Walk This Way
Words & Music:
Steven Tyler & Joe
Perry (Aerosmith)
(Tabbed by Neptune)
Neptune's is the best
fantab I've spotted. You'll have
to follow his notes to play this song correctly. Interesting note:
the original lyrics for this song were left in a cab by Steven Tyler on
his way to the studio to record this tune. When he realized what he had done, he let out a primal
scream and wrote what he could recall on the wall of the hallway by the studio. The original lyrics were never
recovered and neither Tyler nor Perry can recall them exactly. I have fixed the grammar on Neptune's
tab. This song is now fully transcribed in the September/October issue of
Guitar Edge.
INTRO:
E----------------------|----------------------------|
B----------------------|----------------------------|
D----------------------|----------------------------|
G-------2-------2------|-------2-------2------2-----|
A-0-1-2---0-1-2--------|-0-1-2---0-1-2--------------|
E-----------------0--x-|------------------3p0-------|
(fill 1)
E----------------------|----------------------------|
B----------------------|----------------------------|
D----------------------|------------------2---------|
G-------2-------2------|-------2-------2--2---------|
A-0-1-2---0-1-2--------|-0-1-2---0-1-2----0---------|
E-----------------0----|----------------------------|
Other variations of the intro have more muting (x's)
between the riffs.
Fill 1:
E--------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------|
G----7/8/9/10\-------------------------------------|
A----7/8/9/10\-------------------------------------|
E----5/6/7/8-\-------------------------------------|
VERSE 1:
pm-------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------10--------------------------------|
A--------10----10-12-10-------10--10--13--10--12--10---------|
E-8-8-8-----------------8------------------------------------|
Back stroke lover always
hidinÕ 'neath the covers.
"Gonna talk to you,"
my daddy say.
Said you ain't seen nothin'
'til you're down on a muffin
And you're sure to be a-changin'
your ways
I met a cheerleader; was a
real young bleeder
All the times I could
reminisce.
'Cause the best things in
lovin' with a sister and a cousin
Only started with a little
kiss -- a-like this!
Verse is repeated 8 times (8 lines of lyrics too). TheyÕre
all semi-quavers (1/4 of a beat) except of the first Ô10Õ on the A-string. Ends
on an A5 power chord.
INTERLUDE:
E----------------------|----------------------------|
B----------------------|----------------------------|
D----------------------|----------------------------|
G-------2-------2------|-------2-------2------2-----|
A-0-1-2---0-1-2--------|-0-1-2---0-1-2--------------|
E-----------------0xxx-|------------------3p0-------|
E----------------------|----------------------------|
B----------------------|----------------------------|
D----------------------|------------------2---------|
G-------2-------2------|-------2-------2--2---------|
A-0-1-2---0-1-2--------|-0-1-2---0-1-2----0---------|
E-----------------0xxx-|----------------------------|
Verse again x8 (with second lot of lyrics below:) I've
put then in their "lines" so you can work out where you are if you
get lost.
VERSE 2:
pm------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------10--------------------------------|
A--------10----10-12-10-------10--10--13--10--12--10---------|
E-8-8-8-----------------8------------------------------------|
See-saw swingin' with the boys
in the school & your feet flyin' up in the air.
I sing, "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.
It was-a me she was foolin'
'cause she knew what she was doin'
And I know'd love was here to
stay, when she told me to...
CHORUS: (there
are actually two guitars, one plays the bottom set, the other the
top set of notes. uUt you can play both if you try a
barre with 1st finger)
E------------------------|--------------------------|
B---------------10-10-10~|---------------10-10-10~--|
D---------------8--8--8-~|---------------8--8--8-~--|
G------------------------|-10-12-13-----------------|
A-10-12-13---------------|-8--8--8------------------|
E-8--8--8----------------|--------------------------|
Walk this
way talk
this way
Do that 2x and thatÕs it for the chorus but end with "Uh
just give me a kiss!".
1st Solo:
hold--
E-11hb--------8h11p8----8-----------8------------------------------------|
B--------------------11---11fb--r11---11-8-------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------11p10p8-10----10-10fb---8~----|
G-----------------------------------------------------10-----------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------------------|
. hold--
hold--
E----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B----10hb--r10-8----8--------------|--------------------11fb--r11---------|
D----------------10---11p10p8-10p8-|
10p8-11p10p8-10p8--------------7~----|
G-10-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
INTERLUDE:
E----------------------|----------------------------|
B----------------------|----------------------------|
D----------------------|----------------------------|
G-------2-------2------|-------2-------2------2-----|
A-0-1-2---0-1-2--------|-0-1-2---0-1-2--------------|
E-----------------0xxx-|------------------3p0-------|
E----------------------|----------------------------|
B----------------------|----------------------------|
D----------------------|------------------2---------|
G-------2-------2------|-------2-------2--2---------|
A-0-1-2---0-1-2--------|-0-1-2---0-1-2----0---------|
E-----------------0xxx-|----------------------------|
VERSE 3:
pm--------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------10--------------------------------|
A--------10----10-12-10-------10--10--13--10--12--10---------|
E-8-8-8-----------------8------------------------------------|
School girl skinny with a
classy, kinda sassy,
Little skirt climbin' way up
her 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
'Til the boys told me
something I missed.
Then my next-door neighbor
with a daughter had a favor.
So, I gave her just a little
kiss, a-like this!
INTERLUDE:
E----------------------|----------------------------|
B----------------------|----------------------------|
D----------------------|----------------------------|
G-------2-------2------|-------2-------2------2-----|
A-0-1-2---0-1-2--------|-0-1-2---0-1-2--------------|
E-----------------0xxx-|------------------3p0-------|
E----------------------|----------------------------|
B----------------------|----------------------------|
D----------------------|------------------2---------|
G-------2-------2------|-------2-------2--2---------|
A-0-1-2---0-1-2--------|-0-1-2---0-1-2----0---------|
E-----------------0xxx-|----------------------------|
VERSE 4:
pm------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------10--------------------------------|
A--------10----10-12-10-------10--10--13--10--12--10---------|
E-8-8-8-----------------8------------------------------------|
See saw swingin' with the boys
in the school & your feet flyin' up in the air.
I sing, "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.
It was-a me she was foolin'
'cause she knew what she was doin'
When she told me how to walk
this was; she told me to...
CHORUS:
E------------------------|--------------------------|
B---------------10-10-10~|---------------10-10-10~--|
D---------------8--8--8-~|---------------8--8--8-~--|
G------------------------|-10-12-13-----------------|
A-10-12-13---------------|-8--8--8------------------|
E-8--8--8----------------|--------------------------|
Walk this
way talk
this way
This time there's 8 bars of chorus and the words
alternate the walk this way, talk this way. So repeat the chorus above 4 times
and end with "Uh just gimme a kiss".
2nd SOLO:
hold-
hold---
E---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B-----------10--------------------------|-----8--5---5---------------------|
D-------9p8----8\7\5-7p5-7p5-7-7hb-r7p5-|--------5-------------------------|
G-10-10---------------------------------|-7/8------8----5-7-7hb----r7------|
A---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
[ 3 ][ 3 ] [ 3
]
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E---------------------------------------|-------------------------8--------|
B----------------------------8p5----5---|----------------------------------|
D----------5-8p5---8p5---5-8-----8-----8|p7p5--7--7hb-r7p5-7hb--5----------|
G------7/8-------8-----8----------------|----------------------------------|
A-3--3----------------------------------|-----------------------------0----|
E---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
3rd SOLO: (2nd
guitar plays intro riff in background, or play it in the spaces if you want.)
w/bar---
w/bar w/bar--- w/bar w/bar---- w/bar----
E---------|---------------|-------|-----------|-------|------------|----------|
B---------|---------------|-------|-----------|-------|------------|-12(-0.5)\|
D---2fb---|r2---4fbr4fhb~-|-2fb~--|-4fbr4fhb~-|-14fb~-|-16fbr16fhb~|----------|
G---------|---------------|-------|-----------|-------|------------|----------|
A---------|---------------|-------|-----------|-------|------------|----------|
E---------|---------------|-------|-----------|-------|------------|----------|
w/bar------
E------------|12----------------------------------|---------------------------|
B------------|---15p12-15fbr15p12----15fb-15fbr15p|12-----------------------14|
D-16fbr16fhb~|--------------------15--------------|--15p14p12-14hbr14-12----14|
G------------|------------------------------------|----------------------14-14|
A------------|------------------------------------|---------------------------|
E------------|------------------------------------|---------------------------|
E---------12-16-------12-------------13-------|-------------------------------|
B------12-------15fb~----15p12----------15p14p|12-----12--------------------14|
D12h14-------------------------12h13----------|--14hb----14hbr14p12---14--1214|
G---------------------------------------------|---------------------14--14--14|
A---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E------12-15fb----15fb-15~-|-12-------14-17-17-17hb-17fbr17p15-15fb~~~r15\----|
B--------------------------|----15/17-----------------------------------------|
D12h14---------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
E----12------------------------------------------------------|
B-------15p12------------------------------------------------|
D/13----------15p14p12-14fbr14p12----12----------------------|
G---------------------------------14----14p12----------------|
A---------------------------------------------14-13----------|
E------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------12fb--r12\---------------|
A-12-11h12p11----12----11-12p11------------------------------|
E-------------12----12----------12---------------------------|
E----------------------------|-------------------------------|
B----------------------------|-------------------------------|
D-2fbr2p0---2-2fbr2p0-----2fb|r2p0---0-2-2fbr2p0--2----------|
G---------2-----------2-2----|-----2--------------2----------|
A----------------------------|--------------------0----------|
E----------------------------|-------------------------------|
begin fade...
E----0-------0-----------------------|--0--------------------|
B-/3---0-3/5---0-3p0-0-3hb-0-3p0-0-3p|0-0-3p0-0-3fbr3p0------|
D------------------------------------|------------------2p0-2|
G------------------------------------|----------------------2|
A------------------------------------|----------------------0|
E------------------------------------|-----------------------|
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E---------------------------------|---------------------------|
B---------------------------------|---------------------------|
D-2fbr2p0---2fbr2p0---------------|---------------------2--2/-|
G---------2---------2-2~~~~-0h2p0-|--------------2p0-2--2-----|
A---------------------------------|-2\1p0---------------0-----|
E---------------------------------|-------3b--0---------------|
let
ring------------------------------Â
E---------------------------|---------------------------------|
B-12------12----12----12----|-12----12------15fb--15fb~~~~----|
D----12------12----12----12-|----12----12---------------------|
G---------------------------|---------------------------------|
A---------------------------|---------------------------------|
E---------------------------|---------------------------------|
fade out.
E--------------------------------|
B-12------12----15fbr15--12------|
D----14fb----12-------------14fb-|
G--------------------------------|
A--------------------------------|
E--------------------------------|