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/ Bon Jovi / New Jersey (1988) / Wild Is the Wind guitar tab

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!


Bon Jovi albums
2005 Have a Nice Day
2003 This Left Feels Right
2002 Bounce
2000 Crush
1995 These Days
1992 Keep the Faith
1988 New Jersey
1986 Slippery When Wet
1985 7800 Fahrenheit
1984 Bon Jovi
New Jersey tabs
01Lay Your Hands on Me tabbass tab
02Bad Medicine tabbass tab
03Born to Be My Baby tabbass tab
04Living in Sin tabbass tab
05Blood on Blood tabbass tab
07Wild Is the Wind tabbass tab
08Ride Cowboy Ride tabbass tab
09Stick to Your Guns tabbass tab
10I'll Be There for You tabbass tab
1199 in the Shade tabbass tab
12Love for Sale tabbass tab

 

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