Wild Thing Chords & Guitar Lesson
Welcome to my Wild Thing chord and strumming lesson by the Troggs. This was always a go to lesson for my beginner guitar students in my home studio. The chords are very simple. The chord progression is repetitive. And many students instinctively know the rhythm of the song without needing to know much about rhythm.
Now this song could be played with the full chords A, D and E OR played with the open power chords A5, E5 and D5.
Whichever you prefer and whatever you find easier, go for it. Will still sound amazing.
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Wild Thing Guitar Chords:
Wild Thing Strumming Patterns:
Intro Strumming:
A D E D
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D D D D D DDD D DD
Strumming:
A D E D
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D D D D D D D DD
Little Riff: Can be played as G and A notes:
A|——0—-0—|
E |—3—-3——|
Wild Thing Guitar Lesson:
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Wild Thing Chord Chart:
Intro:
A D E D
Chorus: Each Chord represents one down strum
A A DD EE D D D
Wild Thing, you make my
A A DD EE D D D
heart sing you make
A A DD EE DDD
everything...groovy
A A DD EEEE
Wild Thing
Verse:
G A G A (hold)
Wild Thing, I think I love you
G A G A (hold)
But I wanna know for sure
G A G A (hold)
So come on, hold me tight
G A G A (hold)
I love you
Interlude:
AA DD EE DDD
AA DD EE DDD
Chorus:
A A DD EE D D D
Wild Thing, you make my
A A DD EE D D D
heart sing you make
A A DD EE DDD
everything...groovy
A A DD EEEE
Wild Thing
Flute Solo:
AA DD EE DDD
AA DD EE DDD
AA DD EE DDD
AA DD EEEE
Verse:
G A G A (hold)
Wild Thing, I think I love you
G A G A (hold)
But I wanna know for sure
G A G A (hold)
So come on, hold me tight
G A G A (hold)
I love you
Interlude: (one strum per chord)
AA DD EE DDD
AA DD EEEE EE EEEE EE EEEE EEE EEEEEEEE
Chorus:
A A DD EE D D D
Wild Thing, you make my
A A DD EE D D D
heart sing you make
A A DD EE DDD
everything...groovy
A A DD EEEE
Wild Thing
Repeat Out
This file is the author’s own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It’s intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.
We do not distribute printable chord and lyrics charts. These charts are here only to support online learning. We highly recommend buying music from Hal Leonard or a reputable online sheet music store.