MAMA KIN (Bassline)
As recorded by Aerosmith
(From the 1973 Album AEROSMITH)
Transcribed by Paul Bell
Words and Music by Steven Tyler
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Tom Hamilton - Bass'
Intro
Q=156
4/4
Gtr I
Wx4 H.. E +H.. E
|------------|-------------|--------------|
|------------|-------------|--------------|
|------------|-7-----------|--------------|
|------------|-----------7-|-(7)--------5-|
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|
|---------7-------|-------------------|
|-----3-4---5-6-7-|-(7)-7---7---7---7-|
|---5-------------|-------------------|
1.
q Q E E E E E E q E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E S S E E E E
||----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------------||
||o---------------|----------------|---------7-------|----------------------o||
||o-7--7--5-7-----|----------------|-----3-4---5-6-7-|-(7)-7---7-7-7-7-5----o||
||--------------7-|---7-7--5-7---5-|---5-------------|-------------------7---||
2.
E E E S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-----------------||
|---------------------|-----------------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------||
|---------------------|-0-0-2-2-3-3-4-4-||
Guitar Solo
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|--------------------|
|---------7-------|--------------------|
|-----3-4---5-6-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-5----|
|-5-5-------------|-----------------7--|
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
|-----------------|-------------9---|-----------------|------------------|
|---------7-------|---------6-9-----|-----------------|---------7--------|
|-----3-4---5-6-7-|---7---7-------7-|---7-7---7-7-5---|-----3-4---5-6-7--|
|-5-5-------------|-----------------|---------------7-|-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
|-----------------||-------------------||-----------------|
|-----------------||o-----------------o||-9-9-9-9-9-7-8-9-|
|-7-7-7-7---7---7-||o-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-o||-----------------|
|-----------------||-------------------||-----------------|
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q H Wx4
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------||--------|
|-(9)-9---9---9---9-|-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-8-|-9-----------||--------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------||--------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------||--------|
H.. E +H.. E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-------------|--------------|---------7-------|--------------------|
|-7-----------|--------------|-----3-4---5-6-7-|-(7)-7---7-7---5-7--|
|-----------7-|-(7)--------5-|---5-------------|-------------7------|
Verse 1
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E Q E E E E E E Q H
|-------------------|---------------------|------------------||-------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|------------------||-------------|
|-(7)-7-7-7-7---5-7-|-(7)---5-7-(7)-5-6-7-|-(7)-7-5------5---||-7-----------|
|-------------7-----|-----7---------------|----------7-7---7-||-------------|
W H Q E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|----------|-------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|----------|-------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|----------|-----------7-|-(7)---------5-6-7-|-(7)-----------5----|
|----------|-------------|-----0-7-0-7-------|-----0-7-0-7-7---7--|
E E Q H W H Q E E
|-------------|----------|-------------|
|-------------|----------|-------------|
|-7-----------|----------|-----------7-|
|-------------|----------|-------------|
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-(7)---------5-6-7-|-(7)-----------5----|
|-----0-7-0-7-------|-----0-7-0-7-7---7--|
Verse (1), 2 & 3
$
E E Q H W H Q E E
||--------------|----------|-------------|
||o-------------|----------|-------------|
||o-7-----------|----------|-----------7-|
||--------------|----------|-------------|
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-(7)---------5-6-7-|-(7)-----------5---|
|-----0-7-0-7-------|-----0-7-0-7-7---7-|
E E Q H W H Q E E
|-------------|----------|--------------|
|-------------|----------|--------------|
|-7-----------|----------|-----------7--|
|-------------|----------|-----------0--|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/aerosmith/mama_kin_btab_ver_2.html ]
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-(7)-------------7-|-(7)---------------||
|-(0)-0-4-0-7-0-7---|-----0-2-2-3-3-4-4-||
Pre-Chorus
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|--------------------|
|---------7-------|--------------------|
|-----3-4---5-6-7-|-(7)-7-7-7---7-5----|
|-5-5-------------|-----------------7--|
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E Q E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------------9---|------------------|-----------------|
|---------7-------|-----------6-9---7-|------------------|---------7-------|
|-----3-4---5-6-7-|-(7)-7---7---------|---7-7---7-7-5-7--|-----3-4---5-6-7-|
|-5-5-------------|-------------------|------------------|-5-5-------------|
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E A E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-(7)-7-7-7---7---7-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-7h9-9-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
A E E A E E A E E A E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-9-9-9-9-9-7-8-9-|
|-7h9-9-7h9-9-7h9-9-7h9-9-|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|
1.
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-(9)-9---9---9---9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
2.,D.S.
2/4
E E Q H E E E E E E E E E E Q
|--------------||-----------------|--------|
|-9-----------o||-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9------|
|-------------o||-----------------|--------|
|--------------||-----------------|--------|
Chorus
4/4
Wx7 H E E E E Q E E E E E E E E Q E E E E 3x
|------------|--------------||-----------------|------------------||
|------------|--------------||o------7---7---7-|-5---------------o||
|------------|--------------||o-7--------------|-----5-----------o||
|------------|------7---7---||-----------------|--------7---7-----||
Interlude
To Coda
2/4 4/4
Q E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E S S
|----------------|--------||-----------------|---------------------|
|------7---7---7-|-5------||-----------------|---------------------|
|-7--------------|-----5--||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|----------------|--------||-----------------|---------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|----------------|
|-----------------|-------------3-4-|-5----3-5-5---3-|
D.S. al Coda
+E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|------------------|----------------|-------------------||
|------------------|----------------|-------------------||
|------------------|----------------|-------4-4-5-5-6-6-||
|-(3)-3-2--0-0-2-3-|-5----3-5-5-0-5-|-(5)-5-------------||
E=216
&
7/8 3/8
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. Q. Q. Q.
|-----------------|---------------|------|------|------|------|
|-----------------|---------------|------|-9----|------|-9----|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-7----|------|-7----|------|
|-----------------|---------------|------|------|------|------|
4/4
Q. Q. Q. W +W Q Q H
|------|------|------|-9--------|-(9)--------|------------*|
|------|-9----|------|----------|------------|------------*|
|-7----|------|-7----|----------|------------|------------*|
|------|------|------|----------|------------|-0----------*|
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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
----------------
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
