Back In The Saddle
I'm back! I'm back in the saddle again
I'm back! I'm back in the saddle again
ridin' into town alone by the light of the moon
I'm lookin' for old Sukie Jones, she crazy horse saloon
barkeep gimme a drink, that's when she caught my eye
she turned to give me a wink, that'd make a grown man cry
I'm back in the saddle again
I'm back! I'm back in the saddle again I'm back!
come easy, go easy, all right until the rising sun
I'm calling all the shots tonight, I'm like a loaded gun
peelin' off my boots and chaps, I'm saddle sore
four bits gets you time in the racks, I scream for more
fools' gold out of their mines, the girls are soaking wet
no tongue's drier than mine, I'll come when I get back!
I'm back in the saddle again
I'm back! I'm back in the saddle again
I'm ridin', I'm loadin' up my pistol
I'm ridin', I really got a fistful
I'm ridin',I'm shinin' up my saddle
I'm ridin', this snake is gonna rattle
I'm back in the saddle again I'm back!
I'm back in the saddle again I'm back!
ridin' high! ridin' high! ridin' high! already!
Origional Album: Rocks
Recorded at: Wherehouse, Waltham, Mass.
Produced by: Jack Douglas & Aerosmith
Steven Tyler: Vocals & Keyboards
Joe Perry: guitars vocals & 6-string bass
Brad Whitford: guitars
Tom Hamilton: Bass
Joey Kramer: Drums & Percussion
Back In The Saddle was picked to start off the Rocks album before it even had lyrics. The idea for the lyrics came from Gene Autrey's "Back In The Saddle". Steven gave it a crass definition, but Jack Douglas said it would be a good song to use as a statement saying, "heres another album, folks, and we're gonna rock out & i've already got my spurs on."*
To get some of the special effect for the song a Neumann "shotgun" mike was used instead of the conventional microphone. Popguns were used for the shooting sound, and, after many failed attempts with a bullwhip, a 30-foot chord was used for the cracking noises.*
"to me this is the kind of riff and instrumentation that falls outside the normal formula of a rock song. I wrote it on a six string bass. It was one of those songs that really opened things up for us."-Joe Perry
* Walk This Way by Aerosmith & Stephen Davis. p. 253-254