Back In The Saddle bass tab by Aerosmith

Bass tabs

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

Key: A

Difficulty: Intermediate


Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Tom Hamilton - Bass (1/2 step down: Eb Ab Db Gb)'

  Intro:
  Q=120
  4/4
  Gtr I (1/2 step down - Eb Ab Db Gb)
   H.   +E E  W     H.   +E E
Gb||----------------|----------|---------------|
Db||o---------------|----------|---------------|
Ab||o---------------|----------|---------------|
Eb||--5-------(5)-5-|-5--------|-5-------(5)-5-|

  1.,2.    3.
  W      Q E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
Gb|-----------||----------------|--------------------||
Db|----------o||----------------|--------------------||
Ab|----------o||-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----||
Eb|-5---------||----------------|--------------------||


  Chorus:
  Segno $         To Coda
   E E E E Q Q  Q Q Q Q  4x
Gb||----------------|--------------||
Db||o---------------|-------------o||
Ab||o---------------|-------------o||
Eb||--0-0-0-0-0--0--|-0--0--0--0---||


  1st Verse:
   E E S S S S +E E E E  E E E E E E Q  4x
Gb||------------------------|-------------------||
Db||o-----------------------|------------------o||
Ab||o-----3-4-5-7-(7)-----5-|---5-3-(5)-5-5-3--o||
Eb||--3-5-------------5-5---|-------------------||


   E E S S S S +E E E E  E E E E E E E E 4x
Gb||------------------------|------------------||
Db||o-----------------------|-----------------o||
Ab||o-----3-4-5-7-(7)-----5-|-----------------o||
Eb||--3-5-------------5-5---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||

  Chorus:      (4th time on D.S.S.)
  Segno Segno $$   To Double Coda
   E E E E Q Q  Q Q Q Q  4x
Gb||----------------|---------------||
Db||o---------------|--------------o||
Ab||o---------------|--------------o||
Eb||--0-0-0-0-0--0--|-0--0--0--0----||


  2nd Verse:
   E E S S S S +E E E E  E E E E E E Q  4x
Gb||------------------------|-------------------||
Db||o-----------------------|------------------o||
Ab||o-----3-4-5-7-(7)-----5-|---5-3-(5)-5-5-3--o||
Eb||--3-5-------------5-5---|-------------------||


  3rd Verse:
               1.,2.,3.      4.
                         Dal Segno al Coda
   E E S S S S +E E E E  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
Gb||------------------------|------------------||-----------------||
Db||o---------------------9-|-----9---9-9-----o||-----9-9-----9-9-||
Ab||o-----5-6-7-9-(9)-------|-----------------o||-----------------||
Eb||--5-7-------------7-7---|-7-7---7-----7-7--||-7-7-----7-7-----||


  Bridge:
  Coda &
   Q E E E E E E  Q E E E E E E
Gb||-----------------|----------------|
Db||o----------------|----------------|
Ab||o----------------|----------------|
Eb||--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|


         Dal Segno Segno al Double Coda
   E E E E E E E E  E E E E E S S Q   4x
Gb|----7-6-4---------|---2--------------------||
Db|-/9-------7-4-----|-----------------------o||
Ab|--------------3-2-|-0---0-0-0S12-12-12\---o||
Eb|------------------|------------------------||


  Outro:
  Double Coda &&
   Q E E E E E E  Q E E E E E E
Gb||-----------------|----------------|
Db||o----------------|----------------|
Ab||o----------------|----------------|
Eb||--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|


   E E E E E E E E  Q E E E S S Q   6x
Gb|----7-6-4---------|-------------------------||
Db|-/9-------7-4-----|------------------------o||
Ab|--------------3-2-|-0--0s12-12-12-12-12\---o||
Eb|------------------|-------------------------||


   E S S +E S S +S S S S S E.   Q E E S E S E E  E E E E E S S S S E
Gb|-------------------------------||-------------------|----------------------|
Db|-/7-7-7-(7)-7p5-(5)-5-7-5-5-7--||o--------5-5-7-5-7-|---7-------5-5-5h7-7--|
Ab|-------------------------------||o-0--0-0-----------|-0---0-0-0------------|
Eb|-------------------------------||-------------------|----------------------|


   E E E E E E E E  Q E E  S S S S Q  4x
Gb|----7-5-4---------|------------0---0-------||
Db|-/9-------7-4-----|-----------------------o||
Ab|--------------3-2-|-0--0-0-/12-------12\--o||
Eb|------------------|------------------------||


  E E E E S S S S E E  E E E E S S S S S S E
Gb|---------------------|------------------------|
Db|-----7-7-7p5---5-5-7-|---7---7---7---5-5h7-7--|
Ab|-0-0-----------------|-0---0---0--------------|
Eb|---------------------|------------------------|


  E E E E E a S S E E  E E E E S S S S E E
Gb|---------------------|---------------------|
Db|---7---7---5h7-5-5-7-|-----7-7-7p5---5-5-7-|
Ab|-0---0---0-----------|-0-0-----------------|
Eb|---------------------|---------------------|


   E E E E E E E E  E E E E Q E E
Gb|----7-6-4---------|-----------------|
Db|-/9-------7-4-----|---7-------------|
Ab|--------------3-2-|-0---0-0-0--0-0--|
Eb|------------------|-----------------|


   E S S E E E E E E  e e e e E E E E  E E Q H
Gb|----7-7-6-4---------|-----------------|-------------*|
Db|-/9---------7-4-----|-----------------|---7---------*|
Ab|----------------3-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-----------*|
Eb|--------------------|-----------------|-------------*|

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Duration 🏷Legend

W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
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.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).

| (n) - note tied to previous
|  /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
|  h  - hammer-on
|  p  - pull-off
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