DREAM ON
As recorded by Aerosmith
(From the 1973 Album AEROSMITH)
Transcribed by Paul Bell
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'electric with slight distortion'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'electric with slight distortion'
Intro
Q=80
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E Q E E E E
||--4---4---3---3---|--4---4---3---3---|-4---4--6---6---|
||o-6---6---4---4---|--3---3---2---2---|-6---6--6---6---|
||----5---5---5---5-|-(5)----5---5---5-|---5------5---5-|
||------------------|------------------|----------------|
||o-----------------|------------------|----------------|
||------------------|------------------|----------------|
1. 2.
E E E E H Q E +E E Q E Q Q E Q E
|-8---8---8-----||--8--8-(8)-6-4--6-|----8--8\-6----|
|-6---6---6----o||--6--6-(6)-6-6--6-|-9--9--9\-6--6-|
|---5---5-------||------------------|---------------|
|---------------||------------------|---------------|
|--------------o||------------------|---------------|
|---------------||------------------|---------------|
E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S T T S
|-----------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------5h6s8-6h8s9-8h9s11-9h11p9-|
|-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-|-6p5s3-5h6---------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------------------|
T T T T T T T T T T T T S S Q +S E.
|------------------------------------------|
|-8h9p8s6-6h8p6s4-4h6p4s2-2p1s13--(13)\----|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
Verse 1 + 2
$
E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-4---4---3---3---|-4--4---3---3---|-4---4---3---3---|-4---4---3---3----|
|-6---6---4---4---|-3--3---2---2---|-6---6---4---4---|-3---3---2---2----|
|---5---5---5---5-|------x---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5--|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
To Coda
E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-4---4---3---3---|-4--4--3---3---|-4---4---3---3---|-4---4---3---3----||
|-6---6---4---4---|-3--3--2---2---|-6---6---4---4---|-3---3---2---2----||
|---5---5---5---5-|---------5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5--||
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-4---4---3---3---|-4---4---3---3---|-----------------|------------------|
|-6---6---6---5---|-6---6---6---6---|-----------------|------------------|
|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-|-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
Chorus 1
Gtr I
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
|--------------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------|
|-10-------10\-------------------|----------------------|
|-10-------10\-------8-------8\--|-6------6S8-------8---|
|--8--------8\-------6-------6\--|-4------4S6-------6---|
|--------------------------------|----------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q E. +S E E E +E E E E E E E E +E
|-------------------------6-(6)\-|---------------6-(6)\-|
|-------------------------6-(6)\-|------6--------6-(6)\-|
|-10---10------(10)\-8----8-(8)\-|-6----6-6-8----8-(8)\-|
|-10---10------(10)\-8----8-(8)\-|-6----6-6-6----8-(8)\-|
|--8----8-------(8)\-6--6-6-(6)\-|-4--4-4-4-6--6-6-(6)\-|
|--------------------------------|----------------------|
E Q E Q. E Q. E E Q E
|--------------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------6---------|
|--------------------------------|-----------8---------|
|-10-------10\-------8-------8\--|-6-----6S8------8----|
|----8------8\-------6-------6\--|-4-----4S6-----------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------|
|
| Q E. +S E E E +E Q E E E E E +E
|-------------------------6-(6)\-|-------------6-(6)\--|
|-------------------------6-(6)\-|-------------6-(6)\--|
|-10---10------(10)\-8----8-(8)\-|-6---6---8---8-(8)\--|
|-10---10------(10)\-8----8-(8)\-|-6---6---8---8-(8)\--|
|--8----8-------(8)\-6--6-6-(6)\-|-4---4-4-6-6-6-(6)\--|
|--------------------------------|---------------------|
W H S S S S S S S S
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------1---|
|-----------------|------------------------3-|
|-----------------|----------------1-2h3-----|
|-----------------|----------1-3-4-----------|
|
| E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-4---4---3---3---|--4---4---3-------3-------|
|-6---6---4---4---|--3---3---2-------2-------|
|---5---5---5---5-|-(5)----5-----5-------5---|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+W +W
|------------------|-----------------||
|------------------|-----------------||
|------------------|-----------------||
|-(3)--------------|-(3)-------------||
|------------------|-----------------||
|------------------|-----------------||
|
| E E Q E E E E E E E E H
|--4----4--6---6---|--8----8---8-----||
|--6----6--6---6---|--6----6---6-----||
|-----5------5---5-|-----5---5-------||
|------------------|-----------------||
|------------------|-----------------||
|------------------|-----------------||
Chorus 2 & 3
&
Q E. +S E E E +E
||------------------------6-(6)\-|
||o-----------------------6-(6)\-|
||---10---10----(10)\-8---8-(8)\-|
||---10---10----(10)\-8---8-(8)\-|
||o---8----8-----(8)\-6-6-6-(6)\-|
||-------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E
||----4----4----------3---3------|
||o---6----6----------4---4------|
||------5-----5---------5----5---|
||-------------------------------|
||o------------------------------|
||-------------------------------|
~ ~~~
E E E E E E E +E S S S S Q S S S S E +E
|---------------6-(6)\-|-------------------------|
|-------6-------6-(6)\-|-------------------------|
|--6----6-6-8---8-(8)\-|-5----------5------------|
|--6----6-6-6---8-(8)\-|---3-3-3-3----5-5-5-5-(5)|
|--4--4-4-4-6-6-6-(6)\-|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|
| ~ ~~~
| Q E E E E E E S S S S Q S S S S E +E
|--4----4---3---3------|-------------------------|
|--3----3---2---2------|-------------------------|
|-(5)-----5---5----5---|-5----------5------------|
|----------------------|---3-3-3-3----5-5-5-5-(5)|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
1.
~~ ~~
S S S S E. +S S S S S E. +S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------------|--------------------||
|-5--------------5-3-3-3-3--(x)-|---6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-|--6--5-6-5-6-5-6-5--||
|---6-6-6-6--(6)----------------|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------------|--------------------||
|
| ~~ ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| S S S S E. +S S S S S Q a W +W
|-------------------------------|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------------|--------------------||
|-5--------------5-3-3-3-3------|-3h5---------------|-(5)----------------||
|---6-6-6-6--(6)----------------|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------------|--------------------||
Gtr I
~~~
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q. E
|---4-----4-----6-----6-----6-----|-8-----8-----8s13-13------|
|-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6---|---6-----6----------------|
|-5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-|-----5-----5--------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
E S S +S E. S E S +S E S E S S +S E S Q +E. +S
|-8---8-(8)------6-------------|-----8-(8)--------------------|
|---6-------6--6---6-(6)-6-----|-6-6-------8-8-8b9===(8)-(8)\-|
|--------------------------(5)-|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---4---4-----4-----6-----6-----|
|---------6-----6-----------6---|
|-5---------5-----5-----5-----5-|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
~~~
S S S S S S S S Q. E E S S +S E. S E S +E E
|-6-----8-----8s13-13----|-8---8-(8)------8-----------||
|---8-----6--------------|---6-------6--6---6-(6)-6--o||
|-----5-----5------------|----------------------------||
|------------------------|----------------------------||
|------------------------|---------------------------o||
|------------------------|----------------------------||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/aerosmith/dream_on_tab_ver_7.html ]
2.
Gtr I
~ ~~~
Q a +E E S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---5--5b6==(5)-5-8-8b9-------10-8----8-|
|-----------------------10-10------10---|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| A W
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-3h5-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
~~~~~
S +S S S S S S S S S S S S S a +E +E Q S S Q. E
|-------------8------------------------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------8-11-8-------------------8---11b13==(11)r|=(11)-------------------|
|-10b12==(10)----------10-8------8-10b11---8-------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------10-------------------------|----------3s5-5-----5/--|
|--------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------8----------------------------|------------------------|
|
|~~~~~~~~
| +W Q E E Q E E
|--------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------5---5-5---|
|-(5)----------------------------------------------------|---3----3-----5---5-5---|
|--------------------------------------------------------|---1----1-1---3---3-3---|
|--------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
|
| Q E E H
|--------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|---6----6-6---8---------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|---6----6-6---8---------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|---4----4-4---6---------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
~~~~ ~~~~
Q. E Q E +E A +Q A +Q A +Q A +Q
|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|------------8-(8)\-|-16b18-(16)--16b18-(16)--16b18-(16)--16b18-(16)--|
|------------8-(8)\-|-------------------------------------------------|
|-6-----6S8--8-(8)\-|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|
| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-3---3---3--3------|---------3-----------3-----------3-----------3---|
|-3---3---3--3------|---------3-----------3-----------3-----------3---|
|-1---1---1--1------|---------1-----------1-----------1-----------1---|
a +S E S E S S S S S S S S E
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-16b18-(16)-16-13-----------------------------------|
|------------------15-13b13.5------------------------|
|-----------------------------15---13----------------|
|-------------------------------------15-14-3--------|
|---------------------------------------------16-13\-|
|
| Q E E H
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|---------6---------6--6---------8-------------------|
|---------6---------6--6---------8-------------------|
|---------4---------4--4---------6-------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
Q. S S Q. E Q. E Q. E S S S S S E S S S S S a S S S S
|-------------------|-----------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------|-6-----6S8-----8-|----------------------------8-8-----|
|-3-----3s5-5-----5S|=6-----6S8-----8-|-----------6---8-6---6-8s10-----10--|
|-------------------|-----------------|-8-6---6-8---8-----8----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----8------------------------------|
|
| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q W
|-------------------|-----------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|------------------------------------|
|-3---3-----3---3---|-3---3---3---3---|------------------------------------|
|-3---3-----3---3---|-3---3---3---3---|------------------------------------|
|-1---1-----1---1---|-1---1---1---1---|------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +S
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|----13-13-------13-13-15-13-15-15b17==15-15-15-15-(15)r\-|
|-15-13-13-13-15-13-13-15-13-15-15b17==15-15-15-----------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|
| W
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
Q. E Q. E Q. S S Q. E
|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|--------------------|
|-3-----3--------|--------------------|
|-1-----1-3----3-|-4-----4s6-6-----6--|
|---------3----3-|-4-----4s6-6-----6--|
|
| Q E E H Q Q Q Q
|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|--------------------|
|-6---6-6-8------|--------------------|
|-6---6-6-8------|-3---3-----3---3----|
|-4---4-4-6------|-3---3-----3---3----|
|----------------|-1---1-----1---1----|
Q. S S Q. E Q. E Q. E
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|----------------15\-|
|-/8----8s10-10----10-|-11----11S13--------|
|-/8----8s10-10----10-|-11----11S13----13\-|
|
| Q. E Q. E Q. E H
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|--3----3-----5-----5-|--6-----6--8--------|
|--1----1-----3-----3-|--4-----4--6--------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|
| W W
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Out-Chorus
Q E. +S Q E. +S
|-----------------------------------|
|--9----9-------(9)\-----8-----(8)\-|
|-10---10------(10)\-8---8-----(8)\-|
|-10---10------(10)\-8---8-----(8)\-|
|--8----8-------(8)\-6---6-----(6)\-|
|-----------------------------------|
|
| Q. E Q. E
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-10-------10\----------------------|
|-10-------10\-------8------8\------|
|--8--------8\-------6------6\------|
|-----------------------------------|
Q Q E E Q E E E +E E E E E
|--------------6---|--------------------6----|
|-6---6--------6---|-------9--(9)\------6----|
|-6---6--------8---|-10---10-(10)\-8----8-8\-|
|-6---6--------8---|-10---10-(10)\-8----8-8\-|
|-4---4---6--6-6---|--8-8--8--(8)\-6--6-6-6\-|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Q. E Q. E E Q E Q. E
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|-6-----6S8------8-|-10-------10\--8------8\-|
|-4-----4S6------6-|----8------8\--6------6\-|
|------------------|-------------------------|
Q. E E E Q E E E. +S E E E E Q E E E E E E
|---------6---6------|--------------------6----|--------6---6---|
|-6-----6-6---6------|-------9---(9)\-----6----|-6--6-6-6---6---|
|-6-----6-8---8------|------10--(10)\-----8-8\-|-6--6-6-8---8---|
|-6-----6-8---8------|-10---10--(10)\-8---8-8\-|-6--6-6-8---8---|
|-4-----4-6-6-6------|--8-8--8---(8)\-6-6-6-6\-|-4--4-4-6-6-6---|
|--------------------|-------------------------|----------------|
|
| Q E E E E E +E W W
|-------------6-(6)\-|-------------------------|----------------|
|-------------6-(6)\-|-------------------------|----------------|
|-6---6---8---8-(8)\-|-------------------------|----------------|
|-6---6---8---8-(8)\-|-------------------------|----------------|
|-4---4-4-6-6-6-(6)\-|-------------------------|----------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|----------------|
Gtrs I, II
~ ~ ~~ ~
S S S S E +E S S S S E +E S S S S E. +S S S S S Q
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-5--------------5--------------|-5--------------5-3-3-3-3--|
|---3-3-3-3-(3)/---5-5-5-5-(5)/-|---6-6-6-6--(6)------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
a W +W +W
|------------|------------|--------*|
|------------|------------|--------*|
|-3h5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----*|
|------------|------------|--------*|
|------------|------------|--------*|
|------------|------------|--------*|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Duration Legend
---------------
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
----------------
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
-----------
| - 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
