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Living Loving Maid

Led Zeppelin
Tab
4.6(29)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Riff 1

A

E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|---(10)------------------------------------------|
G|----9-------------------(9)-(9)-(9)--------------|
D|----7---(7)-(7)-(7)-(7)-(7)-(7)-(7)--------------|
A|----0---(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)--------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

[Riff 2] [Riff 3]

(N.C.) A A A D A

E|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------5-5-5---7----5--|
G|--------------------------------|--------------6-6-6---7----6--|
D|--------------------------------|--------------7-7-7---7----7--|
A|----3---3--4--5------------3----|--------------7-7-7---5----7--|
E|--5---5---------3--3--3--5---5--|-3--5--3--5-------------------|

Riff 4

D A

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--7--7---7-7--7--7--7--7-7-7-7--5--5---5-5--5--5--5---5-5-5-5----------|
G|--7--7---7-7--7--7--7--7-7-7-7--6--6---6-6--6--6--6---6-6-6-6----------|
D|--7--7---7-7--7--7--7--7-7-7-7--7--7---7-7--7--7--7---7-7-7-7----------|
A|--5--5---5-5--5--5--5--5-5-5-5--7--7---7-7--7--7--7---7-7-7-7----------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

D E

E|------------------------------------0~--|
B|--7--7---7-7--7--7--7--7-7-7-7------0~--|
G|--7--7---7-7--7--7--7--7-7-7-7------1~--|
D|--7--7---7-7--7--7--7--7-7-7-7------2~--|
A|--5--5---5-5--5--5--5--5-5-5-5------2~--|
E|------------------------------------0~--|

Riff 5

E|--------------------------------|
B|--9-----------------------------|
G|--9-----------------------------|
D|--9-----------------------------|
A|--7-----------------------------|
E|--0-----------------------------|

Riff 6

E|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|

[These fills are played on another guitar using a slide and wah-wah

effect. They are carefully placed in the chorus so watch out for them.]

[Fill 1] [Fill 2] [Fill 3]

o + o + o +

E|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------------|
B|-/7----------7\--|-/14------(14)\--|--2/7------(7)\----------------|
G|-/7----------7\--|-/14------(14)\--|--2/7------(7)\----------------|
D|-/7----------7\--|-/14------(14)\--|--2/7------(7)\----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------------|

Song progression:

[Riff 1] w/ lyrics:

With a purple umbrella and a fifty-cent hat -

[Riff 2+3] (livin', lovin', she's just a woman)

[Riff 1] w/ lyrics:

Missus Cool rides out in her aged Cadillac -

[Riff 2+3] (livin', lovin', she's just a woman)

[Riff 4] w/ lyrics:

Fill 1

Come on babe on the roundabout,

Fill 2

ride on the merry-go-round.

Fill 3

We all know what your name is, so you better lay your money down.

Strum [Riff 5]

[Riff 2+3] x1

[Riff 1] w/ lyrics:

Alimony, alimony payin' your bills -

[Riff 3] (livin', lovin', she's just a woman)

[Riff 1] w/ lyrics:

When your conscience hits you, knock it back with pills.

[Riff 3] (livin', lovin', she's just a woman)

[Riff 4] w/ lyrics:

Fill 1

Come on babe on the roundabout,

Fill 2

ride on the merry-go-round.

Fill 1

We all know what your name is, so you better lay your money down.

[Riff 1] w/ lyrics:

Tellin' tall tales of how it used to be,

[Riff 2+3] (livin', lovin', she's just a woman)

[Riff 1] w/ lyrics:

with the butler and the maid and the servants three.

[Riff 2+3] (livin', lovin', she's just a woman)

[Guitar Solo] /w [Riff 3] x1:

D A

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------17b19--17b19-17b19--17~-|
G|-------14----14--16--16b18r16b18r16---14~----------------------------|
D|-14-16----16---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

D

E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------15-14~------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------14----14--16--16b18r16b18r16--14~----------|
D|------------------14-16----16--------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

E

E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-5-x-6-x-7-x-8-x-9-x-10-x-11-x-12-x-13---13-14-13--14b16~~---------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Strum [Riff 5]

[Riff 2+3] x1

[Riff 1] w/ lyrics:

Nobody hears a single word you say,

[Riff 3] (livin', lovin', she's just a woman)

[Riff 1] w/ lyrics:

but you keep on talkin' till your dying day.

[Riff 3] (livin', lovin', she's just a woman)

[Riff 4] w/ lyrics:

Fill 1

Come on babe on the roundabout,

Fill 2

ride on the merry-go-round.

Fill 3

We all know what your name is, so you better lay your money down.

[Riff 6] x1

[Riff 2+3] until end (3 times)

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| not a standard bar line; just used to separate music

~ vibrato or held note

x percussive note with no pitch; muted note

h hammer on

p pull off

s slide

b bend string up to indicated pitch/fret

r release bend to indicated string/fret

+ bass position for wah-wah pedal (depressed fully back)

o treble position for wah-wah pedal (depressed fully forward)

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