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Here's tab for three Zeppelin songs you don't hear much about ...
Off Physical Graffiti and Presence.
For Your Life:
Intro to verses: (for intro to third verse, play the G majors as G minors)
--3---3-----------3---3------3---3-----------3---3---- --3---3-----------3---3------3---3-----------3---3---- --4---4---5-3-5---4---4------4---4---5-3-5---4---4---- --5---5---5-3-5---5---5------5---5---5-3-5---5---5---- --5---5---3-3-3---5---5------5---5---3-3-3---5---5---- --3---3-----------3---3------3---3-----------3---3---- --3---3-----------3---3------3---3-----------3---3------------ --3---3-----------3---3------3---3-----------3---3------------ --4---4---5-3-5---4---4------4---4---5-3-5---4---4----5-3-5--- --5---5---5-3-5---5---5------5---5---5-3-5---5---5----5-3-5--- --5---5---3-3-3---5---5------5---5---3-3-3---5---5----3-3-3--- --3---3-----------3---3------3---3-----------3---3------------
Verses: (repeat this bit three times)
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--5--7-5-5-5-7-5----5--7-5-5-5-7-5------------------------------------ --5--7-5-5-5-7-5----5--7-5-5-5-7-5------------------------------------ --3--3-3-3-3-3-3----3--3-3-3-3-3-3------------------------------------
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--3---3-----------3---3------3---3-----------3---3--------------------- --3---3-----------3---3------3---3-----------3---3--------------------- --4---4---5-3-5---4---4------4---4---5-3-5---4---4----5-3-5---5-3------ --5---5---5-3-5---5---5------5---5---5-3-5---5---5----5-3-5---5-3-5-5-- --5---5---3-3-3---5---5------5---5---3-3-3---5---5----3-3-3---3-3-5-5-- --3---3-----------3---3------3---3-----------3---3----------------3-3--
<-----> <----->
first third
two time
times
Tail end to each verse:
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--8---8--8----8--10--10----------------------------------------------- --8---8--8----8--10--10---7--8----8--10--10---5----------------------- --6---6--6----6---8---8---7--8----8--10--10---5----------------------- --------------------------5--6----6---8---8---3-----------------------
<----->
first time only
After second verse: (repeat it a few times)
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------------5----7--7--5------------5--------------------------------- ---7--5-6-7---7--7--7--5---7--5-6-7---7------------------------------- ---7-------------5--5--5---7------------------------------------------ ---5-----------------------5------------------------------------------
sometimes you go on with this:
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--------5----------5----------5--------------------------------------- --5-6-7---7--5-6-7---7--5-6-7---7-------------------------------------
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jingle-jangle bit: (repeat a few times)
---3------------------------------------------------------------------ ---3-----------1------1------1------1--------------------------------- ---4---------2------0------0------0----------------------------------- ---5-------3------2------0-------------------------------------------- ---5----------------------------3------1-0---------------------------- ---3---------------------------------------3-1-3-3-3-3-1-3------------
guitar solo: (chords under)
--3------------------------3------------------------------------------ --3--------------4--4--3---3------------------------------------------ --3---------3----5--5--3---4---------3-------------------------------- --5---3-4-5---5--5--5--3---5---3-4-5---5------------------------------ --5--------------3--3--3---5------------------------------------------ --3------------------------3------------------------------------------
<------->
this bit gets repeated every so often
...then repeat the above, but up two frets
Then jingle-jangle bit, then back to intro to third verse.
Tea For One ---- 3/4 blues in Cm
8 bars of Cm
8 bars of Fm
8 bars of Cm
4 bars of Gm (first bar is actually 2 beats of Fm and one beat of Gm)
2 bars of Fm
2 bars of Bb
back to Cm
--3----1----3----6-------- --4----1----3----6-------- --5----1----3----7-------- --5----3----5----8-------- --3----3----5----8-------- -------1----3----6--------
Cm Fm Gm Bb
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-------6--(4)-----------------
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---5s7---7s5------------------
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riff played over Cm every so often
...let notes ring (that F has to go back down to Eb)
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------3--(1)------------------
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--3s5---5s3-------------------
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same riff played over Fm
---6--8--10--10--8h10p8-------
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---7--8--10--10--8h10p8-------
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Bb Cm
riff played at the end of each verse
Every so often a verse is played like this:
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--3--5-----3--5----3--5---------------- --3--5-----3--5----------3--5---------- Play twice --1--3-----1--3----------------6-------
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--8--10----8--10---3--5---------------- Play once, then the above bit --8--10----8--10---------3--5---------- --6---8----6---8---------------6-------
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---------------4-------4--------------6-----6--8--10--10--8h10p8-- -------------6---6-------6----------6---6------------------------- -----------5-------5-------5------7---------7--8--10--10--8h10p8-- --3--5---3-----------3-------3--8--------------------------------- --3--5------------------------------------------------------------ --1--3------------------------------------------------------------
This is an arpeggio bit This is the familiar riff ...
similar to what Pagey
plays each time through
Wanton Song -- Zeppelin
verse:
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-------------------- --1--2-- ---------------------------------- -------------------- --1--2-- ------------7---6---5---3--------- -------5-5-----5-5-- --1--2-- --------3------------------------- -------------------- -------- --3-4-5---5---5---4---3---1------- ---3-3-----3-3------ --1--2-- ----------------------------------
play this four times then this
then this 4X again then this
bridge: (this bit's tough to get sounding good on one guitar
coz Page double-tracks so much)
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--1--1--4---3--3--4---4--4-6-8---5--5-6-8----------------------------- --1--1------1---------3----------3------------------------------------ --3--3------3---------5----------5------------------------------------ ------------2---------3----------4------------------------------------ --1-------------------------------------------------------------------
Fm Bb7-9 Cm7 C7-9
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---5-(6)(5)----------------------------------------------------------- ---5-------(7)--5------------------3------3-------5------------------- ---7------------5-(7)(5)-----------3---------------------------------- ---5------------7-------(7)(5)(7)--5--4-5---5-6-7----6-7-------------- ----------------5------------------3----------------------------------
Dm7sus2 Am7 Gm7
repeat this a few times
(I've put some notes in brackets that are "representative" ... a
different thing gets played each time)
that reverse fade roaring guitar ....
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Gm7
Guitar solo over Bb-C-F-Gm, then that reverse fade bit, then last verse.
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