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"Wild Flower"

From the ELECTRIC Album 
Written and Composed by THE CULT (Astbury/Duffy)
Transcribed by DJW 

Guitar is tuned normally
	e
	B
	G
	D
	A
	E

Legend:  / - slide up
         \ - slide down
	 X - strings muted with "pick" hand
         ~ - vibrato
         * - do not let string ring
         ) - bend ---> if a Q appears to the right of this, indicates a 1/4 bend.
                       Hence, 4)Q means a string om the 4th fret is 
                       bending by 1/4; 4)H means a string on the 4th fret is bending
                       by 1/2; 9)F means a Full bend on a string on the 9th fret.

Billy Plays with moderate blues distortion w/ chorus
and very faint reverb
Intro:

Riff #1 
 b
|--------------|
|4-----4*4*----|
|4-----4*4*----|
|4-----4*4*----|
|2---0-2*2*----|
|--------------|
 |________|
     |
   Play 8 times
 Band will jump in after the 4th time.

Riff #2
 b                               D               E
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|4-----4*4*------4-----4*4*------3---3-3*3*-------------------|
|4-----4*4*------4-----4*4*------2---0-2*2*------1-----1*1*---|
|4-----4*4*------4-----4*4*------0---0-0*0*------2---0-2*2*---|
|2---0-2*2*------2---0-2*2*----------------------2---0-2*2*---|
|------------------------------------------------0---0-0*0*---|
 "Hey You."
 This is played three times.

Riff #3
 b                               D               E
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|4-----4*4*------4-----4*4*------3---3-3*3*-------------------|
|4-----4*4*------4-----4*4*------2---0-2*2*------1------------|
|4-----4*4*------4-----4*4*------0---0-0*0*------2------------|
|2---0-2*2*------2---0-2*2*----------------------2------------|
|------------------------------------------------0------------|
 "My heart beats faster..."

At the same time Riff #3 is played, this is played in the background:
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|4---4X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-------------|
|2---2X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus:
Riff#4
 b                               E               A
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|4-----4*4*------4-----4*4*----------------------2---0-2*2*---|
|4-----4*4*------4-----4*4*------1-----1*1*------2---0-2*2*---|
|4-----4*4*------4-----4*4*------2---0-2*2*------2---0-2*2*---|
|2---0-2*2*------2---0-2*2*------2---0-2*2*------0---0-0*0*---|
|--------------------------------0---0-0*0*-------------------|
                              "I'm a wolf child..."
 This is played twice.

Back to Riff #1 (played 4 times)
Then Riff #2 (played 3 times)
Then Riff #3 (with that background sound mentioned above)

Chorus:
Riff #4 (played 3 times), then:

 b                               E               A
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|4-----4*4*------4-----4*4*----------------------2------------|
|4-----4*4*------4-----4*4*------1-----1*1*------2------------|
|4-----4*4*------4-----4*4*------2---0-2*2*------2------------|
|2---0-2*2*------2---0-2*2*------2---0-2*2*------0------------|
|--------------------------------0---0-0*0*-------------------|

Solo:

 F
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------4)Q-4--4~--2---|
|2-2)H--2-2)H--2-2)H--2-2)H--2-2)H----2)Q--2)Q--2--------4~--2---|
|-----4------4------4------4------4------4----4------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------2)H|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
                                                 very slow bend ^

 F
|2-2-2*-------2-2*---2-2*--2-------------------------------------|
|2-2-2*-------2-2*---2-2*--2-4)Q-2-2-2--------2---2--------------|
|------------------------4---4)Q-2-3-2--------2---2--------------|
|--------------------------------------4-2-4----4---4)H-4~-------|
|-----2)H--------2)H---------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|

 b
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|10-10p8-10-10p8-10-10p8-10-10p8-10)H-10-10p8-10-10p8-------------|
|-------9-------9-------9-------9------------9-------9-7-9-7------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------9-7-9~|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

 F
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------2----------------14----------------2-----4)H-------X\---|
|2)Q-2)Q-2--2--14)Q-14)Q-14----14---2)Q-2)Q-2--2---4)H-------X\---|
|-------4--4-4/--------16----16--16--------4--4--------------X\---|
|------------------------------------------------------------X\---|
|------------------------------------------------------------X\---|
                                     very slow bend ^

Then Riff #1 (7 times and the 8th time is a quick b chord which is not rung)
Then Riff #4 (7 times and the 8th time is a quick b chord which is rung until
              the sound dies)