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Tuning: E A D G B E
A E R O S M I T H
"Livin' on the Edge"
from _Get a Grip_
Dropped-D tuning h = hammer-on p = pull-off
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ b = bend note r = release bend
_INTRO_________________________________________________________________________
D5
e+-----------0h2p0-------0---------|-----------0h2p0-------0---------|
B+-----3-----------3-------3-----3-|-----3-----------3-------3-----3-|
G+---------------------------0h2---|---------------------------0h2---|
d+-0-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
A+---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D+---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
[repeat]
_VERSE 1_______________________________________________________________________
D5 [w/Intro pattern]
there's something wrong with the world today, I don't know what it is
Bmsomething's wrong with our eyes A5
D5 [w/Intro pattern]
we're seeing things in a different way, and God knows it ain't His
it Bmsure ain't no surprise (yeah!)
_PSEUDO-CHORUS_________________________________________________________________
Chorus Pattern (use this many times throughout the song):
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------7--7--7--7--9b11r9b10r9-7-|-------7--7--7--7--9b11r9--------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
(or something like that...) 🙂
D5 [w/chorus pattern]
we're Livin' On The Edge
Livin' On The Edge
Livin' On The A#Edge G/B
Livin' On The D5Edge
_VERSE 2_______________________________________________________________________
[w/Intro pattern]
there's something wrong with the world today, the lightbulb's gettin' dim
there's meltdown in the sky
if you can judge a wise man by the color of his skin
then mister you're a better man than I
[feedback!]
_CHORUS________________________________________________________________________
D5 [w/chorus pattern]
Livin' On The Edge (you can't help yourself from falling)
Livin' On The Edge (you can't help yourself at all)
Livin' On The A#Edge (you can't stop yourself from G/Bfalling)
Livin' On The D5Edge
_BRIDGE________________________________________________________________________
F#5
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------2---------|-----------------------2---------|
|-4---4-------4---2-3-4-0-----4-2-|-4---4-------4---2-3-4-0-----4/--|
|-4---4-------4---2-3-4-------4-2-|-4---4-------4---2-3-4-------4/--|
tell me what you think about your situation, complication, aggravation
B5 (w/Fill 1 first time around, then Fill 2 second time)
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------7---------|-----------------------7---------|
|-----------------------7---------|-----------------------7---------|
|-9---9-------9---7-8-9-------9-7-|-9---9-------9---7-8-9-------9--|
|-9---9-------9---7-8-9-------9-7-|-9---9-------9---7-8-9-------9--|
it's getting to you
F#5
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------2---------|-----------------------2---------|
|-4---4-------4---2-3-4-0-----4-2-|-4---4-------4---2-3-4-0-----4---|
|-4---4-------4---2-3-4-------4-2-|-4---4-------4---2-3-4-------4---|
if Chicken Little tells you that the sky is fallin, even if it wasn't
would you still come crawling G5back again'
I bet you A5would, my friend
aA#gain and again and again and again and again
FILL 1:
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----9b10r9---7-9b10r9----7-9-7-|
|-----------------7b9-----7-------|---7-9b11r9---7-9b11r9----7-9-7-|
|---------------------------------|-9-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
FILL 2:
|---------------------------------|------------------------------7-|
|---------------------------------|-----9-9-9b10r9b10r9b10r9-----7-|
|-----------------7b9-----7-------|---7-9-9-9b11r9b11r9b11r9-7------|
|---------------------------------|-9--------------------------9----|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
_______________________________________________________________________________
[Guitar Solo]
[Repeat BRIDGE]
_VERSE 3_______________________________________________________________________
there's something right with the world today,
and everybody knows it's wrong
well we could tell 'em no, we could let it go
but I would rather be hangin' on!
[pause]
[Repeat CHORUS]
_OUTRO_________________________________________________________________________
Livin' On The A#Edge A5
Livin' On The G5Edge F5
Livin' On The E5Edge D#5
yeah, yeah, yeah...
D5 (hold for four measures)
This pattern is repeated in the background from here on:
|---------17--------------17------|
|-15--------------15--------------|
|-----14------14------14------14--|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
Livin' On The A#Edge (you can't help yourself from G5falling) F5
Livin' On The D5Edge (you can't help yourself at all)
Livin' On The A#Edge (you can't stop yourself from G/Bfalling) F5
Livin' On The D5Edge
Livin' On The A#Edge (you can't help yourself) G/B (you can't help yourF5self)
Livin' On The D5Edge (you can't help yourself at all)
Livin' On The A#Edge (you can't help yourself) A5 (you can't help yourself)
Livin' On The G5Edge (you can't help yourself) F5 (you can't help yourself)
Livin' On The E5Edge (you can't help yourself from D#5falling)
Livin' On The Edge, yeah, D5yeah...
|-----6-----------|-----5-----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7b8-(hold)------|-8r7-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|------10---------|------8----------|-----6-----------|-----5-----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-9b11-(hold)-----|-11r9------------|-7b8-(hold)------|-8r7-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
_______________________________________________________________________________
D5 Bm A5 A# G5 F5 E5 D#5 G/B
|---------2------------------------------------------------3--|
|--3------3-------------3-----(8)----(6)----(5)----(4)-----3--|
|--2------4------2------3-----(7)----(5)----(4)----(3)-----0--|
|--0------4------2------3------5------3------2------1------0--|
|--0------2------0------1------5------3------2------1------2--|
|------------------------------5------3------2------1---------|