Learn How To Play "Wild Thing" by The Troggs on Guitar

Wild Thing by The Troggs is a cracking tune! And in this lesson, we'll learn everything you need to play it on guitar. An excellent song choice for beginner guitar players!

It's not easy to replicate Reg Presley's lusty voice, but it's so much fun to sing along! It might be surprising, but this song is from the mid-60s and significantly influenced punk and garage rock. It has a dominant guitar rhythm that makes it super catchy and straightforward to learn! If you're digging this song, it might be worth memorizing and adding to your internal song repertoire.

Wild Things - Key & Guitar Chords

Wild Thing is in the key of A major, and you'll mainly need three chords to play it! Throughout the song, you're alternating between doing two strums on the D, E, and A. But, we also explore a chord variation you can easily add there - the G6 chord.

If you're still in your early beginner guitar stage, you might not be familiar with this chord. But don't worry! It's easy to play since you don't need to play any fingers on the guitar's neck! Check out the video to learn exactly how.

For the strumming sequence, ease into this song and play the chords with simple strumming. Focus on evenly spacing out your strumming and getting the chord changes right.

Wild Thing - Rhythm

To get the rhythm, listen to the original recording a few times. You should be able to feel the rhythm of the song as it's pretty dominant. To help guide you, either play along with the original recording or count the beats out loud.

Play it slowly and increase your tempo as you progress! Your playing speed should naturally increase as you start to feel confident with the chord changes.

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