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This is an official QUALITY TABS INC. TabFile
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This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation
of the song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship
or research.
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SONG TITLE: Walk This Way
ARTIST/GROUP: Aerosmith
ALBUM: Toys In The Attic
TRANSCRIBED BY: qualitytabs@qualitytabs.tk
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CHORDS:
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EADGBE
A5 (x022xx)
C5 (8-10-10-x-x-x)
F5 (x-8-10-10-x-x)
The only great Aerosmith song in my opinion. This is the original
version, not the Run DMC one. I haven't transcribed the solos,
you should make up your own solos.
INTRO:
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They DON'T use hammer-on in the intro. They might
in the Run DMC version though.
E|--------------------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------------------
G|--------------------------------------------------
D|--------2--------2--------------2--------2-----2--
A|--0-1-2----0-1-2----------0-1-2----0-1-2----------
E|-------------------0-----------------------3-0----
E--------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------2/5---|
D--------2--------2--------------2--------2--2/5---|
A--0-1-2----0-1-2----------0-1-2----0-1-2----0-----|
E-------------------0------------------------------|
Later in the song when you play this, you play it
a little differently, like this:
E|----------------------------------------------
B|----------------------------------------------
G|----------------------------------------------
D|--------2--------2--------------2--------2----
A|--0-1-2----0-1-2----------0-1-2----0-1-2------
E|-------------------0-----------------------0--
E--------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------2/5---|
D--------2--------2--------------2--------2--2/5---|
A--0-1-2----0-1-2----------0-1-2----0-1-2----0-----|
E-------------------0------------------------------|
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We'll call this RIFF1
VERSE-RIFF: [used in all verses]
C5
E|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|-----10---8-7-------10p9---8----7---| p = pull-off
A|-------10---------------10---10-----|
E|--8--------------8------------------|
You should play the VERSE-RIFF slightly palm-muted.
Listen to it to get the rhythm.
VERSE 1: [play with VERSE-RIFF]
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Backstroke lover always hidin' 'neath the covers,
Till I talked to your daddy, he say.
He said you ain't seen nothin' till you're down on a muffin,
Then you're sure to be a-changin' your ways.
I met a cheerleader, was a real young bleeder,
Oh the times I could reminisce.
'Cause the best things of lovin' with her sister and her cousin,
Only started with a little kiss.
Like this!
[play RIFF1 once]
VERSE 2: [play with VERSE-RIFF]
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Seesaw swingin' with the boys in the school,
And your feet flyin' up in the air.
Singin' hey diddle diddle,
With your kitty in the middle of the swing like you didn't care.
So I took a big chance at the high school dance,
With a missy who was ready to play.
Wasn't me she was foolin' 'cause she knew what she was doin',
And I knowed love was here to stay.
When she told me to
The chorus has two guitars. I can't completely make out
what one of them is doing but this is what I worked out
and it can be played on one guitar:
~ = slight vibrato
C5 F5
E|--------------------------------------------11~--11~11~---|
B|---------------10~--10~10~------------------10~--10~10~---|
G|---------------8~~--8~~8~~--------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------10--12--13-----------------|
A|--10--12--13-------------------8---8---8------------------|
E|--8---8---8-----------------------------------------------|
CHORUS:
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C5
Walk this way.
F5
Walk this way.
C5
Walk this way.
F5
Walk this way.
C5
Walk this way.
F5
Walk this way.
C5
Walk this way.
F5
Walk this way.
Just gimme a kiss.
[here the solo starts. It's played over the VERSE-RIFF]
Like this!
[Play RIFF1]
VERSE 3: [Play with VERSE-RIFF]
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Schoolgirl sweetie with a classy kinda sassy,
Little skirt's climbin' way up the knee.
There was three young ladies in the school gym locker,
When I noticed they was lookin' at me.
I was a high school loser, never made it with a lady,
Till the boys told me somethin' I missed.
Then my next door neighbor with a daughter had a favor,
So I gave her just a little kiss.
Like this!
[play RIFF1]
VERSE 4: [Play with VERSE-RIFF]
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Seesaw swingin' with the boys in the school,
And your feet flyin' up in the air.
Singin' hey diddle diddle,
With your kitty in the middle of the swing like you didn't care.
So I took a big chance at the high school dance,
With a missy who was ready to play.
Wasn't me she was foolin' 'cause she knew what she was doin',
When she told me how to walk this way.
She told me to
REPEAT CHORUS
Then there's just some solo till end. It's played over RIFF1.
I don't transcribe solos like I've told you before. People should
make up their own solos, not follow someone elses.
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