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White Summer

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

Song

White Summer

Jimmy Page

Tuning:

Tune both E strings down one tone to D

Tune the B string down one tone to A

The introduction....

0:00

* * * *

d-|----12-----7-----5--------------------------------0-----------0------------|
a-|----12-----7-----5-----------------------------------------------------3---|
G-|----12-----7-----5--------------0-12--------------0-h2-p0-----0-h2-h4------|
D~|----12-----7-----5-----0-h2-h4-----------------------------4---------------|
A-|----12-----7-----5---------------------------------------------------------|
D-|----12-----7-----5--------------------3-b5-~5------------------------------|

\ \ 0:16

d-|--0-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a-|-----------------0-----------------------------3--------------0-------------|
G-|--4-p2-p0--2-----2--------0-h2-p0-----0-h2-h4-----4-p2--0--2--2--2-p0-------|
D~|-----------------0-----------------4--------------------------0--------2----|p0
A-|-----------------0--------------------------------------------0-------------|
D-|-----------------0--------------------------------------------0-------------|
d-|--------------------------------------------------------4-/5-\4-/8-\7/12\10-|
a-|-----------------------2----------------------------------------------------|
G-|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D~|-----2--------4--------------------2--2-h4-p2-h4-p2-----4-/5-\4-/8-\7/12\10-|
A-|--3-----3-/5-----5--3--2--------0-------------------------------------------|
D-|-----------------------------0----------------------------------------------|

0:23

/

d-|-----0--0--0---------------------------------------------------------------|
a-|--0--0--------------5-p3-b5-~5-----3-b5-r3-b5-----5-r3---------------------|
G-|--2-----4--5--5--------------------------------------------2--4-b5-r4-b5---|
D~|--0--------------0---------------------------------------------------------|
A-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

\

d-|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a-|--------------------3--------------0--------------------------3-------------|
G-|--2-p0-----0-h2-h3-----3-p2-p0-h2--2--------------0--0-h2-h4-----3-p2-p0--2-|
D~|--------4--------------------------0-----0-h2-h4----------------------------|
A-|-----------------------------------0----------------------------------------|
D-|-----------------------------------0----------------------------------------|

0:39

\ \ \

d-|--4-p0-h4-----4-p0-h4-----4-p0-h4--------0--0--0----------------------------|
a-|--0-----------0-----------0-----------0--0--------------5-r3-b5-----3-b5-~5-|
G-|--2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----4--5--5-------------------------|
D~|--0-----------0-----------0-----------0--------------0----------------------|
A-|--0-----------0-----------0-------------------------------------------------|
D-|--0-----------0-----------0-------------------------------------------------|
d-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a-|--5-p3-p2-h3-----5-p3-p2-h3-----5-p3-p2-p3-h5-/7-\5-----5-p3-p2--3-p2-p0---|
G-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D~|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

0:50 \

d-|-----------------------0-----------0-----------0---------------------------|
a-|--------------------------------------------3-----------------0------------|
G-|--4-p2-p0--4-----------0-h2-p0-----0-h2-h4-----4-p2-p0--2-----2------------|
D~|--------------------------------4-----------------------------0------------|
A-|--------------------------------------------------------------0------------|
D-|--------------3-b5-~~-----------------------------------------0------------|

\ *

d-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a-|-----------------------------3--------------0-----------------5------------|
G-|-----------0-h2-p0--0-h2-h4-----4-p2-p0-h2--2--------------0--5------------|
D~|--0-h2-h4-----------------------------------0-----0-h2-h4-----5------------|
A-|--------------------------------------------0------------------------------|
D-|--------------------------------------------0--------------------3-h5-~~---|

1:00 \

d-|--0-----------0-----------0------------------------------------------------|
a-|-----------------------3-----------------0---------------------------------|
G-|--0-h2-p0-----0-h2-h4-----4-p2-p0--2-----2---------------------------------|
D~|-----------4-----------------------------0---------------------------------|
A-|-----------------------------------------0---------------------------------|
D-|-----------------------------------------0---------------------------------|

1:12

d-|-----------------------------------------------------------------0---------|
a-|-----------------------------------------------------------------0---------|
G-|--2-p0--------------------------------0--------------------------2---------|
D~|--------2-p0-----2--------4-----5-----9h10-p9--7-h9-p7--5-h7-p5--0---------|
A-|--------------3-----3-/5-----5--5----10--------9--------7--------0---------|
D-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

The guts...

(It gets really fast here....

d-|-----------0-----------0-----------0----------------------------------------|
a-|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|-----------0-h2--------0-h2--------0--2--------2--0-------------------------|
D~|--0-h2-h4--------4-----------4-----------0--0--------2--0-----2-----------4-|
A-|-----------------------------------------------------------3-----3--3-/5----|
D-|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
d-|----------------------------------------------------|

a-|----------------------------------------------------| ... in fact, so fast that I can't make

G-|----------------------- the rest of it out. -|( )

D~|--------------3-/4----------------------------------|
A-|--5--3-p2--0----------------------------------------|
D-|--------------------0-------------------------------|

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Notation:

Above the staff: * - harmonic

\ - arpegiate chord downwards (high string to low)

/ - arpegiate chord upwards (low string to high)

0:12 - the time appearing on my CD player at this point

On the staff: h - hammer next note on

p - pull next note off

b - bend up to next note

r - release bend down to next note

/ - slide up to next note

\ - slide down to next note

~ - bend note up and back

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