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Wild is the Wind

Bon Jovi
Tab
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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

I'm tired of looking everywhere for this song, so I decided to figure it out.

It's pretty simple.

Wild Is The Wind

As performed on "New Jersey"

Written by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Desmond Child, and Diane Warren

Standard Tuning

h hammer on

p pull off

/ slide up

\ slide down

~ vibrating

PM palm muting

b bend

r return

There's this opening part and I can't tell if its an acoustic guitar or a

mandolin or something else, so I will not be tabbing that part out.

Verse (Play it once as an intro, and then twice as verse)

e[---------------------------------------

B[---8p7----8p7---------12-12h13-12~~----
G[---9------9-----------12-12------------

D[---------------------------------------

A[---------------------------------------

E[-0------0-------0-2-3------------------

e[------------------------------------------------------

B[---------------------------12-13-13-13-12-------------
G[-----12-11h12p11-7~~~---------------------------------
D[---------------------7--------------------------------

A[------------------------------------------------------

E[-/10--------------------------------------------------

Pre-Chorus

e[------------------------------------------------------

B[------------------------------------------------------

G[------------------------------------------------------

D[-3-----3---3--7-----7---7--5-----5---5----------------
A[-3-----3---3--7-----7---7--5-----5---5----------------
E[-1-1-1-1-1-1--5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--

PM.. PM PM.. PM PM.. PM PM............

Chorus (1st Chorus once, 2nd chorus 2x)

e[--------------------------------------------------------

B[--------------------------------------------------------

G[-5----------------5--4--2-------------------------------
D[-5----5---7---3---5--4--2--3--5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2---
A[-3----5---7---3---3--2--0--3--3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0---
E[------3---5---1------------1----------------------------

PM......................

e[------------------------------------------------------

B[------------------------------------------------------

G[------------------------------------------------------

D[---------3-----5--------------------------------------
A[-5-5-5-5-3-----5--------------------------------------
E[-3-3-3-3-1-----3--------------------------------------

Post-chorus

e[------------------------------------------------------

B[------------------------------------------------------

G[-5----------------------------------------------------
D[-5----5---7---3----5-5-5-5-5-5-9-9-9-9-9-9------------
A[-3----5---7---3----3-3-3-3-3-3-7-7-7-7-7-7------------
E[------3---5---1---------------------------------------

Play this part 3x

e[------------------------------------------------------

B[------------------------------------------------------

G[------------------------------------------------------

D[-3---5-7---10-10-10-9-9h10p9\7-7----------------------
A[-3---5-7---10-10-10-9-9h10p9\7-7----------------------
E[-1---3-5----------------------------------------------

Verse

This time, Richie plays this (I think Jon plays the original verse part under

him on an acoustic guitar, 2x)

e[----------------------------------------------------------

B[----------------------------------------------------------

G[-16-16-16-14-14-14-12-12-12---16-16-16-14-14-14-12-12-12--

D[----------------------------------------------------------

A[----------------------------------------------------------

E[----------------------------------------------------------

Pre-chorus

Chorus (x2)

Post-chorus

GUITAR SOLO (I'm not 100% sure on this)

e[-17~~~~~15~~~~~----------------------------22~~~20~~~--------

B[---------------17~~~~~~-17-18-17-15-13~~~~-----------17~~~~--

G[-------------------------------------------------------------

D[-------------------------------------------------------------

A[-------------------------------------------------------------

E[-------------------------------------------------------------

e[----------17----17----17----17----------------------------
B[-18-18-18----17----15----13----12~~~-12-13-12-------------
G[----------------------------------------------14-14~~~~---

D[----------------------------------------------------------

A[----------------------------------------------------------

E[----------------------------------------------------------

e[-------------------------------------------20b22r20-17~~~~--

B[-------------------------------------17-18------------------
G[-14h17p14p12h14-14h16-21p16-16-17-19------------------------

D[------------------------------------------------------------

A[------------------------------------------------------------

E[------------------------------------------------------------

Pre-chorus

Chorus (x2)

Post chorus (x?)

OUTRO SOLO (x2[?])

e[-17~~~~~15~~~~~-------------------------22~~~20~~~---------

B[---------------17~~~~~~-17-18-17-15-13-------------17~~~---

G[-----------------------------------------------------------

D[-----------------------------------------------------------

A[-----------------------------------------------------------

E[-----------------------------------------------------------

e[-17~~~~~15~~~~~17~~~~~--------------------------------

B[------------------------------------------------------

G[------------------------------------------------------

D[------------------------------------------------------

A[------------------------------------------------------

E[------------------------------------------------------

That's it

Song structure

Intro

Verse

Pre-chorus

Chorus

Post chorus

Verse

Pre-chorus

Chorus

Post chorus

GUITAR SOLO

Pre-chorus

Chorus

Post chorus

OUTRO SOLO

Peace.

Oh, yeah, on a side note, on the Metallica tabs, whoever keeps spelling James

like this, "Jaymz", stop it! You are making an attempt to look cool, but you are

failing miserably. It doesn't matter one bit how ghetto you are! In doing this,

you are dishonoring one of the greatest songwriters of our time! So cut it out!

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