DREAM ON (Bassline)
As recorded by Aerosmith
(From the 1993 Album AEROSMITH'S GREATEST HITS )
Words and Music by Steven Tyler
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Standard'
Intro
Moderately Slow Rock Q=80
4/4
Gtr I
Wx4 Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
|------------|---------------|---------------|
|------------|-4----4-2----2-|-1----1-0----0-|
|------------|---------------|---------------|
|------------|---------------|---------------|
Q. E Q. S S Q. E E Q E H E Q E
|-----------------|---------------|--------------|
|-4----4-4----4-4-|-4----4-4-4--4-|--------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-2----2-2--2--|
|-----------------|---------------|--------------|
Q. E Q. E W +W
|---------------|----------|--------||
|-2----2-3----3-|-4--------|-(4)----||
|---------------|----------|--------||
|---------------|----------|--------||
1st Verse
W H. E S S W
||-----------|---------------|------|
||o-4--------|---------------|-4----|
||o----------|-----------2-4-|------|
||-----------|-2-------------|------|
1. 2.
H. E S S H. E. S Q. E Q. E
|----------------||--------------|----------------|
|---------------o||--------------|----------------|
|-----------2-4-o||--------------|-6----6-4----4--|
|-2--------------||-2----------6-|----------------|
Q. E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-6----6-5----5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------||
Chorus
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-4----4-2----2-|-0----0-2----2-|-4----4-2----2-|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
Q. E Q. E W Wx2
|---------------|----------|--------|
|-0----0-2----2-|-4--------|--------|
|---------------|----------|--------|
|---------------|----------|--------|
2nd Verse
W W H. E S S
|----------||-----------|----------------|
|----------||o-4--------|----------------|
|----------||o----------|-----------2-4--|
|-2--------||-----------|-2--------------|
1. 2.
W H. E S S Q. E E E E S S
|----------|----------------||------------------||
|-4--------|---------------o||------------------||
|----------|-----------2-4-o||------4-------4-5-||
|----------|-2--------------||-2------2-4-5-----||
Chorus
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q S S S S Q. E Q. E
|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
|-4----4-2----2-|-0----0-2----2---2-|-4----4-2----2-|
|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
Q. E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-1----1-0----0-|-----------------|-----------------||
|---------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------||
Interlude
Q. E Q. S S H H Q. E Q. E
|-----------------|-----------|----------------|
|-4----4-4----4-4-|-4---------|-2----2-3----3--|
|-----------------|-----------|----------------|
|-----------------|------2----|----------------|
H H Q. E Q. S S H H
|-----------|-----------------|-----------|
|-4---------|-4----4-4----4-4-|-4---------|
|-----------|-----------------|-----------|
|------2----|-----------------|------2----|
Chorus
H H Q. E Q. E Q. E Q S S S S
|-----------||---------------|-------------------|
|-2----3----||-4----4-2----2-|-0----0-2--2---2-3-|
|-----------||---------------|-------------4-----|
|-----------||---------------|-------------------|
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-4----4-2----2-|-1----1-0----0-|-----------------|
|---------------|---------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------|--------2----3-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2----2-4----4-|-5----5--------|
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
q q q S S S S Q Q Q Q Q. E Q. E
|------------------|-------------|---------------|
|-4--4--4--4-------|-4--4--4--4--|---------------|
|------------4-5-0-|-------------|-2----2-4----4-|
|-2--2--2--2-------|-2--2--2--2--|---------------|
Q. E Q. E S S S S S E. S S S S S E.
|---------------|-----------2------------2--|
|--------2----2-|-4-2---2-4----4-2---2-4----|
|-5----5--------|-----4------------4--------|
|---------------|---------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S a S S S E
|------------------11-11-11-9s11-11-11-11--|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4/--------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
Q. E Q. E Q. E H Q. E Q. E
|---------------|-------------|---------------|
|---------------|--------2----|---------------|
|-2----2-4----4-|-5----5------|---------------|
|---------------|-------------|-2----2-4----4-|
Q. E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------2----2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-5----5--------|-----------------|-----------------|
Chorus
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E 3x Q. E Q. E
||----------------|-2--------------||---------------|
||o-4----4-2----2-|-0----0-2----2-o||-4----4-2----2-|
||o---------------|---------------o||---------------|
||----------------|----------------||---------------|
Q. E H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-1----1-0----|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
W +W
|----------|--------*|
|----------|--------*|
|-4--------|-(4)----*|
|----------|--------*|
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Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
