LAST CHILD (Bassline) As recorded by AeroSmith (From the 1976 Album ROCKS) Words and Music by Steven Tyler and Brad Whitford Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Tune Down 1/2 Step' Intro Slow Rock Q=69 4/4 Gtr I H.. E H. E E H.. E |-14---------14-|-14------------|---------------| |-12---------12-|-12---------12-|-12---------12-| |---------------|------------10-|-10---------10-| |---------------|---------------|---------------| H. E E H.. E W |--------------|-------------|------|| |-12---------9-|-9---------9-|-9----|| |-10---------7-|-7---------7-|-7----|| |------------0-|-0---------0-|-0----|| Verses Faster Q=84 S S E q E E S E. 4x S S E q E E S E. S S E q E E S E. ||---------------------||-||--------------------|--------------------| ||o-------------------o||-||o-------------------|--------------------| ||o-----4-5------5-7--o||-||o-----4-5------5-7--|-----4-5------5-7---| ||--0-0------0-0-------||-||--0-0------0-0------|-0-0------0-0-------| S S E q E E S E. S S E q E E S E. 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S S E q E E S E. |-------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|| |-------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|| |-------------------------|-----4-5------5-7--|-----4-5------5-7--|| |-(3)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3b3.5-|-0-0------0-0------|-0-0------0-0------|| Chorus E S S S S E q Q Q. E E E E E S S E q E E S E. |---11h12p11p9s7-9-----|----------------|-------------------| |-0-----------------0--|----------------|-------------------| |----------------------|-0----0---0-----|-----4-5------5-7--| |----------------------|--------------3-|-0-0------0-0------| Guitar Solo 1. 2. ~~ S S E q E E S E. W E S S S S E E E S E. |--------------------||----------||---------------------------| |-------------------o||----------||o--------------------------| |-----4-5------5-7--o||----------||o---5-4-2---------7---5-7--| |-0-0------0-0-------||----------||--0-------3b3.5-0---0------| ~~ ~~ E S S S S E E E S E. E S S S S E E E S E. E S S S S E q Q |--------------------------|---------------------------||---11h12p11p9s7-9-----| |--------------------------|--------------------------o||-0-----------------0--| |---5-4-2---------7---5-7--|---5-4-2---------7---5-7--o||----------------------| |-0-------3b3.5-0---0------|-0-------3b3.5-0---0-------||----------------------| ~~ ~~ Q. E E E E E E S S S S E E E S E. E S S S S E E E S E. |----------------|--------------------------|--------------------------| |----------------|--------------------------|--------------------------| |-0----0---0-----|---5-4-2---------7---5-7--|---5-4-2---------7---5-7--| |--------------3-|-0-------3b3.5-0---0------|-0-------3b3.5-0---0------| Outro E S S S S E q Q Q. E E E E E S S E q E E S E. |---11h12p11p9s7-9-----|----------------||-----------------------| |-0-----------------0--|----------------||o----------------------| |----------------------|-0----0---0-----||o-----4-5------5-7-----| |----------------------|--------------3-||--0-0------0-0---------| S S E q E E S E. 3x S S E q E E S E. 3x S S E q E E S E. |--------------------||-||---------------------||-------------------*| |-------------------o||-||o-------------------o||-------------------*| |-----4-5------5-7--o||-||o-----4-5------5-7--o||-----4-5------5-7--*| |-0-0------0-0-------||-||--0-0------0-0-------||-0-0------0-0------*| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Duration Legend --------------- 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 ---------------- 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 ----------- | - 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