Back In The Saddle bass tab by Aerosmith

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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