LAST CHILD - AEROSMITH
ROCKS (1976)
THIS SONG IS PLAYED IN Eb TUNING WITH JOE PERRY PLAYING RHYTHM
AND BRAD WHIFORD ON LEAD. ENJOY!
INTRO RIFF:
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MAIN RIFF:
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PRE-CHORUS RIFF:
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INTRO:
Dm G E E7 E7 F7 F#7 E7
I'm dreaming tonight...I'm leaving back home...Right!
VERSE 1:
E7
Take me back to a south Tallahassee
E7
Down cross the bridge to my sweet sassafrassy
E7
Can't stand up on my feet in the city
E7
Got to get back to the real nitty gritty
PRE-CHORUS:
A A
Yes sir, no sir, don't come close to my home sweet home can't catch no dose of my
A A
Hot tail poon tang sweetheart sweathog ready to make a silk purse from a J Paul Getty and
E7 D A E7
His ear, with her face in her beer, home sweet home
VERSE 2:
E7
Get out in the field put the mule in the stable
E7
Ma she's a cookin' put the eats on the table
E7
Hate's in the city and my love's in the meadow
E7
Hands on the plow and my feets in the ghetto
PRE-CHORUS:
A A
Stand up, sit down, don't do nothing, it ain't no good when boss man's stuffin'
A A E7
Down their throats for paper notes, and their babies cry while cities lie at their feet
E7 D A E7
When you're rockin' the street, home sweet home
SOLO: E7 D A E7 D A E7
E7
Mama, take me home sweet home
E7
I was a last child, just a punk in the street (repeat over main riff 3x)