Livin On The Edge — Aerosmith

[repeat]

_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--9

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

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

||b11r9--------|

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

(or something like that...) :-)

D5 [w/chorus pattern]

we're Livin' On The Edge

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

falling)

Livin' On The Edge

_BRIDGE________________________________________________________________________

[F#5]

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

|-----------------------2---------|--------------------

|-4---4-------4---2-3-4-0-----4-2-|-4---4-------4---2-3

|-4---4-------4---2-3-4-------4-2-|-4---4-------4---2-3

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

||---2---------|

||-4-0-----4/--|

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

|-9---9-------9---7-8-9-------9-7-|-9---9-------9---7-8

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

||---7---------|

||-9-------9\--|

it's getting to you

[F#5]

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

|-----------------------2---------|--------------------

|-4---4-------4---2-3-4-0-----4-2-|-4---4-------4---2-3

|-4---4-------4---2-3-4-------4-2-|-4---4-------4---2-3

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

||---2---------|

||-4-0-----4---|

||-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---7-9

|-----------------7b9-----7-------|---7-9b11r9---7-9

|---------------------------------|-9---------------

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

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

|b10r9----7-9-7\-|

|b11r9----7-9-7\-|

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

FILL 2:

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

|---------------------------------|-----9-9-9b10r9b1

|-----------------7b9-----7-------|---7-9-9-9b11r9b1

|---------------------------------|-9---------------

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

|-------------7\-|

|0r9b10r9-----7\-|

|1r9b11r9-7------|

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

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

falling)

Livin' On The Edge, yeah, yeah...

|-----6-----------|-----5-----------|

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

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

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

|------10---------|------8----------|-----6-----------|

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

|-9b11-(hold)-----|-11r9------------|-7b8-(hold)------|

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

||-----5-----------|

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

||-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.

|---------2-----------------------------------------

|--3------3-------------3-----(8)----(6)----(5)----(

|--2------4------2------3-----(7)----(5)----(4)----(

|--0------4------2------3------5------3------2------

|--0------2------0------1------5------3------2------

|------------------------------5------3------2------

|-------3--|

|4)-----3--|

|3)-----0--|

|1------0--|

|1------2--|

|1---------|

----------------- Acordes -----------------

A# = X 1 3 3 3 1

A5 = X 0 2 2 X X

Bm = X 2 4 4 3 2

D#5 = X 6 8 8 X X

D5 = X 5 7 7 X X

E5 = 0 2 2 X X X

F#5 = 2 4 4 X X X

F5 = 1 3 3 X X X

G/B = X 2 0 0 3 3

G5 = 3 5 5 X X X