Wild Thing bass tab by The Troggs

WILD THING (Bassline)

As recorded by The Troggs
(From the 1966 Album FROM NOWHERE)

Words and Music by Chip Taylor
Arranged by The Troggs

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Pete Staples - Bass'


 Intro
 Q=102
 4/4
 Gtr I
 W     Q Q E E Q  Q E E +E E Q
|----------|--------------|-----------------||
|----------|-7--7---------|-----------------||
|----------|---------5-5--|-7--7-7-(7)-7-7--||
|----------|--------------|-0--0-0-(0)-0-0--||

 Chorus
 Q Q E E Q  Q Q E E Q  Q Q E E Q  Q Q E E Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|-7--7---------|--------------|-7--7---------|---------------|
|---------5-5--|-7--7----5-5--|---------5-5--|-7--7----5-5---|
|--------------|-0--0---------|--------------|-0--0----------|


 Q Q E E Q  Q Q E E Q  Q Q E E Q  Q E E +Q  Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------||
|-7--7---------|--------------|-7--7---------|-----------------||
|---------5-5--|-7--7----5-5--|---------5-5--|-7--7-7-(7)--7---||
|--------------|-0--0---------|--------------|-0--0-0-(0)--0---||


 1st & 2nd Verses
 $
 W     +H   +E E E E  W     +H   +E E E E
|----------|------------------|----------|-------------------|
|-7--------|-(7)----(7)-5-7-5-|-7--------|-(7)----(7)-5-7-5--|
|-0--------|-(0)----(0)-------|-0--------|-(0)----(0)--------|
|----------|------------------|----------|-------------------|


 W     +H   +E E E E  W     +W
|----------|------------------|----------|--------||
|-7--------|-(7)----(7)-5-7-5-|-7--------|-(7)----||
|-0--------|-(0)----(0)-------|-0--------|-(0)----||
|----------|------------------|----------|--------||


 Pre-Chorus
                   To Coda
 Q Q E E Q  Q Q E E Q  Q Q E E Q  Q Q E E Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||
|-7--7---------|--------------|-7--7---------|---------------||
|---------5-5--|-7--7----5-5--|---------5-5--|-7--7----5-5---||
|--------------|-0--0---------|--------------|-0--0----------||


 Chorus
 Q Q E E Q  Q Q E E Q  Q Q E E Q  Q Q E E Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|-7--7---------|--------------|-7--7---------|---------------|
|---------5-5--|-7--7----5-5--|---------5-5--|-7--7----5-5---|
|--------------|-0--0---------|--------------|-0--0----------|


 Q Q E E Q  Q Q E E Q  Q Q E E Q  Q E E +Q  Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------|
|-7--7---------|--------------|-7--7---------|-----------------|
|---------5-5--|-7--7----5-5--|---------5-5--|-7--7-7-(7)--7---|
|--------------|-0--0---------|--------------|-0--0-0-(0)--0---|


 Recorder Solo
 Q Q E E Q  Q Q E E Q  Q Q E E Q  Q Q E E Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|-7--7---------|--------------|-7--7---------|---------------|
|---------5-5--|-7--7----5-5--|---------5-5--|-7--7----5-5---|
|--------------|-0--0---------|--------------|-0--0----------|


                         D.S. al Coda
 Q Q E E Q  Q Q E E Q  Q Q E E Q  Q E E +Q  Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------||
|-7--7---------|--------------|-7--7---------|-----------------||
|---------5-5--|-7--7----5-5--|---------5-5--|-7--7-7-(7)--7---||
|--------------|-0--0---------|--------------|-0--0-0-(0)--0---||


 &
 Q E E +Q  Q  Q E E +Q  Q  Q E E +Q  Q  Q E E +E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------||
|-7--7-7-(7)--7--|-7--7-7-(7)--7--|-7--7-7-(7)--7--|-7--7-7-(7)-7-7-7--||
|-0--0-0-(0)--0--|-0--0-0-(0)--0--|-0--0-0-(0)--0--|-0--0-0-(0)-0-0-0--||


  Out-Chorus
  Q Q E E Q  Q Q E E Q  Q Q E E Q  Q Q E E Q  3x
||---------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||
||o-7--7---------|--------------|-7--7---------|--------------o||
||o---------5-5--|-7--7----5-5--|---------5-5--|-7--7----5-5--o||
||---------------|-0--0---------|--------------|-0--0----------||


Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature 🏷Legend
----------------
 h  - hammer-on
 p  - pull-off
 b  - bend
 pb - pre-bend
 r  - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s  - legato slide
 S  - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~  - vibrato
 tr - trill
 T  - tap
 TP - trem. picking
 PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n - tremolo bar down
 n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =  - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <> - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x  - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o  - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc 🏷Legend
-----------
 | - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
 : - bar (freetime)
 $ - Segno
 & - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths



Wild Thing
You make my heart sing
You make everything groovy
Wild Thing
No chord
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
So, c'mon and hold me tight
You move me

Wild Thing
You make my heart sing
You make everything groovy
Wild Thing
Wild Thing
C'mon, c'mon, Wild Thing