S O S

BASS TAB
Aerosmith - S.O.S. (Too Bad)
(S. Tyler)
>From the album Get Your Wings, 1974
Bassist:  Tom Hamilton

Tabbed by:  Austin Lewis (Nitsua111@aol.com)

To play this correctly, you need to tune your bass down one half step
(Gb, Db, Ab, Eb).


Part 1
Intro:
Gb|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
Db|-7-5----------|--------------|-7-5----------|--------------|
Ab|-----7---3-4--|-5------------|-----7---5-3--|--------------|
Eb|-------5------|--------------|-------5------|-5------------|

Gb|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
Db|-7-5----------|--------------|-7-5----------|--------------|
Ab|-----7---3-4--|-5------------|-----7---5-3--|--------------|
Eb|-------5------|--------------|-------5------|-5-3----------|

Gb|----------------| You should be holding the note on the 3rd fret
Db|----------------| from the previous measure, and then all you do here
Ab|----------------| is a quick hammer on to the 4th fret, holding that
Eb|-h4-------------| until you play what’s below.

Gb|-----------------|-----------------|
Db|-----------------|-----------------|
Ab|-----------------|-----------------|
Eb|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

Gb|-----------------|-----------------|
Db|-----------------|-----------------|
Ab|-----------------|-----------------|
Eb|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|


Part 2
Verse:
Gb|-----------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------|
Ab|-12-0-0-10-0-0-7-0-0-5-0-0-3-0-----|
Eb|-------------------------------3-1-|

Gb|-----------------|-------------------| This rhythm is really weird
Db|-----------------|-------------------| so I just play eighth notes
Ab|-----------------|-------------------| all the way through.
Eb|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|

Gb|-----------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------|
Ab|-12-0-0-10-0-0-7-0-0-5-0-0-3-0-----|
Eb|-------------------------------3-1-|

Gb|-----------------|-----------------| Here’s the weird rhythm again.
Db|-----------------|-----------------|
Ab|-----------------|-----------------|
Eb|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|


Part 3
Chorus:
Gb|-------------------------------|
Db|-12-0-0-10-0-0-7-0-0-5-0-0-3-0-|
Ab|-------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------|

Gb|-9-----7------------------------| This is easier to play than it
Db|-------------9-----7------------| looks.  Bar the 7th fret with your
Ab|---7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7-10-7---| first finger.
Eb|--------------------------------|

Gb|-------------------------------|
Db|-12-0-0-10-0-0-7-0-0-5-0-0-3-0-|
Ab|-------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------|

Gb|-------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------|
Ab|-12-0-0-10-0-0-7-0-0-5-0-0-3-0-|
Eb|-------------------------------|


Part 4
Solo:
Gb|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
Db|-7-5----------|--------------|-7-5----------|--------------|
Ab|-----7---3-4--|-5------------|-----7---5-3--|--------------|
Eb|-------5------|--------------|-------5------|-5-3----------|

Gb|---------------------|-------|------------------------|
Db|-----3-----3-----3---|-------|-----7-----7-----7------|
Ab|---------------------|-------|------------------------|
Eb|-1-1---1-1---1-1---1-|-1-3-4-|-5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5--|

Gb|-------|---------------------|-------|
Db|-------|-----3-----3-----3---|-------|
Ab|-------|---------------------|-0-----|
Eb|-4-3-1-|-1-1---1-1---1-1---1-|---8-9-|

Gb|-------------------------------|
Db|-12-0-0-10-0-0-7-0-0-5-0-0-3-0-|
Ab|-------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------|

Gb|-9-----7----------------------|
Db|-------------9-----7----------|
Ab|---7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7-10-7-|
Eb|------------------------------|

Gb|-------------------------------|
Db|-12-0-0-10-0-0-7-0-0-5-0-0-3-0-|
Ab|-------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------|

Gb|-------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------|
Ab|-12-0-0-10-0-0-7-0-0-5-0-0-3-0-|
Eb|-------------------------------|


Part 5
Outro:
Gb|-------------------------------| Play this 8 times.
Db|-------------------------------|
Ab|-12-0-0-10-0-0-7-0-0-5-0-0-3-0-|
Eb|-------------------------------|


Song Order:
Intro      Part 1
Verse      Part 2
Chorus     Part 3
Verse      Part 2
Chorus     Part 3
Solo       Part 4
Verse      Part 2
Chorus     Part 3
Outro      Part 5


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