Aerosmith
Sweet Emotion
(Tyler, Hamilton)
3:13
Sweet emotion
Sweet emotion
Talk about things that nobody cares
Wearing other things that nobody wears
Callin' my name, but I gotta make clear
I can't say baby where I'll be in a year
Some sweat hog mamma with a face like a gent
Said my get up and go musta' got up and went
Well I got good news she's a real good liar
Cause backstage lover set your pants on fire
Sweet emotion
Sweet emotion
I pulled into town in a police car
Your daddy said I took you just a little too far
Tellin' other things but your girlfriend lied
You can't catch me cause the rabbit done died
Yes it did
Standin' in the front just a shakin' your ass
I take you back stage you can drink from my glass
I talk about something you can sure understand
Cause a month on the road and I'll be eatin' from your hand
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From: phlegm@cs1.bradley.edu (Kevin Bourrillion)
A E R O S M I T H
"Sweet Emotion"
from _Toys in the Attic_
(also on _Pandora's Box_, and
heavily abridged on _Greatest Hits_)
Transcribed by Kevin Bourrillion
phlegm@cs1.bradley.edu
A D A
S w e e t E m o - t i o n
Verse
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3---------------|-----------------|
|-2---2-----2-----|---------2-------|
|-0---2-----2-----|---------2-------|
|-----0-----0-----|-3p0-----0-------|
|-----------------|-----3------(3)--|
talk about things and nobody cares.. etc.
Between verses
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5p3p0-----------|-----------------|
|-------0-2-2---0-|-3-3---0-4---5---|
Outro (solo mainly in E dorian)
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------7-----9-|---9-----2-2-----|
|-2---2---7-----9-|---9-----2-2-----|
|-2---2---5-----7-|---7-----0-0-----|
|-0---0-------0---|-------0-----3-4-|
From: danielp%elcx.dnet@esu36.ateng.az.honeywell.COM (Ist Splatten Gutten)
Aerosmith "Sweet Emotion"
-------------------------
This file is a comglomeration of the various posts made by various people,
along with my own corrections and the addition of timing. Below the tab
there is time notation in sixteenth notes (1 e + a, etc). If you know what
this means, then it may help you; if you don't understand the timing notation,
just listen to the CD and follow the tab. The bass intro is from a recent
interview with Aerosmith's Bassist in Guitar World magazine. The guitar part
is a decent approximation. Everything else in this song is pretty
straightforward; a little work should do it.
For the break between the verse (Fig C), the []3 means play three times.
The only version I have of this tune is the one from Greatist Hits, so I
don't have any solos to transcribe; when I hear it on the radio or from
someone's Pandora's Box, there is more than what's here. If anyone has this,
please post. If I've made errors, please download this file, update it, and
resubmit it to the archives.
Guitar intro/chorus (Fig A) Bass intro/chorus
e---------------------------------
b---------------------------------
g--------------------------------- g---------12--------14------------------
d---------5-----7---7------------- d---------------------------12-11-14-14-
a-0---0-0---0-0-------0-0-5p0-4h5- a-12--12------12-12---------------------
e--------------------------------- e---------------------------------------
1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
Verse (Fig B)
e---------------------------------
b-3-------------------------------
g-2---2-----2-------------2-------
d-0---2-----2-------------2-------
a-----0-----0-----3p0-----0-------
e---------------------3-----------
1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
Between verses (Fig C)
e[---------------------------------]3 ---------------------------------
b[---------------------------------]3 ---------------------------------
g[---------------------------------]3 ---------------------------------
d[---------------------------------]3 ---------------------------------
a[-5p3p0---------------------------]3 -5p3p0---------------------------
e[-------0-2-2---0-3-3---0-4---5---]3 -------0-2-2---0-3-------4---5---
1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
The is how is goes on the Greatest Hits CD
(these words are what I think they are, if someone has the real lyrics,
please update them):
(Fig A 8 times)
"Sweet Emotion
Sweet Emotion"
(Fig B 8 times)
"Talk about things and nobody cares
wearin' out things that nobody wears
callin' my name but I gotta make clear
I can't say baby where I'll be in a year"
(Fig C - no vocals here)
(Fig B 8 times)
"Some (sweat hoggin')? mama with a face like a gent
said my get up and go must've got up and went
well I got good news she's a real good liar
'cause a backstage a boogie set ya pants on fire"
(Fig C - no vocals here)
(Fig A 8 times)
"Sweet Emotion
Sweet Emotion"
(Fig B 8 times)
"I pulled into town in a police car
your daddy said I took you just a little too far
you tell 'em them things but your girlfriend lied
you can't catch me 'cause the rabbit done died (yes it did)"
(Fig C - no vocals here)
(Fig B 8 times)
"Stand in the front just a shakin' your ass
I take you backstage you can drink from my glass
I talk about something you can sure understand
'cause a month down the road I'll be eatin' from your hand"
(Fig C - no vocals here)
(Fig A repeatedly 'til fade)
"Sweet Emotion"
#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#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. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
From uunet!morrow.stanford.edu!leland.Stanford.EDU!whale Fri Jun 19 12:04:11 PDT 1992
Article: 654 of alt.guitar.bass
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From: whale@leland.Stanford.EDU (Stephen Schmidt)
Subject: Re: TAB REQUEST: Sweet Emotion
Message-ID: <1992Jun19.181805.26677@leland.Stanford.EDU>
Sender: news@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mr News)
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
References: <1992Jun19.081621.1@stat.appstate.edu>
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 92 18:18:05 GMT
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Hand transcribed by lil' old me...
Sweet Emotion has 3 bass riffs, each one a measure long. It's not hard to
figure out which goes where, but I've added a line of lyrics under each
part to get you started.
e e s s s e e s e s s
G-----------------------------------
D-----------------------------------
A--0--0-----------0--0--0--5--3--5h-
E--------3--3--3--------------------
Sweet..........Emotion........
Sweet..........Emotion........
(Hey, while on the subject, this is a good place to practice singing the
backing lyrics. If you get REALLY good, try singing the vocal harmony
which is a fourth above the lead line. I think.)
e e. e s s s e e e e. = dotted 8th note (clever, huh?)
G------------------------------ = 8th+16th (just in case)
D------------------------------
A--5-----------3---------------
E-----5--5--5-----5--3--5--3---
Standing in the front just shaking your ass
Take you backstage you can drink from my glass
s s s s e s s e s e e
G-----------------------------------
D-----------------------------------
A--5--3p-0--------------------------
E-----------0--2--0--3--3--0--4--5--
no lyrics over this part
You can probably figure the whole thing out from there.
please note that this posting conforms to the TAB standard in the FAQ, by
the way. It'd be nice if all TAB postings would do that, or failing that,
explain any differences at the top of the post.
--
Steve Schmidt <>< whale@leland.stanford.edu
"The rooster stared back at me, his power and confidence almost overwhelming.
Down below, a female paused warily at the coop's entrance. I kept the camera
running. They were beautiful, these 'Chickens in the Mist'" - GL
