Aerosmith Walk This Way

How to play Aerosmith Walk This Way by Aerosmith on guitar

Walk This Way is a great riff-driven song to learn because it feels punchy and direct, with a steady drive that keeps you moving. At about 120 BPM, it is fast enough to feel exciting but still manageable for a beginner once you lock into the groove.

The chart uses a mix of open shapes and a few harder barre shapes, so your left hand will need to switch between both. The main thing to watch is the opening move from A to A# and then up to B, since that change can feel awkward until your fingers learn the shape changes cleanly.

Start by practicing the opening progression slowly and evenly, making each chord change as clean as possible. Then loop the full sequence in short sections, and only speed up once the A to A# to A to B shift feels automatic.

Use the play-along above to follow each chord change in time with the music, or learn the shapes first with the chord diagrams below.