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The Rain Song

Led Zeppelin
Tab
4.8(134)

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

Intro

| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |

============================================================================

D|-0-----0--0--0--0--0----|-0-----0--0--0--0--0--0-|-------3--3--3--3--3--1-|
B|-8-----8--8--8--8--8----|-7-----7--7--7--7--7--7-|-------6--6--4--3--3--4-|
G|-0-----0--0--0--0--0----|-0-----0--0--0--0--0--0-|-------4--4--3--3--3--3-|
D|-5-----5--5--5--5--5----|-5-----5--5--5--5--5--5-|-------5--5--5--5--5--1-|
G|--0----0--0--0--0--0----|--0----0--0--0--0--0--0-|-0----------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

^play strings 1-4 with ^same as last lightly^ ^pluck

lethargic upstroke measure

then accent 5th string

with down stroke

| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |

============================================================================

|-------1--1--1----------|----2--2----------------|------------------------|
|-------4--4--4--------3-|----3--3-----3--5--1--3-|-X--3--X--3-----3-----3-|
|-------3--3--3--------2-|----4--4-----4--5--2--4-|-X--2--X--5-----4-------|
|-------1--1--1----------|----------------------5-|-X--5--X--5-----5-----1-|
|----------------0--0----|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |

============================================================================

|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------7/ 8\|
|-3--3--3-----3--3--3--3-|----3-----3-----3-----3-|----3--3-----3--3--6/ 7\|
|-X--2--2-----2--2--2--4-|----2-----5-----4-------|----2--2-----2--2--4/ 5\|
|-1--1--1-----1--1--1--5-|----5-----5-----5-----1-|----1--1-----1--1--5/ 5\|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

^lightly

Verse

| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |

==============================================================================

|| (7)----7-----7--0--0--0-|----7--7-----7--0--0--5-|----5-----5-----5--5--5-|
|| (6)----6-----6--6--6--6-|----6--6-----6--6--6\ 3-|----3-----3-----3--3--3-|
||.(4)----4-----4--4--4--3-|----3--3-----3--3--3----|------------------------|
||.(5)----5-----5--5--5--5-|----5--5-----5--5--5\ 3-|----2-----5-----5--2--3-|
|| ------------------------|------------------------|----------5-----5-------|
|| ------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |

==============================================================================

|----5-----5--5--5--7/ 8\ || repeat last 4 measures |----5-----5--5--5--8\---||
|----3-----3--3--3--6/ 7\ || twice, except on last  |----3-----3--3--3--7\ 3-||

|-------------------4/ 5\.|| pass play the follow- |-------------------5\ 2-||

|----2-----5--2--3--5/ 6\.|| ing mesaure instead of |----2-----5--2--3--6\---||
|----------5------------- || measure 4 ->           |----------5-------------||
|------------------------ ||                        |------------------------||

| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |

============================================================================

|------------------------|----------------------2-|----2--2-----2--2-------|
|----3--3-----5--5--3--3-|----3--3-----3--3--3--3-|----3--3-----3--3--3--3-|
|----4--4-----4--4--0--2-|----4--4-----4--4--0--2-|----4--4-----4--4--0--2-|
|-------------------0--1-|----1--1-----1--1--1--2-|----2--2-----2--2--2--3-|
|-------------------0----|------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

choke^

| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |

============================================================================

|------------------------|-5-----5--5--5--5--0--4-|----2--4-----4--0--0----|
|----3--3--5-----3--0--0-|-5-----5--5--5--5--0--3-|----3--3-----3--3--3----|
|----4--4--4-----4--4--0-|-5-----5--5--5--5--0--2-|----2--2-----2--2--2----|
|----3--3--3-----3--3--3-|-5-----5--5--5--5--0----|------------------------|
|------------------------|-5-----5--5--5--5--0----|------------------------|
|------------------------|-5-----5--5--5--5-------|------------------------|

| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |

================================================================================

|-0--------2--0h2p0--------|-0--------2--0h2p0--------|----2--2-----2--2--2----|
|-1-----------------1------|-1-----------------1----3-|----3--3-----3--3--3----|
|-0-------------------0----|-0-------------------0--2-|----4--4-----4--4--4----|
|-2----------------------0-|-2------------------------|------------------------|
|-2------------------------|-2------------------------|------------------------|
|-0------------------------|-0------------------------|------------------------|

end of verse

In measure 9 of first verse, there's a slight nuance:

| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |

==========================

|----7--7-----7--0--0--0-|
|----6--6-----6--6--6--6-|
|----4--4-----4--4--4--3-|
|----5--5-----5--5--5--5-|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|

Return to INTRO for second time, then VERSE for second time, however, there

is a slight nuance of the second verse, measure 5 which is the same as

the above nuance. Also, measure 8 of the second verse varies slightly:

| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |

==========================

|-5--5-----5--5--5--7/ 8\|
|-3--3-----3--3--3--6/ 8\|
|-------------------4/ 5\|
|-3--2-----5--2--3--5/ 6\|
|----------5-------------|
|------------------------|

Measure 17 of the second verse changes:

| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |

============================================================================

|-5-----5--5--5--4--2--4-|-------------4--2--4----|-5-----5--5--4--2--2--7-|
|-5-----5--5--3--3--3--3-|----3--3-----3--3--3--3-|-5-----5--5--3--3--3--7-|
|-5-----5--5--2--2--2--2-|----2--2-----2--2--2--2-|-5-----5--5--2--2--2--7-|
|-5-----5--5-------------|------------------------|-5-----5--5-----------7-|
|-5-----5--5-------------|------------------------|-5-----5--5-----------7-|
|-5-----5--5-------------|------------------------|-5-----5--5-----------7-|

| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |

============================================================================

|-------------4--2-----5-|-------5--5--4--2--2--4-|----0--0-----0-----4--0-|
|----3--3--3--3--3--3--5-|-------5--5--3--3--3--3-|----3--3-----3-----3--3-|
|----2--2--2--2--2--2--5-|-------5--5--2--2--2--2-|----2--2-----2-----2--2-|
|----------------------5-|-------5--5-------------|------------------------|
|----------------------5-|-------5--5-------------|------------------------|
|----------------------5-|-------5--5-------------|------------------------|

| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |

================================================================================

|-0--------2--0h2p0--------|-0--------2--0h2p0--------|----2--2-----2--2--2----|
|-1-----------------1------|-1-----------------1----3-|----3--3-----3--3--3----|
|-0-------------------0--0-|-0-------------------0--2-|----4--4-----4--4--4----|
|-2------------------------|-2------------------------|------------------------|
|-2------------------------|-2------------------------|------------------------|
|-0------------------------|-0------------------------|------------------------|

end of second verse

Return to INTRO for third time, however measures 5 thru 9 change:

| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |

============================================================================

|----2--2--------------9-|-X--7--X-10-----9-------|----7--7-----7--7--7--9-|
|----3--3-----3--5--1--8-|-X--8--X--8-----8-----4/| 5--4--4-----4--4--4--8-|
|----4--4-----4--5--2--7-|-X--7--X--7-----7-----6/| 7--------------------7-|
|------------------------|-X-----X--------------4/| 5--5--5-----5--5--5----|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |

===================================================

|-X--7--X-10-----9-------|----7--7-----7--7--7/ 8\|
|-X--8--X--8-----8-----4/| 5--4--4-----4--4--6/ 7\|
|-X--7--X--7-----7-----6/| 7-----------------4/ 5\|
|-X-----X--------------4/| 5--5--5-----5--5--5/ 6\|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|

Then the 3rd verse continues, however, the first 4 measures of the verse that

are repeated 3 times in the 1st and 2nd verses, are repeated 4 times in the

3rd verse.

The 24th measure of the 3rd verse starts VERSE PRIME:

VERSE PRIME:

| 1 & 2 & 3 e & a 4 & | 1 & 2 & a 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 e & |

================================================================================

|-0--------2--0h2p0-------|| 5-----5----5-5--0--0--3-|----3--3--3--3--3--3p0---|
|-1-----------------1-----|| 3-----3----3-3--0--0--1-|----1--1--1--1--1--1---1-|
|-0-------------------0---||.0-----0----0-0--0--0--0-|----0--0--0--0--0--0-----|
|-2-----------------------||.0-----0----0-0--0--0--0-|----3--3--3--3--3--3-----|
|-2-----------------------|| 0-----0----0-0--0--0--0-|----0--0--0--0--0--0-----|
|-0-----------------------|| 5-----5----5-5--5--5--3-|----3--3--3--3--3--3-----|

| 1 & 2 & a 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 e & a 4 e & a |

=========================================================

|-5-----5----5-5--------0-|----0--5-----5p0-0-0-0-0-5-0- ||
|-5-----5----5-5--7--5--0-|----3--3-----3---3-5-3-5-3-3- ||
|-5-----5----5-5--0--0--0-|----0--0-----0---0-0-0-0-0-0-.||
|-5-----5----5-5--7--5--0-|----0--0-----0---0-0-0-0-0-0-.||
|-5-----5----5-5--------0-|----0--0-----0---0-0-0-0-0-0- ||
|-5-----5----5-5--------5-|----5--5-----5---5-5-5-5-5-5- ||

Repeat the last 4 measures 3 more times, however on the

last repeat, substitute the following for the last measure:

| 1 & a 2 & 3 & 4 & |

===========================

|----5-5-5--0--5--0--7/ 8\|

|----3-3-3--3--3--3--6/ 7\| Then the 4th verse is played, same as the 1st

|--------------------4/ 5\| verse, except the first 4 measures are played

|--------------------5/ 6\| 4 times instead of 3 times as in the 1st verse.

|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|

Note about the 4th verse: the last 2 measures are left off of the 4th

verse and it goes into the coda:

| 1 & 2 & 3 e & a 4 & | 1 & 2 & a 3 & 4 & |

=======================================================

|-0--------2--0h2p0--------|/9-----9--9-9-9--7--X-----|
|-1-----------------1------|/8-----8--8-8-8--8--8--10-|
|-0-------------------0----|/7-----7--7-7-7--7--7--10-|
|-2------------------------|-----------------------10-|
|-2------------------------|-----------------------10-|
|-0------------------------|--------------------------|

| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & a | 1 & 2 & a 3 & 4 & |

=======================================================

|---------------------------|-------------------------4-|
|----8--8-----8--10-10-8--8-|-8-----8--8--8--8--7-----3-|
|----10-10----10-10-10-10-10|-------------------------2-|
|----10-10-12-10-10-10-10-10|-10----10-10-10-10-10-10---|
|----10-10----10-10-10-10-10|-9-----9--9--9--9--9--9--4-|
|---------------------------|-10----10-10-10-10-10-10---|

| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |

============================================================================

|-------4--2--4--5-----7-|-------7--5--7--8----10-|------10--8-10-12\0-----|
|-------3--3--3--5-----6-|-------6--6--6--8-----9-|-------9--9--9----------|
|-------2--2--2--4-----5-|-------5--5--5--7-----8-|-------8--8--8----------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|-------4--4--4--5-----7-|-------7--7--7--8----10-|------10-10-10----------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 e & 2 & 3 e & 4 & |

==============================================================================

|----------3-----3-----3-|----------3-----3-----3-|-7p5----------------------|
|-------2-----3-----2----|-------2-----3-----2----|-----7-----7--5p3---------|
|----0-------------------|----0-------------------|--------7---------5-----5-|
|------------------------|------------------------|---------------------5----|
|-0----------------------|-0----------------------|-5------------5-----------|
|------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|

| 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a | 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a |

======================================================================

|-5p3-------3---------3-------2---|-----0-0-0-------0-0-----3-------||
|-----5---5---5---------3-------3-|-------------------------0-------||
|-------5-------5---0-------0-----|---0-----------0---------2-------||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------0h4-----||
|-5---------------5-------4-------|-2-----------2-----------0-------||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------0-------||

^

this should be played

flamenco style - start

with fingers curled in

palm of hand, positioned

above the 6th string and

straighten each finger

in succession, starting

with the first, followed

by the second, third, then

forth, striking all 6

strings with each finger.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

tab explaination: 7/9 = slide from 7th fret up to 9th fret

9\7 = slide from 9th fret down to 7th fret

0h2 = open string hammer-on to 2nd fret

2p0 = open string pull-off from 2nd fret

X = muted string

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

From: mikew@hicomb.hi.com (Michael Winiarski)

Subject: Re: ADD: TAB: Led Zeppelin - The Rain Song

--------

A couple of previous posts showed this with an alternate tuning.

I learned this with "standard" tuning.

Here's my attempt at its TAB:

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

"The Rain Song" by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant

e--0-----------|--0------------|---------------|--------------0|-------0---0---|
B-10-----------|--9------------|---8-8-6-5----6|6-------------0|-------2---2---|
G--9-----------|--9------------|---6-6--------5|5-------------2|-------2---2---|
D--7-----------|--7------------|---5-5-3-2----3|3-------------2|-------2---2---|
A--0-----------|--0------------|-0-------------|0-------------0|-------0---0---|
E--------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
e--0--0--0--0--|---------------|--0--0--0--0---|---------------|--8-\-7--------|
B-14-12-15-14-7|----12-12------|-14-12-15-14--7|----12-12------|--9-\-8--------|
G-------------6|----10-10------|--------------6|----10-10------|--7-\-6--------|
D-11--9-12--9-4|-----9--9------|-11--9-12--9--4|-----9--9------|--8-\-7--------|
A-------------0|-----0--0------|--------------0|-----0--0------|---------------|
E--------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
e--7-----------|5-5-5-----5-5-5|--8-\-7--------|--7------------|5-5-5-----5-5-5-|
B--8-----------|3-3-3-----3-3-3|--9-\-8--------|--8------------|3-3-3-----3-3-3-|
G--5-----------|---------------|--7-\-6--------|--5------------|----------------|
D--7-----------|5-4-0-2-4-5-4-0|--8-\-7--------|--7------------|5-4-0-2-4-5-4-0-|
A--------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
E--------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
e-0--00--------|-0--00---------|-0--00---------|-0-------2---0-|-----5-454-----|
B-0--22-02-----|-0--22-02------|-0--22-02------|-0---2---2-----|-----------7---|
G-2--22---24-2-|-2--22---24-2--|-2--22---24-2--|-2---2---2-----|-------------6-|
D-2--22-----4-2|-3--33-----4-2-|-4--44-----4-2-|-5---5---5-----|-4-0-----------|
A-0--00--------|-0-------------|-0-------------|---------------|---------------|
E--------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
e-4----2-------|-2--5-454------|-2--5-454------|
B---5----------|-3--------7-5--|-3--------7-5--|
G--------------|-2------------7|-2------------7|
D-2----0-------|-0-------------|-0-------------|
A---------4--2-|-2-------------|-2-------------|
E--------------|-0-------------|-0-------------|

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

LED ZEPPELIN THE RAIN SONG FROM HOUSES OF THE HOLY

Hey guys, this is a song I really enjoy playing. I learned it from a

friend a while back and thought Id tab it out for the beginners in the

forum, to show you what fun alternate tunings can be. This is a modal tuning

originally in D

Acoustics: tune down to DGCGCD from low to high Electric: its easier to

because of high tension strings tune 3rd string up to A

and the 2nd string up to

D for EADADE low to high

These are the main parts but not the song from beginning to end. Youll

have to listen to the album for rythms and suquence of parts.

__________

VERSE PART

__________

--0----|--0--|--0--0--0--0-|-3-------|--------------|E HIGH
--7----|--6--|--5--5--3--2-|-3-------|--------------|D
--0----|--0--|--4--4--4--4-|-3-------|2-4-4---------|A
--7----|--6--|--5--5--5--5-|-3-------|2-2-2---------|D
--0----|--0--|0-0--0--0--0-|-----0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0---|A
-------|-----|-------------|---------|--------------|E LOW

play

-0---0--0---0--|--0-----/----0-0| X2
-11--9--12--11-|--4----/-----9-9|
-0---0--0---0--|--0---/------0-0|
-11--9--12--11-|--4--/slow---9-9|
-0---0--0---0--|--0-/slide---8-8|
---------------|----------------|
-0---0--|--0-----|-5-5-----5-5-5---5-5---------|
-10--9--|--9-----|-0-0-----0-0-0---0-0-|  PLAY-|X2
-11--10-|--10----|-0-0-----0-0-0---0-0-|   ----|
-12--11-|--10----|-5-4-----4-5-4---4-5-|   ----|
-0---0--|--0-----|-----5-5-------5-------------| <=''
--------|--------|-----------------------------|
-0--0--------------|-0-------------|-5-5-----5-5-5---5------|
-10-9--------9-12-9|-9-------9-12-9|-0-0-----0-0-0---0------|
-11-10----10-------|-10----10------|-0-0-----0-0-0---0------|
-12-11--11---------|-10-10---------|-5-4-----4-5-4---4-5-7--|
-0--0--------------|-0-------------|-----5-5-------5--------|
-------------------|---------------|------------------------|
--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
-2-4-4-2-4-0-2---0--|-2-4-4-2-4-0-2---0--|-2-4-4-2-4-0-2---0--|
-2-2-2---------4---2|-3-3-3---------4---2|-4-4-4---------4---2|
-0-0-0--------------|-0-0-0--------------|-0-0-0--------------|
--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|

/ \ triplet

------2-----------|--------4-5-4------|-2---4----2-4-2--------------------| <== this
------------2-----|---4-----------4---|-2-2-----------2-4-2---------------| measure
--4-----------4---|---4-------------4-|-2------------------2-4-2----------| can be
5---5-----------5-|---4---------------|-2-----------------------2---------| played an
------------------|---5--5------------|-4---------------------------------| alternate
------------------|-------------------|--------------------------| way ---|

||

||

<==''

                                      |-2--4------4-------4---------|
                                      |-2-------2---2---2---2-------|
                                      |-2---------------------------|
                                      |-2-----0---------------------|
                                      |-4-------------4-------------|
                                      |-----------------------------|

/ \triplet / \

-0--2---0-2-0--------|-0-2--0-2-0------------|
-0-------------0-----|-0----------0---2--4-4-|
-0---------------0---|-0------------0-2--2-2-|
-0-----------------0-|-0--------------0--0-0-|
-2-------------------|-2---------------------|
---------------------|-----------------------|

back to begining

---------0---0---------------------------------------|
---------7---6---------------------------------------|
---------0---0---------------------------------------|
---------7---6---------------------------------------|
---------0---0------etc.-----------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------|

_____________

BRIDGE?? PART

_____________

I felt the coldness of my winter I never thought you would ever go...

--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------|------------------7-9-7-------------------|
-------------------------5--7---|-----7------7---7-------7-9-7-------------|
--7-7-7----5-5-----5-5---3--5---|--7/9---7-9-------------------7-9-7-------|
--5-5-5-0--2-3---0-2-3----------|------------------------------------7-9-7-|

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

This part goes SOMETHING like this. etc.

__________

OUTRO PART

__________ triplet

/ \

-(7)/9--9-9-7---|-7-5---5-7|-5-----5---5--4-5-4--|-4--------4--5-|
-(5)/7--7-7----7|-5--------|-4--4-4-4-4---------4|-2--2---2----4-|
-(5)/7--7-7-----|-5---5----|-4---4---4-----------|-2----2------4-|
-(5)/7--7-7-----|-5--------|-4-------------------|-2-----------4-|
----------------|----------|---------------------|---------------|
----------------|----------|---------------------|---------------|
-7-----7---7-8-|-10-----10-----10--12\---|--------0------|---------0-------|
-5--5-5-5-5--7-|-8--8-8----8-8--------\--|-------5--5---5|-------5---5---5-|
-5---5---5---7-|-8---8------8----------\-|-----6------6--|-----6-------6---|
-5-----------7-|-8----------------------\|---7-----------|---7-------------|
---------------|-------------------------|-0-------------|-0---------------|
---------------|-------------------------|---------------|-----------------|
-7-5-----5--2-0-----0-|-5-3-------3------------0-------0-|-----0---0----0---|
-----6----------0-----|-----4---4---4--------5-------4---|----2-2-2-----2---|
-------7----------0---|-------5-------5----0-------0-----|---0---0------2---|
-0----------0---------|-0--------------------------------|--------------2---|
----------------------|------------------5-------4-------|-2------------0---|
----------------------|----------------------------------|------------------|

fade

out

tab by Jonathan Lewis lewijc0@clem.mscd.edu

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| h Hammer-on

| p Pull-off

| / Slide up

| \ Slide down

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