Wild Child (ver 4) by Doors
'Wild Child'by the Doors (The Soft Parade)
Tuning: standard EADG, played preferrably on a fretless bass
Tabbed by: Erik van der Meulen
This isn't the first time this song is tabbed, but in other versions I really miss the
In my (hearing) perception this song is played on a fretless bass and uses its abillity
make beautifull slides to its full potential going up and down the neck of your bass.
why you'll see that most of this song is played on the E-string, this creates the
to slide from one riff to another, mixed op with certain more staccato like riffs. I
this tab is much an approvement to earlier tabs, because of the increase of sliding. Not to
the errors I found in certain other tabs...
Verse line:
G|---------------------------| |-------------------------|
D|---------------------------| |-------------------------|
A|---------13----------------| |-------13----------------| x7
E|-7/15-15----15151515-1310/| |-15-15----15-1515151310-|
(15151515 are 15's not 1's & 5's, as counts for the rest of the song where you find
like this)
Chorus line:
G|-----------|-----------|-----------------------|------------------------------------|
D|-----7-----|-----6-----|-----------------------|------------------------------------|
A|---7---7---|---6---6---|-3p1---3p1---3p1---3p1-|------------------------------------|
E|5-------5-|-4-------4-|----3-----3-----3------|-3-3-6/15-1515133-3-6/15-15151310/|
Verse line:
G|-------------------------| |-------------------------|
D|-------------------------| |-------------------------|
A|-------13----------------| |-------13----------------| x6
E|/15-15----15-15151513/10| |-15-15----15151515-13/10|
Chorus line:
G|-----------|-----------|-----------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----7-----|-----6-----|-----------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---7---7---|---6---6---|-3p1---3p1---3p1---3p1-|---------------------------------|
E|5-------5-|-4-------4-|----3-----3-----3------|-3-3-6/15-1515133-3-6/15-151513|
Bridge:
G|------------|----------|----------------------|----------------------|
D|------7-899-|----------|----------------------|----------------------|
A|----7-------|----------|----------------------|----------------------| x2
E|88---------|-12-13-15-|-1515151515-13-15333/|-1515151515-13-15333-|
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
A|---1---1---1-1-|---3---3---3-3-|---1---1---1-1-|---3---3---3-3-|
E|1---1---1-----|-3---3---3-----|-1---1---1-----|-3---3---3-----|
G|---------------|-----------|-----------|---|
D|---------------|-----7-----|-----6-----|---|
A|---1---1---1-1-|---7---7---|---6---6---|---|
E|-1---1---1-----|/5-------5-|-4-------4-|-3-|
Outro:
G|----------| |----------| |---|
D|----------| |----------| |---|
A|----------| x4 |----------| x7 |---|
E|-3-3-3-31-| |-33333331-| |-3-|
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