SWEET EMOTION (Bassline)
As recorded by Aerosmith
(From the 1993 Album AEROSMITH'S GREATEST HITS )
Words and Music by Steven Tyler and Tom Hamilton
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Standard'
Intro
Moderately Q=96
4/4
Gtr I
E E S S S S S E. S S S S
||--------12-------14--------------------|
||o--------------------------12-------11-|
||o-12-12----12-12----12-12-----12-12----|
||---------------------------------------|
E E S S S S S E. S S S S 7x
|-------12-------14---------------------||
|--------------------------12-------11-o||
|-12-12----12-12----12-12-----12-12----o||
|---------------------------------------||
Chorus
E E S S S S S E. S S S S
||--------12-------14--------------------|
||o--------------------------12-------11-|
||o-12-12----12-12----12-12-----12-12----|
||---------------------------------------|
E E S S S S S E. S S S S 4x
|-------12-------14----------------------||
|--------------------------12-------11--o||
|-12-12----12-12----12-12-----12-12-----o||
|----------------------------------------||
Verse
E E S E S E S S E S S E E S E S E S S E S S
||------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-7---7-----7-----7-----|-7---7-----7-----7-----|
||o---0---0-0-------------|---0---0-0-------------|
||--------------3s5---3s5-|-------------3s5---3s5-|
E E S E S E S S E S S E E S E S E S S E S S
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-7---7-----7-----7-----|-7---7-----7-----7-----|
|---0---0-0-------------|---0---0-0-------------|
|-------------3s5---3s5-|-------------3s5---3s5-|
E E S E S E S S E S S E E S E S E S S E S S
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-7---7-----7-----7-----|-7---7-----7-----7-----|
|---0---0-0-------------|---0---0-0-------------|
|-------------3s5---3s5-|-------------3s5---3s5-|
E E S E S E S S E S S E E S E S E S S E S S
|-----------------------|-----------------------||
|-7---7-----7-----7-----|-7---7-----7-----7-----||
|---0---0-0-------------|---0---0-0-------------||
|-------------3s5---3s5-|-------------3s5---3s5-||
Interlude
S S E S E S S E S S S E S S E S E S S E S S S E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-5-3---------------------|-5-3---------------------|
|-----5-2-2-2-3-3-3-4-4-5-|-----5-2-2-2-3-3-3-4-4-5-|
S S E S E S S E S S S E S S E S E S E. S +E E
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-5-3---------------------|-5-3--------------------||
|-----5-2-2-2-3-3-3-4-4-5-|-----5-2-2-2-3--4-(4)-5-||
Verse
E E S E S E S S E S S E E S E S E S S E S S
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-7---7-----7-----7-----|-7---7-----7-----7-----|
|---0---0-0-------------|---0---0-0-------------|
|-------------3s5---3s5-|-------------3s5---3s5-|
E E S E S E S S E S S E E S E S E S S E S S
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-7---7-----7-----7-----|-7---7-----7-----7-----|
|---0---0-0-------------|---0---0-0-------------|
|-------------3s5---3s5-|-------------3s5---3s5-|
E E S E S E S S E S S E E S E S E S S E S S
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-7---7-----7-----7-----|-7---7-----7-----7-----|
|---0---0-0-------------|---0---0-0-------------|
|-------------3s5---3s5-|-------------3s5---3s5-|
E E S E S E S S E S S E E S E S E S S E S S
|-----------------------|-----------------------||
|-7---7-----7-----7-----|-7---7-----7-----7-----||
|---0---0-0-------------|---0---0-0-------------||
|-------------3s5---3s5-|-------------3s5---3s5-||
Interlude
S S E S E S S E S S S E S S E S E S S E S S S E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-5-3---------------------|-5-3---------------------|
|-----5-2-2-2-3-3-3-4-4-5-|-----5-2-2-2-3-3-3-4-4-5-|
S S E S E S S E S S S E S S E S E S S E S S S E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-5-3---------------------|-5-3---------------------|
|-----5-2-2-2-3-3-3-4-4-5-|-----5-2-2-2-3-3-3-4-4-5-|
S S E S E S S E S S S E S S E S E S S E S S S E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-5-3---------------------|-5-3---------------------|
|-----5-2-2-2-3-3-3-4-4-5-|-----5-2-2-2-3-3-3-4-4-5-|
1.
S S E S E S S E S S S E S S E S E S E. S +E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-5-3---------------------|-5-3---------------------||
|-----5-2-2-2-3-3-3-4-4-5-|-----5-2-2-2-3--4-(4)-5/-||
Chorus
E E S S S S S E. S S S S E E S S S S S E. S S S S
|-------12-------14--------------------|-------12-------14--------------------|
|--------------------------12-------11-|--------------------------12-------11-|
|-12-12----12-12----12-12-----12-12----|-12-12----12-12----12-12-----12-12----|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E E S S S S S E. S S S S E E S S S S S E. S S S S
|-------12-------14--------------------|-------12-------14--------------------|
|--------------------------12-------11-|--------------------------12-------11-|
|-12-12----12-12----12-12-----12-12----|-12-12----12-12----12-12-----12-12----|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E E S S S S S E. S S S S E E S S S S S E. S S S S
|-------12-------14--------------------|-------12-------14--------------------|
|--------------------------12-------11-|--------------------------12-------11-|
|-12-12----12-12----12-12-----12-12----|-12-12----12-12----12-12-----12-12----|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E E S S S S S E. S S S S
|-------12-------14--------------------|
|--------------------------12-------11-|
|-12-12----12-12----12-12-----12-12----|
|--------------------------------------|
E E S S S S S E. S S S S
|-------12-------14---------------------||
|--------------------------12-------11-o||
|-12-12----12-12----12-12-----12-12----o||
|---------------------------------------||
Outro
2.
E E E S S S E. S S S S E E E S S S E. S S S S 12x
||-------------------------|-------------------------||
||o------------------------|------------------------o||
||o-----5---7---7----------|-----5---7---7----------o||
||--0-0---0--------5-0-3-4-|-0-0---0--------5-0-3-4--||
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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
