|Dm C |F G |Dm C |F G |

[Verse 1]
  Dm               C                 F           G
I heard you got arrested in the street last night
    Dm                C               F
You called me with a voice I didn't recognize
G                     D                   C
So you're numbin' the pain, stuck in your ways
              F                G
Since we were kids it was like this
              Dm    C          F           G
But I will be there, I will be there for you

[Chorus]
    Bb  C  Dm
Hey child
F    Bb  C  Dm
 Hey child
Am           Bb C  Dm
We were born wild
         F     Bb
Let your neon lights
     C         Dm        Dm
Keep shinin' bright, oh oh
    Bb  C  Dm
Hey child
F    Bb  C  Dm
 Hey child
Am           Bb C  Dm
We were born wild
         F     Bb
Let your neon lights
     C         Dm        Am     Dm
Keep shinin' bright, oh oh, oh oh

[Instrumental]
C |F G |Dm C |F G

[Verse 2]
             Dm          C                F
Back in the '06, sellin' weed to the freshman kids
G             Dm         C             F
 You were the end of my aim whenever separate
G                       Dm                   C
 And I know you've been hurtin', think you deserve it
           Bb          G
How did it end up like this?
                   Dm    C                        F    G
Everything will be fine if you just get through tonight

[Chorus]
    Bb  C  Dm
Hey child
F    Bb  C  Dm
 Hey child
Am           Bb C  Dm
We were born wild
         F     Bb
Let your neon lights
     C         Dm        Dm
Keep shinin' bright, oh oh
    Bb  C  Dm
Hey child
F    Bb  C  Dm
 Hey child
Am           Bb C  Dm
We were born wild
         F     Bb
Let your neon lights
     C         Dm        Am     Bb  C
Keep shinin' bright, oh oh, oh oh
Dm   F      Bb  C
 Oh oh, oh oh
Dm   Am
 Oh oh, oh oh

[Bridge]
Dm                C             F
Brother's got a baby on the way now
G  Dm                    C          F
 I hope that you'll meet him some day
G  Dm                     C              F
 I hope he don't make the same mistakes we made
G           Dm                  C           F
 And when I look at him in the eyes, I'll say

[Chorus]
    Bb  C  Dm
Hey child
F    Bb  C  Dm
 Hey child
Am           Bb C  Dm
We were born wild
         F     Bb
Let your neon lights
     C         Dm        Dm
Keep shinin' bright, oh oh
    Bb  C  Dm
Hey child
F    Bb  C  Dm
 Hey child
Am           Bb C  Dm
We were born wild
         F     Bb
Let your neon lights
     C         Dm        Am     Bb
Keep shinin' bright, oh oh, oh oh

[Chorus]
     C          Dm
Hey, hey, hey child
    F      Bb
Oh oh, oh oh
     C          Dm
Hey, hey, hey child
Am            Bb C
 You're born wild (We were born, we were born wild)
Dm        F     Bb
 Let your neon lights
     C         Dm
Keep shinin' bright
Dm   Am     Dm
 Oh oh, oh oh