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. S S E q E E S E.
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----4-5------5-7--|-----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. S S E q E E S E.
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----4-5------5-7--|-----4-5------5-7--|-----4-5------5-7--|
|-0-0------0-0------|-0-0------0-0------|-0-0------0-0------|
E E E E E E S S S S +E E E E E E S S S S +E E E E E E S S S S
|---------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------0-2-4---|---------------0-2-4---|---------------0-2-4---|
|---------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-3-5-5-5-5-5-------3-|-(3)-5-5-5-5-5-------3-|-(3)-5-5-5-5-5-------3-|
+E E E E E E S s E S S E q E E S E. 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------*|
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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
