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Wild Child Tab

by Wasp


Band:  W.A.S.P.
Album: The Last Command
Song:  Wild Child

Copyright (c)  (Capitol) (1985)
Version 1.0 - (27/01/07)



.  - palm mute           /  - slide up to
\  - slide down to       ~  - vibrato
h  - hammer on           b  - Bend
p  - pull off            Suffixes for bend
t  - tap                 f  - full bend    h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic    q  - quarter bend t - tap bend
*  - see comment         ^  - Hold bend    r release bend
x  - Stuccatto           ~  - vibrato bend
,  - slight palm mute    () - ghost note, sustained note
"  - tremolo note        <> - harmonic
pb - pre bend

Tuning Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb



 Intro

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-11----11----9----9-11-11-11----9----9------|
|----11----11---11----(11)----11---11---11---|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------| Rpt 10 X


 Guitar 2 enters 2nd time

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------7---------------(7)-------------|
|-4---------------(4)---------------5---------------(5)-------------|
|-2---------------(2)-----------------------------------------------|

                                                [-----------PM-----------]
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4---------------(4)------------------------------------------------------|
|-2---------------(2)------------p0-4----(4)----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|-----------------------------------2----(2)----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------7---------------(7)-------------|
|-4---------------(4)---------------5---------------(5)-------------|
|-2---------------(2)-----------------------------------------------|

                                                
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4---------------(4)-----------------------------------------------|
|-2---------------(2)---------------4---------------(4)-------------|
|-----------------------------------2---------------(2)-------------|

|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|-2-------|
|-0--2----|
|----0----|


 Verse

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------7---------------(7)-------------|
|-4---------------(4)---------------5---------------(5)-------------|
|-2---------------(2)-----------------------------------------------|

   let ring out                                             
|--------2----------------------------------------------------------|
|------3------------------------------------------------------------|
|----4-----4--------------------------------------------------------|
|-4---------------(4)-----------------------------------------------|
|-2---------------(2)---------------4---------------(4)-------------|
|-----------------------------------2---------------(2)-------------|

|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|-7-/9----|
|-5-/7----|
|---------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------7---------------(7)-------------|
|-4---------------(4)---------------5---------------(5)-------------|
|-2---------------(2)---------------5---------------(5)-------------|

                                                
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4---------------(4)-----------------------------------------------|
|-2---------------(2)---------------4---------------(4)-------------|
|-----------------------------------2---------------(2)-------------|

|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|-7-/9----|
|-5-/7----|
|---------|

 Bridge


|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7--------(7)---------9--------(9)-------\-------------------------|
|-5--------(5)---------7--------(7)-------\4--------(4)-------------|
|-----------------------------------------\2--------(2)-------------|

                                              [PM] [-PM-]
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-7--------(7)---------9--------(9)--------6------6--------|
|-5--------(5)---------7--------(7)--------4--4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|----------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|-7-5-4----------|
|-------7-5-4p0--|

 Chorus


|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------7--7-7-7-7/9------(9)-------|
|-4--4-------4--4---------5--5-5-5-5/7------(7)-------|
|-2--2-0-2-5-2--2-0-2-5-5-----------------------------| Rpt 4 X




|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4----------------------------(2)----------------------------------|
|-2----------------------------(2)----------------------------------|

 Lead fill
  ph ~~~~             ~~~~    h ~~~~~~~~~~~~
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-4b-----r-2---4-2-4-4b----r2-------------------|
|------------4----------------4-----------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|

 2nd Verse

 Guitar 1 (cleanish tone)       let ring out
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------3---------------------------|
[-------------------------------------2-----------------------------|
[-----------------------------------0-------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2(light overdrive)
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-----------------------------------7---------------(7)-------------|
[-4---------------(4)---------------5---------------(5)-------------|
[-2---------------(2)-----------------------------------------------|

 Guitar 1
   let ring out                                             
[--------2----------------------------------------------------------|
[------3------------------------------------------------------------|
[----4-----4--------------------------------------------------------|
[-4---------------(4)-----------------------------------------------|
[-2---------------(2)---------------4---------------(4)-------------|
[-----------------------------------2---------------(2)-------------|
[Guitar 2
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-4---------------(4)-----------------------------------------------|
[-2---------------(2)---------------4---------------(4)-------------|
[-----------------------------------2---------------(2)-------------|


|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|-7-/9----|
|-5-/7----|
|---------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------7---------------(7)-------------|
|-4---------------(4)---------------5---------------(5)-------------|
|-2---------------(2)---------------5---------------(5)-------------|

                                                
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4---------------(4)-----------------------------------------------|
|-2---------------(2)---------------4---------------(4)-------------|
|-----------------------------------2---------------(2)-------------|

|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|-7-/9----|
|-5-/7----|
|---------|

 Rpt Bridge and Chorus

 Mid 8


|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2--------------(2)--------------4--------------(4)----------------|
|-0--------------(0)--------------4--------------(4)----------------|
|---------------------------------2--------------(2)----------------|

 Guitar solo

    ~~~~~~~~~~~  ~~~~~~~            h        ~~~~~~~          
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------5-----2-3p2-------------------7-----|
|-4fb----------rfb-----p2-4-------------4-2-2b------2-3-4-7-----|
|-----------------------------------------------------------9-9-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

 [---PM-----]
|------------7--7-7-----------7-------------------------------|
|-----7-9-10--------10p9-10p9---10p9-10p9p7-------7-----------|
|-7-9---------------------------------------8-9p8----8-9p8p6--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|

    h   h        ~~~~~
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-3-4p3-6p3-4p3------------|
|---------------4----/11\--|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|

 [-PM-]                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~
|----------------7-----------------------------14-16-17-17b-r14-17b--|
|---------7-9-10---10p9-10b----------7-9-10-12b------------------------|
|-------6--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-6-7----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

                ~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    
|-17fb--17fb--17fb-------22fb---22fb----22fb---17fb-r17p14--|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|

         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|-17b17p14--------------------------------\--|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|

 Backing for solo

|--------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------5-----------(5)--------------|
|---------------------------4-----------(4)--------------|
|-2-----------(2)----------------------------------------|
|-0-----------(0)----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-----------(7)-----------5------\-7-------\-------------------------|
|-7-----------(7)-----------4------\-6-------\-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------4----------(4)-----------|
|---------------------------------------------2----------(2)-----------|

|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-----------(2)-----------4-----------(4)---------------|
|-0-----------(0)-----------2-----------(2)---------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|



|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7----(7)----9----(9)---------------------------------------------|
|-5----(5)----7----(7)-----4---------------(4)---------------------|
|--------------------------2---------------(2)---------------------|


 Breakdown

 Guitar 1

 with delay                                      with delay
[-------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------|
[---------------fade in-7----(7)---/9----(9)-----1111\--------|
[-9-9\------------------5----(5)---/7----(7)-----9-9\---------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2
[                                                      ~~~~~
[-------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------|
[------------------------------------------------2-2-2-2------|


                                    ~~~~~~                 ~~~~ ~~~
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-fade in-7----(7)---/9----(9)---------------------------------------|
|---------5----(5)---/7----(7)------4-----6-7-9-7-6-7-6--------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------7-5----7br---|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|


 F#
   ~~~~~                 ~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~~
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-----------------6---6-7-------9br----------|
|-4-----6-7-9-7-9---9------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|

 Guitar 1
  ~~~~~~                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[---------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------|
[-4-----6--7--9--7--6--7--6-------------------|
[---------------------------7--5----7br-------|
[---------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2
[  ~~~~~~                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[---------------------------------------------|
[-7-----9-10-12-10--9-10-9--------------------|
[---------------------------9--7----9br-------|
[---------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------|

 Guitar 1
  ~~~~~~                         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[---------------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------|
[----------------------6------6--7-------9br--------|
[-4-----6--7--9--7--9------9------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2
[ ~~~~~~                         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
[---------------------------------------------------|
[-7-----9-10-12-10--12-14-12-14-15-------17br-------|
[---------------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------|
[---------------------------------------------------|

 Rpt Chorus to fade


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