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# A E R O S M I T H
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# “Livin’ on the Edge”
# from _Get a Grip_
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# Transcribed by Kevin Bourrillion
# phlegm@cs1.bradley.edu
#Dropped-D tuning h hammer-on p pull-off
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ b bend note r release bend
#_INTRO_________________________________________________________________________
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e+-----------0h2p0-------0---------|-----------0h2p0-------0---------|
B+-----3-----------3-------3-----3-|-----3-----------3-------3-----3-|
G+---------------------------0h2---|---------------------------0h2---|
d+-0-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
A+---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D+---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

_VERSE 1_______________________________________________________________________
D5 [w/Intro pattern]
there’s something wrong with the world today, I don’t know what it is
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
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
Livin’ On The Edge[G/B]
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)
Livin’ On The Edge (you can’t stop yourself from [G/B]falling)
Livin’ On The Edge
_BRIDGE________________________________________________________________________

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------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
(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

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------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 back again?
I bet you would, my friend
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!

[Repeat CHORUS]
_OUTRO_________________________________________________________________________
Livin’ On The Edge
Livin’ On The Edge
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--|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|

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 [G/B]falling)
Livin’ On The Edge
Livin’ On The Edge (you can’t help yourself) [G/B] (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 falling)
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.
[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