Written by Stephen Tyler and Joe Perry, “Walk this Way” was released in 1975 on Aerosmith’s “Toys in the Attic” album.
In a February, 2006 Q magazine issue, Aerosmith discussed the song’s beginnings:
“We were still searching for a hit when Joe Perry came up with the stuttering riff during a soundtrack in Hawaii in March 1975. Tyler quickly wrote the lyrics and called the song Walk This Way.”
According to some sources, when Tyler arrived to the studio to record the song he accidently forgot the lyrics he had written in a cab. Instead of trying to recover them, he walked to the stairwell, let out a savage scream, and wrote new lyrics on the wall. What exactly the original lyrics were, we will never know.
A classic riff based song that anyone who enjoys classical rock music will recognize immediately. Not to mention, a lot of fun to play as well.
Below you will find a basic instruction video and a video that shows you the first solo break to the song. I have included a backing track as well. Enjoy!
Walk This Way – Main Riff And Verse
Walk This Way – First Solo
Author Note: The first Solo from “Walk this way” Played by Darren Armitage at speed then broke down into easy manageable chunks.
Walk This Way Backing Track
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25 responses so far ↓
1 stefbla19 // May 14, 2009 at 11:09 pm
didn´t help
2 kylemotes123 // May 14, 2009 at 11:09 pm
wtf dont deny joe perry
3 BakuganMaster4545 // May 14, 2009 at 11:09 pm
Sucky VERY SUCKY what the hell did you teach us retard??????!!!!!!
4 skankindude21 // May 14, 2009 at 11:09 pm
Hey, great stuff. Exactly what I was looking for.
5 nyjets1093 // May 14, 2009 at 11:09 pm
what is the string in the step 1, high e right?
6 riffstarr1 // May 14, 2009 at 11:09 pm
good stuff
7 Powers129 // May 14, 2009 at 11:09 pm
What key is this in? Am?
8 fafneyparis // May 14, 2009 at 11:09 pm
I really like your sound !! And I also like the comment from Pavao 123 LOL !!!
9 rfhat // May 14, 2009 at 11:09 pm
Thanks for sharing Good Guitar Brother
10 AirGuitarSolo // May 14, 2009 at 11:09 pm
thx u rock!
11 Brett01844 // May 14, 2009 at 11:09 pm
Thanks for the help
12 dosisclara // May 14, 2009 at 11:09 pm
what pedal are you using thanks
13 Tommyseattle // May 14, 2009 at 11:09 pm
Awesome!
14 jrussell4711 // May 14, 2009 at 11:09 pm
Nice job. Post more. Your method of slowing down and breaking it up is superb, as is the accuracy of the solo. I recommend your posts to my son so he can learn the solos properly.
15 AirRavers723 // May 14, 2009 at 11:09 pm
I met Joe Perry in Duxbury. He had a cane with a diamond and a corvette it was awesome.
16 rajrahultop // May 14, 2009 at 11:09 pm
y is it break down in parts
17 mauisal // May 14, 2009 at 11:09 pm
Perfect! No BS just show us how to play it. I love it. How about the second and 3rd solos for this song?
18 stringdivex // May 14, 2009 at 11:09 pm
thank you. very helpfull. more please.
19 honouli123 // May 14, 2009 at 11:09 pm
dude you are rocking
nice video and tutorial
20 oceanriver123 // May 14, 2009 at 11:09 pm
Nice! Thanks alot. Do you know AC DC Ride On solo, if so, could you show it slow and up close? Every video that I’ve seen on YouTube plays it too fast for me to learn. Thanks again!
21 kylemotes123 // May 14, 2009 at 11:09 pm
can you tab it
22 jjbin1 // May 14, 2009 at 11:09 pm
Thanks man very helpfull !!!!
23 overdrive3743 // May 14, 2009 at 11:09 pm
the video wa spretty helpfull in the beginning but at part 5 of the solo i couldnt tell which note on which string you were playing…i think you should break it all down some more. good lesson though
24 fruscianred // May 14, 2009 at 11:09 pm
heres a thought…slow down and talk dude
25 marcusmarkmus // May 14, 2009 at 11:09 pm
cool, good lesson, i like have you break it down to little parts slowly, makes it easy to learn!
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