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LAY IT DOWN
As recorded by Aerosmith
(From the 2002 Album OH YEAH! ULTIMATE AEROSMITH HITS)
Transcribed by tonedeafidiot
Words and Music by Tyler/Perry/Fredriksen/De Grate
C
x 3 5 5 5 x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Piano'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Clean w/ Heavy Tremolo'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Clean'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Nylon String Acoustic'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Two Distortion Guitars'
Gtr VI (E A D G B E) - 'Distortion w/ Slide'
Intro Verse Slowly Q=70 4/4 Gtr I Wx3 Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E|------------||-3--3----------|-5--5-----------||------------||-1--1---1--1---|-6--6---3---3---||------------||-2--2-2-2--2---|-5--5---4---5---||------------||-2--2---3--3-3-|-0----0-5-5-5-5-||------------||-0-------------|----------------||------------||--------1------|--------3-------|
Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-3--3----------|-5--5-----------|-3---3---5---5---||-1--1---1--1---|-6--6---3---3---|-1-1-1-1-6---6---||-2--2-2-2--2---|-5--5---4---5---|-2---2---5-5---5-||-2--2---3--3-3-|-0----0-5-5-5-5-|-2-------3-------||-0-------------|----------------|-0---------------||--------1------|--------3-------|-----------------|
E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E. S E E|-5---5---------------|-3---3---5---5---|-5--5--------3----||-6---6-----12----9---|-1-1-1-1-6---6---|-6--6---3---------||-5-5---5-0-12----7-7-|-2---2---5-5-----|-5--5---4---------||-0---------12-12-9---|-2-------3-----3-|-0----0-5--5---5--||-----------10----7---|-0---------------|------------------||---------------------|-----------------|--------3---------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W|--8---7---5---3---|-----------------|--8---7---5---3---|------|||-10---8---6---5---|-6---5---3---3---|-10---8---6---5---|------|||------------------|-7---5---4---4---|------------------|------|||------------3---3-|---0---0-5-5---5-|------------3---3-|------|||----0---0---------|-----------------|----0---0---------|------|||------------------|---------3-------|------------------|------||
Chorus $ Gtr II E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E|-----8--------8----|------8---------10----|-----8--------8----||---8--------8------|---10--------12----12-|---8--------8------||-9-------10-----10-|-9------9-12----------|-9-------10-----10-||-------------------|----------------------|-------------------||-------------------|----------------------|-------------------||-------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
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| Gtr III| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------|--------------------0-|-------------------||-----1--------1----|------1----1-----1----|-----1--------1----||---0---0----0------|--------2-----0-------|---0---0----0------||----------3------3-|----2-----------------|----------3------3-||-3-----------------|-0--------------------|-3-----------------||-------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------8---------10----|-----8-------10---|------8----13----12----||---10--------12----12-|---6---6---8----8-|----8---------11----10-||-9------9-12----------|-7-------9--------|-10-----10-------------||----------------------|------------------|-----------------------||----------------------|------------------|-----------------------||----------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------------------0-|-----------0------|-----------------------||------1----1-----1----|-----1--------1---|------1----------------||--------2-----0-------|---2------------0-|----0----0--3-----2----||----2-----------------|-0-----0-2--------|--3------------3-----3-||-0--------------------|------------------|-----------------------||----------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
To Coda
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E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E|-------------------------|-12--------12----------13-|-12--------12----10----|||----12-13-12----12-13-12-|--------------------13----|--------------13----12-|||-12----------12----------|----12--------10-12-------|------10---------------|||-------------------------|-------14-----------------|-----------------------|||-------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|||-------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------||
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| E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E|--------3-----------3----|---------------------1----|-----------------------|||--------1-----------1----|---------------------1----|-------1---------------|||-----0--0--------0--0----|--------5\--------0--1----|----0----0-----0-----0-|||-------------------------|-----5--5\-----3----------|-----------------------|||-------------------------|--3-----------------------|--3---------3-----2----|||--3-----------3----------|--------------------------|-----------------------||
Verse Gtr IV E E S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E|-0-----0---1-------3p1-|---------1---3-------3---||-----1---------1-------|-----3-------------0-----||-------------0---0-----|---2-------------0-----0-||---2-----2-3-----------|-0-----0---0---0---------||-0---------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------|-------------3-----------|
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| Gtr II| E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q|-----------------------|-------------------3-----||-----1-----------1-----|-------1-----------3-----||---2---------2---------|---2-----------0---------||-2---------3-----------|-0-----------0-----------||-----------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------|-------------------------|
E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E Q Q|-0-------0---1-------1---|-1-----0-1---3---3--||-----1-------------1-----|-----3-------3---3--||-------2---------0-------|---2---------5---5--||---2-------2-3-3---------|-----------0--------||-0---------------------0-|-0------------------||-------------------------|--------------------|
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| E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q|-------------------------|-----------------3--||-------1-----------1-----|-------1---------3--||---2-----------2---------|---2-----------0----||-2-----------3-----------|-0-----------0------||-------------------------|--------------------||-------------------------|--------------------|
E S S S S S S E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E|-0-------0-----1-------3p1-|-1-------1---3-------3---||-----1-----1-------1-------|-----3-------------0-----||-------2---------0---2-----|---2---2---------0-------||---2-------2p0-3-----------|-0---------0---0-------0-||-0-------------------------|-------------------------||---------------------------|-------------3-----------|
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| E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q|---------------------------|-------------------3-----||-------1-------------1-----|-------1-----------3-----||---2-------------2---------|---2-----------0---------||-2-------------3-----------|-0-----------0-----------||---------------------------|-------------------------||---------------------------|-------------------------|
E E S S E E S S S S E E E S S E Q Q E S S S S E E S S S S E|-------0---1-------3p1-|-1-----1---3---3--|-0-------0---1-------3p1--||-1---1-----------1-----|-----3-----3---3--|-------1-----------1------||---2-----2-----2-------|---2-----2-5---5--|-----2-----2-----0--------||-----------3-3---------|-0----------------|---2---------3-3----------||-0---------------------|------------------|-0------------------------||-----------------------|------------------|--------------------------|
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| E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E S S E|-----------------------|---------------3--|---0---------------1-3-1--||-----1-----------1-----|-----1---------3--|-------1------------------||---2---------2---------|---2---------0----|---------------2----------||-2---------3-----------|-0---------0------|-2-----------3------------||-----------------------|------------------|--------------------------||-----------------------|------------------|--------------------------|
D.S. al Coda E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E E S S E Q Q|-1-------1-----3-------3---|-^0-----0-3p0---------1---|-1-----1---3--3---|||-------3---3---------0---0-|-^1---1-------------1-----|-----3-----3--3---|||-----2-------------0-------|-^2-2-------------0-----0-|---2-------0--0---|||-0-0-------------0---------|-^2-----------3-3---------|-0-------0-0--0---|||---------------------------|-^0-----------------------|------------------|||---------------3-----------|--------------------------|-----------3--3---||
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| E E S S S S Q Q E E S S E E E Q E E S S E H|---------1-----3-----3-----|--------3-3-0-------0-----|-------1---3------|||-------3---3-3-3-----3-----|----1---------------1-----|-----3---3-3------|||---2-----------0-----0-----|--2-------------2---------|---2-------0------|||-0-------------0-----0-----|--------------3-----------|-0----------------|||---------------------------|--------------------------|------------------|||---------------------------|--------------------------|------------------||
Bridge & Gtr III Gtr VI E E Q E E Q W|-12--------12--------||-------------||----13--------13-----||-------------||-------10--------10--||-------------||---------------------||-------------||---------------------||-------------||---------------------||-------------|
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| Gtr V| E E Q E E Q H H|---------------------||-------------||--------1---------1--||-11----10----||-----0---------0-----||-------------||---------------------||--8-----7----||--3---------3--------||-------------||---------------------||--6-----5----|
H e e S S S S +H. Q|------8-8-8s10s8-8-|-(8)--------8\--||-------------------|----------------||-------------------|----------------||-------------------|----------------||-------------------|----------------||-------------------|----------------|
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| H H H H|-------------------|----------------||-9----8------------|-11-----10------||------5------------|----------------||-6----5------------|--8------7------||------3------------|----------------||-4----3------------|--6------5------|
H e e S S S S +W|------8-8-8s10s8-8-|-(8)----------||-------------------|--------------||-------------------|--------------||-------------------|--------------||-------------------|--------------||-------------------|--------------|
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| H H H H|-------------------|--------------||-9----8------------|-11-----10----||------5------------|--------------||-6----5------------|--8------7----||------3------------|--------------||-4----3------------|--6------5----|
Gtr III E E Q H W W|-12-------------|-----------------|--------------|||----13----------|-----------------|--------------|||-------10-------|-----------------|--------------|||----------------|-----------------|--------------|||----------------|-----------------|--------------|||----------------|-----------------|--------------||
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| Gtr VI Gtr I| Q Q H Q E E E E E E E E E E H|--------8S=3----|--8--7---5---3---|--------------|||----------------|-10--8---6---5---|-6---5--------|||----------------|-----------------|-7---5--------|||----------------|-------7-3-3---3-|---0---0------|||----------------|-----------------|--------------|||----------------|-----------------|--------------||
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| Gtr V| W W W|----------------|-----------------|--------------|||--8-------------|-----------------|--------------|||----------------|-----------------|--------------|||--5-------------|-----------------|--------------|||----------------|-----------------|--------------|||--3-------------|-----------------|--------------||
Out-Chorus Gtr II E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E|-----8--------8----|------8---------10----|-----8--------8----||---8--------8------|---10--------12----12-|---8--------8------||-9-------10-----10-|-9------9-12----------|-9-------10-----10-||-------------------|----------------------|-------------------||-------------------|----------------------|-------------------||-------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
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| Gtr III| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------|--------------------0-|-------------------||-----1--------1----|------1----1-----1----|-----1--------1----||---0---0----0------|--------2-----0-------|---0---0----0------||----------3------3-|----2-----------------|----------3------3-||-3-----------------|-0--------------------|-3-----------------||-------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------8---------10----|-----8-------10---|------8----13----12----||---10--------12----12-|---6---6---8----8-|----8---------11----10-||-9------9-12----------|-7-------9--------|-10-----10-------------||----------------------|------------------|-----------------------||----------------------|------------------|-----------------------||----------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------------------0-|-----------0------|-----------------------||------1----1-----1----|-----1--------1---|------1----------------||--------2-----0-------|---2------------0-|----0----0--3-----2----||----2-----------------|-0-----0-2--------|--3------------3-----3-||-0--------------------|------------------|-----------------------||----------------------|------------------|-----------------------|
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| Gtr V| W H H H Q Q|----------------------|------------------|-----------------------||----------------------|------------------|-----------------------||----------------------|-7----------------|-----------------------||----------------------|-7-------2--------|--3---------8-----7----||----------------------|-5-------2--------|--3---------8-----7----||----------------------|-5-------0--------|--1---------6-----5----|
PM------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------------|-12-------12----------13-||----12-13-12----12-13-12-|-------------------13----||-12----------12----------|----12-------10-12-------||-------------------------|-------14----------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------|
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| E E Q E E Q W|--------3-----------3----|-------------------------||--------1-----------1----|-------------------------||-----0--0--------0--0----|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||--3-----------3----------|-------------------------|
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| Gtrs III, V| W H H|-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|--5----------------------||--5----------------------|--5-----------3----------||--5----------------------|--3-----------3----------||--3----------------------|--------------1----------|
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Gtr III
W W W
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E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W|-12-------12----------13-|-12-------12----------13-|------*||-------------------13----|-------------------13----|------*||----12-------10-12-------|----12-------10-12-------|------*||-------14----------------|-------14----------------|------*||-------------------------|-------------------------|------*||-------------------------|-------------------------|------*|
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| H H H H W|-------------------------|-------------------------|------*||-------------------------|-------------------------|------*||--5----------------------|--5----------------------|-5----*||--5-----------3----------|--5-----------3----------|-5----*||--3-----------3----------|--3-----------3----------|-3----*||--------------1----------|--------------1----------|------*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
