Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin - Rain Song Ver 2 guitar tab
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PROPS GO TO: jez Its a long song. I'm not the original tabber. It sounds right though. D---0-------0--0--0----0-------0--0--0--------------------------------- C----7------7--7--7-----6------6--6--6-------5-5-3-2---3----3--3------- G-----0-----0--0--0------0-----0--0--0-------4-4-4-4---3----3--3------ C------7----7--7--7-------6----6--6--6-------5-5-5-5---3----3--3------- G-------0---0--0--0--------0---0--0--0---0---0---------0----0--0------ D---------------------------------------------------------------------- D-----------------0---0---0---0---0---0-0-----0---0---0---0---0---0-0-- C-----------------11--9---12--11--4---9-9-----11--9---12--11--4---9-9-- G-----2---4-4-----0---0---0---0---0---0-0-----0---0---0---0---0---0-0-- C-----2---2-2-----11--9---12--11--4---9-9-----11--9---12--11--4---9-9-- G-0-0-0---0-0-----0---0---0---0---0---8-8-----0---0---0---0---0---8-8-- D--------------------------------------------------------------------- D--0----------------0-----------------5--5--5-------5--5--5--] C--10/9----9---9----9-----9---9-------0--0--0-------0--0--0--] G--11/10---10--10---10----10--10------0--0--0-------0--0--0--] Repeat 3 C--12/11---11--11---10----10--10------5--4--0---0-4-5--4--0--] times G--0-------0---0----0-----0---0------------------------------] D------------------------------------------------------------] Guitar 1: D------------------------------------------------------------------2------- C-2--2--2-------------2--2--2-------------2--2--2-------------2--2----2---- G-2--4--4-------------2--4--4-------------2--4--4-------------2--4------4-- C-2--2--2-------------3--3--3-------------4--4--4-------------5--5--------- G-0-----0-------------0-----0-------------0-----0-------------0-----------0 D---------------------------------------------------------------------- Guitar2: D-------------------------------------------------------------------- C-------------------------------------------------------------------- G--------2-4-0-2---0---------2-4-0-2---0---------2-4-0-2---0--------- 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D---------------------------------------------------------------------- D-----0----0----0----0--------0------------ C----2----2----2----2--------2------------- G---0----0----0----0--------2-------------- C--------------------------2--------------- G--2----2----2----2-------0---------------- D------------------------0----------------- From: Jay Reeves Subject: Led Zeppelin/ The Rain Song ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Rain Song from Led Zeppelins "Houses Of The Holy" (6 string acoustic studio track) transcribed by Jay Reeves jay@ffs.b15.ingr.com Tuning open G (DGDGBD low to high) INTRO: | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | ============================================================================ |-0-----0--0--0--0--0----|-0-----0--0--0--0--0--0-|-------3--3--3--3--3--1-| |-8-----8--8--8--8--8----|-7-----7--7--7--7--7--7-|-------6--6--4--3--3--4-| |-0-----0--0--0--0--0----|-0-----0--0--0--0--0--0-|-------4--4--3--3--3--3-| |-5-----5--5--5--5--5----|-5-----5--5--5--5--5--5-|-------5--5--5--5--5--1-| |--0----0--0--0--0--0----|--0----0--0--0--0--0--0-|-0----------------------| |------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| ^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-| PLAYX2 -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-----|