From: MyGuitarTAbs.com
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-| 
   "Stagecoach lady..." 
   "Salt Lake City..." 
   "Loose old lady..." 

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-| 
   "Well, she would if she could..." 
   "Well, my daddy was hard..." 
   "Well, she should've thought twice..." 

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|-------------------------------| 
   "Cuz I'm a bad..." 

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|------------------------------| 
   "Lonely schoolboy..." 

Gb|-------------------------------| 
Db|-12-0-0-10-0-0-7-0-0-5-0-0-3-0-| 
Ab|-------------------------------| 
Eb|-------------------------------| 
   "And I'm a rat..." 

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|-------------------------------| 
   "It's too bad..." 


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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