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Livin On The Edge Bass Tab by Aerosmith

Livin On The Edge bass tab by Aerosmith

Bass Tab 

Song: Livin' On the Edge
Artist: Aerosmith
Album: Get a Grip (1993)
Bassist: Tom Hamilton

D tuning (all strings 1 step down)

LEGEND:
r = rest
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
X = muted strike
h = hammer on
s = 16th note (appears above bar)


INTRO:
       (Rest x4)
F |-----------------|
C |-----------------|
G |-----------------|
D |-r---------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


VERSE 1:
       (Rest x8)
F |-----------------|
C |-----------------|
G |-----------------|
D |-r---------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


CHORUS 1 (x4):
            ssss              ssss
F |---------99999-\-|---------99999-\-|
C |-----------------|-----------------|
G |-------2/--------|-------2/--------|
D |-0---0-----------|-0---0-----------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


VERSE 2:

F |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
C |---------9---9-\-|---------9---9-\-|-----------------|-----------------|
G |-------2/--------|-------2/--------|-4---X-4-4-------|-4---X-4-4-/-----|
D |-0---------------|-0---0-----------|---------------4-|-------------7---|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

F |-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------4\6-r-----|
C |---------9---9-\-|---------9---9-\-|----------------|-----6\----------|
G |-------2/--------|-------2/--------|-4---X-4-4----4-|-4-7\------------|
D |-0---------------|-0---0-----------|----------------|-----------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


CHORUS 2:
            ssss              ssss              ssss
F |---------9---9-\-|-----------------|---------99999-\-|-----------------|
C |-----------------|---------99999-\-|-----------------|---------9---9-\-|
G |-------2/--------|-------2/--------|-------2/--------|-------2/--------|
D |-0---0-----------|-0---0-----------|-0---0-----------|-0---0-----------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

            ssss              ssss              ssss      s       sssss s
F |---------9---9-\-|-----------------|---------99999-\-|--/9--/9-9999111213\|
C |-----------------|---------99999-\-|-----------------|--------------------|
G |-------2/--------|-------2/--------|-------2/--------|-7---7--------------|
D |-0---0-----------|-0---0-----------|-0---0-----------|--------------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4   &


BRIDGE 1:
    s   s   sss   ss  s   s   sss       s   s   sss   ss  s   s   ss  ss
F |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
C |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G |------------2----|------------2----|------------7----|----------7---h--|
D |-4r4-4r4-234---42|-4r4-4r4-234---4/|-9r9-9r9-789---97|-9r9-9r9-9-9-797-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

    s  s    sss   ss  s   s   sss
F |-----------------|-----------------|-----2-------2---|-----4-4-----4---|
C |-----------------|-----------------|---2---2---2---2-|---4-------4-----|
G |------------2----|------------2----|-0-------0-------|-2-------2-----2-|
D |-4r4-4r4-234---42|-4r4-4r4-234---4-|-----------------|-----------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

                              ssss
F |---------5-5-----|--------/55555-4-|
C |-----5-5-----5-5-|-----------------|
G |-3-3-------------|-3-3-3-3---------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


GUITAR SOLO (Let open notes ring):
                           (x3)             (x2)                                   ssss
F |-----------------||-----------------||-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
C |-----------------||-----------------||-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
G |-----7-------7---||-7---7---7---7---||-7---7---7---7---||-7---7---7---7---|-7---7---77777-7-|
D |-0-----0-0-----0-||---0---0---0---0-||-0-0---0---0---0-||-0-0---0-0-0---0-|---0---0---------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

                                                                                    sss s s
F |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------161514\|
C |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------999r-------|
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|/7-7-7-7------------|
D |-8---8---8---8-\-|-5---5---5---5-\-|-3---3---3---3-/-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--------------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4   &


BRIDGE 2:
    s   s  ssss   ss  s   s   sss       s   s   sss   ss  s   s   sss
F |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
C |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G |------------2----|------------2----|------------7----|------------7----|
D |-4r4-4r-4234---42|-4r4-4r4-234---4/|-9r9-9r9-789---97|-9r9-9r9-789---9\|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

    s  s    sss   ss  s   s   sss
F |-----------------|-----------------|-----2-----2-----|-----4-------4---|
C |-----------------|-----------------|---2---2---------|---4---4---------|
G |------------2----|------------2----|-0-------0-----0-|-2-------2-2---2-|
D |-4r4-4r4-234---42|-4r4-4r4-234---4-|-----------------|-----------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

                              ssss
F |---------5-5-----|--------/55555-5\|
C |-----5-5-----5-5-|-----------------|
G |-3-3-------------|-3-3-3-3---------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


VERSE 3:
                ss        ss      ss                                            (Rest x2)
F |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------6-r-------||-----------------|
C |-----------------|-----------------|-----------4\5\6\|-7\8\9\----------||-----------------|
G |----/7-\----/777\|----/777\-/7-777\|-4---4-4\7\------|-----------------||-----------------|
D |-0-------0-0-----|-0-0-----0-------|-----------------|-----------------||-r---------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


CHORUS 3:
                                                                  ssss
F |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
C |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G |---------7---7-\-|---------7---7-\-|---------7---7-\-|---------77777-\-|
D |-0---0-2/--------|-0---0-2/--------|-0---0-2/--------|-0---0-2/--------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

F |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
C |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G |-----------------|-----------------|---------7---7-\-|---------7---7-\-|
D |-8---8---8---8-\-|-5---5---5---3---|-0---0-2/--------|-0---0-2/--------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

F |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
C |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-8---8---8---8---|-7---7---7---7---|-5---5---5---5---|-3---3---3---3---|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

F |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
C |-----------------|-----------------|-3---3---3---3---|-----------------|
G |-----------------|-----------------|---3---3---3---3-|-----------------|
D |-2---2---2---2---|-1---1---1---1---|-----------------|-0---------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

F |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
C |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |(0)--------------|(0)--------------|-r---------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


OUTRO:

F |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
C |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G |-----------------|-----------------|---------7---7-\-|---------7---7-\-|
D |-8---8---8---8-\-|-5---5---5---3---|-0---0-2/--------|-0---0-2/--------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

                                                                  ss
F |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
C |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G |-----------------|-5---5---5-------|---------7---7-\-|---------777-7-\-|
D |-8---8---8---8---|-------------3---|-0---0-2/--------|-0---0-2/--------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

F |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
C |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G |-----------------|-5---5---5-------|---------7---7-\-|---------7---7-\-|
D |-8---8---8---8---|-------------3---|-0---0-2/--------|-0---0-2/--------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

F |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
C |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-8---8---8---8---|-7---7---7---7---|-5---5---5---5---|-3---3---3---3---|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

F |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
C |-----------------|-----------------|-3---3---3---3---|
G |-----------------|-----------------|---3---3---3---3-|
D |-2---2---2---2---|-1---1---1---1---|-----------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

   (Let ring to fade-out)
F |-----------------|
C |-----------------|
G |-----------------|
D |-0---------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

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