WALK THIS WAY (Bassline)
As recorded by Aerosmith
(From the 1993 Album GREATEST HITS)
Words and Music by Steven Tyler and Joe Perry
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Standard'
Intro 1st Verse
Moderate Rock Q=120
4/4
Gtr I
Wx5 H E Q. E S S S S E +S S E S S S S
|------------|-------------||-----------------------------|
|------------|-------------||-----------------------------|
|------------|--------0----||-3---3---1-3-(3)---------0---|
|------------|-------------||-----------------0-1-3-3---3-|
E S S +S S S S E E S S E E S S S S E S S E S S S S
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-3---3-(3)-1-3-------1---1-|-3---3---1-3-----------0---|
|---------------0-1-3---3---|---------------0-1-3-3---3-|
E S S +S S S S E E S S E E S S +S S E +S S E S S S S
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-3---3-(3)-1-3-------1---1-|-3---3-(3)-1-3-(3)---------0---|
|---------------0-1-3---3---|-------------------0-1-3-3---3-|
E S S +S S S S E E S S E E S S S S E S S E S S S S
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-3---3-(3)-1-3-------1---1-|-3---3---1-3-----------0---|
|---------------0-1-3---3---|---------------0-1-3-3---3-|
$
E S S +S S E +S S S S Q S S S S S S S S E E Q 3x
|----------------------------||--------------------------||
|----------------------------||o------------------------o||
|-3---3-(3)-1-3-(3)----------||o-------7---------7------o||
|-------------------0-3-3-5--||--5-6-7-----5-6-7---0-----||
2nd Verse
S S S S S S S S e Q. E S S S S E S S E S S S S
|------------------------||----------------------------|
|------------------------||o---------------------------|
|-------7---------7-0----||o-3---3---1-3-----------0---|
|-5-6-7-----5-6-7--------||----------------0-1-3-3---3-|
E S S +S S S S E E S S E 3x E S S S S E S S E S S S S
|----------------------------||---------------------------|
|---------------------------o||---------------------------|
|-3---3-(3)-1-3-------1---1-o||-3---3---1-3-----------0---|
|---------------0-1-3---3----||---------------0-1-3-3---3-|
Chorus
E S S +S S S S E E E E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|-------------------------||-----------------------------|
|-------------------------||-------------------------1-2-|
|-3---3-(3)-1-3-------1-2-||-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|
|---------------0-1-3-----||-----------------------------|
S S S S e S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|-------------------3-----------|-----------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3s5---5-3-1-----|-------------------------1-2-|
|---------------------------3-1-|-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|---------------------3-----------|------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3s5---5-3-1-----|-------------------------1-2--|
|-----------------------------3-1-|-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
To Coda
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|---------------------3-----------|------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3s5---5-3-1-----|-------------------------1-2--|
|-----------------------------3-1-|-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
Guitar Solo
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S E S S E E S S
|---------------------3-----------||-------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3s5---5-3-1-----||-------------------------|
|-----------------------------3-1-||-3---3---1-3---------0---|
|---------------------------------||---------------0-1-3---3-|
E S S E E S S S S S S E E S S S S E +S S E E S S
|-------------------------8-9-|---------------------------|
|-------------8----8-9-10-----|---------------------------|
|-3---3---/10---10------------|-3---3---1-3-(3)-------0---|
|-----------------------------|-----------------0-1-3---3-|
E S S S S E +S S E Q S S S S S S S S E E Q 3x
|------------------------||--------------------------||
|------------------------||o------------------------o||
|-3---3---1-3-(3)--------||o-------7---------7------o||
|-----------------0-3-5--||--5-6-7-----5-6-7---0-----||
3rd Verse
S S S S S S S S e Q. E S S S S E S S E S S S S
|------------------------||----------------------------|
|------------------------||o---------------------------|
|-------7---------7-0----||o-3---3---1-3-----------0---|
|-5-6-7-----5-6-7--------||----------------0-1-3-3---3-|
1. 2.
D.S. al Coda
E S S +S S S S E E S S E 3x E S S +S S S S E E Q
|----------------------------||------------------------||
|---------------------------o||------------------------||
|-3---3-(3)-1-3-------1---1-o||-3---3-(3)-1-3----------||
|---------------0-1-3---3----||---------------0-1-3-5--||
&
E S S +E E +E S S S S e E S S +E E +S S S S S S E
|------------------------------|-------------------------1-2-||
|----------------------10-8----|-------------------1-2-3-----||
|-3---3-(3)-3-(3)-6s10------10-|-----------------3-----------||
|------------------------------|-1---1-(1)-1-(1)-------------||
Guitar Solo II
E S S S S E S S E E S S E S S E E S S S S S S E
|-------------------------|-------------------------8-9-|
|-------------------------|-------------8----8-9-10-----|
|-3---3---1-3---------0---|-3---3---/10---10------------|
|---------------0-1-3---3-|-----------------------------|
E S S S S E S S E E S S E S S S S E +S S E Q
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-3---3---1-3---------0---|-3---3---1-3-(3)--------||
|---------------0-1-3---3-|-----------------0-3-5--||
Guitar Solo III
S S S S S S S S E E Q S S S S S S S S E Q. 4x
||-------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------2---------2------|-------2---------2-------o||
||o-----------0-1-2--------|-----------0-1-2---0-----o||
||--0-3-4-------------0----|-0-3-4--------------------||
S S S S S S S S E E Q S S S S S S S S E E E E
||-------------------------|---------------------------||
||o-------2---------2------|-------2---------2--------o||
||o-----------0-1-2--------|-----------0-1-2---0-0-0--o||
||--0-3-4-------------0----|-0-3-4---------------------||
S S S S S S S S E E Q S S S S S S S S E E Q 7x
||-------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------2---------2------|-------2---------2-------o||
||o-----------0-1-2--------|-----------0-1-2---0-0---o||
||--0-3-4-------------0----|-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
----------------
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
