D) (E)
(D)You make (A)everything (D)groovy (E) (D) (A)wild thing (D) (E)
(A)(D)(E)(D) x 3 (A)(D)(E) (G/A) (A) (G/A) (A)
Wild thing, I think you move me (G/A) (A) (G/A) (A)
But I wanna know for sure (G/A) (A) (G/A) (A)
Come on and hold me tight (G/A) (A) (G/A) (A)
You move me
Verse 3 (Instrumental) -
||A - -D- |E - -D- || x3
(The Chase*/The Chase*)
|A - -D- |E - - - |
(The Chase*/The Chase*)
|E - - - |E - - - |
(The Chase*/The Chase)
|E - - - |
(Straight 8s)
Ending -
||A - -D- |E - -D- || x4 (Fade out)
(The Chase*/The Chase*)
(A)Wild thing (D) (E) (D)you make my (A)heart sing (D) (E)
(D)You make (A)everything (D)groovy (E) (D) (A)wild thing (D) (E) (D) x 4
Final Chord Strum: A
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Green Pick Level
Wild Thing Chords And Strumming, The Troggs
Power Chords (5ths):
D5 'power' chord - x577xx
A5 'power' chord - 577xxx
E5 'power' chord - x799xx
G/A 'power' chord - 555xxx
Strumming:
"The Chase"*: |D D U D |
"The Chase": |D D U D U |
"The Everyman*": |D U D U U D U |
"1 Strum/pickup:
|D | U D U |
"Cut off": |D U D U |
"Straight 8s": |D U D U D U D U |
Tempo: 101 bpm
Key: A
Intro -
|A5 - -D5- |E5 - - - |
(The Chase*/ Everyman*)
Verse 1 -
||A5 - -D5- |E5 - -D5- || x3
(The Chase*/The Chase*)
|A5 - -D5- |E5 - -G/A A5 G/A|
(The Chase*/ Everyman*)
| |A5 - - - |- - -G/A A5 G/A| | x 3
(1 Strum / pickup)
|A5 - - - |- - - - |
(1 Strum/ let ring)
(A5)Wild thing (D5) (E5) (D5)you make my (A5)heart sing (D5) (E5)
(D5)You make (A5)everything (D5)groovy (E5) (D5) (A5)wild thing (D5) (E5) (G/A) (A5) (G/A) (A5)
Wild thing I think I love you (G/A) (A5) (G/A) (A5)
But I wanna know for sure (G/A) (A5) (G/A) (A5)
Come on and hold me tight (G/A) (A5) (G/A) (A5)
I love you
Verse 2 -
||A5 - -D5- |E5 - -D5- || x5
(The Chase*/The Chase*)
|A5 - -D5- |E5 - - - |
(The Chase*/ Cut off)
||A5 - -D5- |E5 - -D5- || x3
(The Chase*/The Chase*)
|A5 - -D5- |E5 - -G/A A5 G/A|
(The Chase*/ Everyman*)
| |A5 - - - |- - -G/A A5 G/A| | x 3
(1 Strum / pickup)
|A5 - - - |- - - - |
(1 Strum/ let ring)
(A5)(D5)(E5)(D5) x 2
(A5)Wild thing (D5) (E5) (D5)you make my (A5)heart sing (D5) (E5)
(D5)You make (A5)everything (D5)groovy (E5) (D5) (A5)wild thing (D5) (E5)
(A5)(D5)(E5)(D5) x 3 (A5)(D5)(E5) (G/A) (A5) (G/A) (A5)
Wild thing, I think you move me (G/A) (A5) (G/A) (A5)
But I wanna know for sure (G/A) (A5) (G/A) (A5)
Come on and hold me tight (G/A) (A5) (G/A) (A5)
You move me
Verse 3 (Instrumental) -
||A5 - -D5- |E5 - -D5- || x3
(The Chase*/The Chase*)
|A5 - -D5- |E5 - - - |
(The Chase*/The Chase*)
|E5 - - - |E5 - - - |
(The Chase*/The Chase)
|E5 - - - |
(Straight 8s)
Ending -
||A5 - -D5- |E5 - -D5- || x4 (Fade out)
(The Chase*/The Chase*)
(A5)Wild thing (D5) (E5) (D5)you make my (A5)heart sing (D5) (E5)
(D5)You make (A5)everything (D5)groovy (E5) (D5) (A5)wild thing (D5) (E5) (D5) x 4
Final Chord Strum: A5
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Wild Thing Lyrics
Wild thing, you make my heart sing
You make everything groovy, wild thing
Wild thing, I think I love you
But I wanna know for sure
Come on and hold me tight
I love you
Wild thing, you make my heart sing
You make everything groovy, wild thing
Wild thing, I think you move me
But I wanna know for sure
Come on and hold me tight
You move me
Wild thing, you make my heart sing
You make everything groovy, wild thing
Wild thing, you make my heart sing
You make everything groovy, wild thing
Wild thing, you make my heart sing
You make everything groovy, wild thing
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