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Aerosmith

Livin' On The Edge

(Tyler, Perry, Hudson)

5:24
There's somethin' wrong with the world today
I don't know what it is
Something's wrong with our eyes

We're seeing things in a different way
And God knows it ain't His
It sure ain't no surprise

Yeah!
We're livin' on the edge
Livin' on the edge
Livin' on the edge
Livin' on the edge

There's somethin' wrong with the world today
The lightbulb's gettin' dim
There's meltdown in the sky AH

If you can judge a wise man
By the color of his skin
Then mister, you're a better man than I

Oh!
We're livin' on the edge
(You can't help yourself from falling) (Everybody, everybody)
Livin' on the edge
(You can't help yourself at all) (Everybody, everybody)
Livin' on the edge
(You can't stop yourself from falling) (Everybody, everybody)
Livin' on the edge (Everybody, everybody)

Tell me what you think about your situation
Complication, aggravation is getting to you, yeah
If Chicken Little tells you that the sky is fallin'
Even if it wasn't, would you still come crawlin' back again?
I bet you would, my friend
Again and again and again and again and again

Tell me what you think about your situation
Complication, aggravation is getting to you, oh
If Chicken Little tells you that the sky is fallin'
Even if it was, would you still come crawlin' back again?
I bet you would, my friend
Again and again and again and again and...

There's something right with the world today
And everybody knows it's wrong
But we can tell 'em no or we can let it go
But I would rather be hangin' on

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 edge
(You can't stop yourself from falling)
Livin' on the edge

Livin' on the edge
Livin' on the edge
Livin' on the edge
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah

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 edge
(You can't stop yourself from falling)
Livin' on the edge

Livin' on the edge
(You can't help yourself, you can't help yourself)
Livin' on the edge
(You can't help yourself at all)
Livin' on the edge
(You can't help yourself, you can't help yourself)
Livin' on the edge
(You can't help yourself, you can't help yourself)
Livin' on the edge
(You can't help yourself from fallin')
Livin' on the edge, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah the dead yeah Yeah yeah yeah the dead now



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A E R O S M I T H

"Livin' on the Edge"
from _Get a Grip_

Transcribed by Kevin Bourrillion
phlegm@cs1.bradley.edu


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
Bm A5
something's wrong with our eyes
D5 [w/Intro pattern]
we're seeing things in a different way, and God knows it ain't His
Bm
it sure 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
A# G/B
Livin' On The Edge
D5
Livin' On The Edge


_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)
A# G/B
Livin' On The Edge (you can't stop yourself from falling)
D5
Livin' On The Edge


_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

G5
would you still come crawling back again?
A5
I bet you would, my friend
A#
again 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_________________________________________________________________________

A# A5
Livin' On The Edge
G5 F5
Livin' On The Edge
E5 D#5
Livin' On The Edge

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--|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|

A# G5 F5
Livin' On The Edge (you can't help yourself from falling)
D5
Livin' On The Edge (you can't help yourself at all)
A# G/B F5
Livin' On The Edge (you can't stop yourself from falling)
D5
Livin' On The Edge
A# G/B F5
Livin' On The Edge (you can't help yourself) (you can't help yourself)
D5
Livin' On The Edge (you can't help yourself at all)
A# A5
Livin' On The Edge (you can't help yourself) (you can't help yourself)
G5 F5
Livin' On The Edge (you can't help yourself) (you can't help yourself)
E5 D#5
Livin' On The Edge (you can't help yourself from falling)
D5
Livin' On The Edge, yeah, yeah...


|-----6-----------|-----5-----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7b8-(hold)------|-8r7-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|


|------10---------|------8----------|-----6-----------|-----5-----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-9b11-(hold)-----|-11r9------------|-7b8-(hold)------|-8r7-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


_______________________________________________________________________________

I didn't include the guitar solo because all the little nuances (bend here,
use slide here, bend-and-release here, etc.) make it a bitch to get into
ASCII notation. It's fairly simple to play if you can get the hang of
using a slide on and off (easier said than done!). I'm not sure if my
"b" and "r" notation is standard, so if you don't understand, feel
free to drop me a line and I will clarify myself.


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---------|


Questions, comments, and corrections welcome (as always)!

--
Kevin Bourrillion Bradley University IITYWYGMTB
phlegm@cs1.bradley.edu Geisert 804 (309) 677-1193
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