Ramble On - Led Zeppelin

NOTE:  This song has an awesome groove.  I wasn't satisfied with the
tab here or on tab crawler when played with one acoustic guitar and
vocals.  This tab attempts to catch the important parts of the base
line along with the familiar acoustic guitar riffs.  A few extra notes
are added to compensate for the missing percussion when played with
one guitar.  And, if played over and over, it is fairly easy to sing
over the chords.  I'm not in love with the bridge chords, so if
someone has a better version, I would love to see it.  Also, the
0769 voicing of the E chord carries the verse riff and should ring
very clear.  --kidguitar


v = down pick
^ = up pick
h = hammer on (while letting previous strings ring)
p = pull off
s = slide up or down to the note (with a down pick)
  = it's a 2 digit fret number (i.e. 11)

VERSE
PART I
    v  ^v   vh ^v v^v^  ss ^v vh  ^v v^v^
e|--X--------------------0-00-0---00-0000-------
B|--9--------------------5-55-5---55-5555-------
G|--9--99---------9999---6-66-67--77-6666-------
D|--9--99---7--77-6666---7-77-7---77-7777-------
A|--7--77---79-77-7777---0-00-0---00-0000-------
E|--0-------0--00-0000--------------------------

PART II
    v  ^v  v  v  v      ss ^v vh  ^v v^v^
e|--x--------------------0-00-0---00-0000-------
B|--9--------------------5-55-5---55-5555-------
G|--9--99--13-11-9-------6-66-67--77-6666-------
D|--9--99--x--x--x-------7-77-7---77-7777-------
A|--7--77--11-9--7-------0-00-0---00-0000-------
E|--0------0--0--0------------------------------

PART III (same as PART I)

PART IV (same as PART II with emphasis on base line)
    v  ^v  v  v  v  v v   v^v^ vp ^
e|--x-------------------------------------------
B|--9-------------------------------------------
G|--9--99--13-11-9--6-4-------------------------
D|--9--99--x--x--x--x-x------2------------------
A|--7--77--11-9--7--4-2---234--42---------------
E|--0------0--0--0--0-0-----------0-------------


BRIDGE
( ) = rings slightly as chords are slopped together

    E   F#7/E  G#7  A    B?  C#  v^v^ vp ^
e|--x----x------x---x----x---x------------------
B|--x----x------x---x----x---x------------------
G|--x----x------x---x---(0)-(0)-----------------
D|--2----2------4---2----4---6------2-----------
A|--2----4------6---0----2---4---234--42--------
E|--0----0------4--(0)--(0)-(0)----------0------



CHORUS
    v^v  vh^ss  v^v   ^ v^   ^ v^  ^ v^
e|--------------000---0-00---0-00--0-00---------
B|--999---------555---3-33---3-33--2-22---------
G|--999---------000---0-00---0-00--0-00---------
D|--999---------777---5-55---4-44--2-22---------
A|--777-----7---000---0-00---0-00--0-00---------
E|--000--79-------------------------------------

    v^v  vh^ss            v^v   ^ v^   ^ v^  ^ v^
e|------------------------000---0-00---0-00--0-00
B|--999-------------------555---3-33---3-33--2-22
G|--999-------------------000---0-00---0-00--0-00
D|--999-------------------777---5-55---4-44--2-22
A|--777-----7-------------000---0-00---0-00--0-00
E|--000--79------4-5-6-7-------------------------


Ramble On - Led Zeppelin

VERSE 1
Leaves are fallin' all around
It's time, I was, on my way
Thanks to you, I'm much obliged
For such-a pleasant stay

VERSE 2
But now it'sss, time for me to go
The autumn moon lights my-way
For now I smell the rain, and with it pain
And it's headed my wa-ay

BRIDGE
Aw sometimes I grow so tired
But I know I've got one thing I got to do

CHORUS
Ramble on
And now's the time the time is now, to sing my song
I'm going around the world I got to find my girl
On my way
I've been this way ten years to the day...Ramble on
Got the queen of all my dream

VERSE 3
Got no time for spreadin' roots
The time has come to be gone
And though our health we drank a thousand times
It's time to ramble on

SOLO BREAK

CHORUS (words slightly different)
Ramble on
And now's the time the time is now, to sing my song
I'm goin' around the world, I got to find my girl
On my way
I've been this way ten years to the day, I gotta
Ramble on
I gotta find the queen of all my dreams

SOLO BREAK ("I ain't telling no lie")

VERSE 4
Mine's a tale that can't be told
My freedom I hold dear
How ye-ears ago in da-ays of old
When ma-agic filled the air

VERSE 5
Just-in the darkest depths of Mordor
(M)I met a girl so fair
But Gollum, and the evil one crept up..
and slipped away with her-her, her-her, her-yea

Ain't nothing I can do no
I guess I keep on rambelin'
I'm gonna.....shake (sing my song) shake, shake, I gotta find my baby
I'm gonna ramble on, sing my song
Gonna work my way around the world (ramble on)
doo doo doo doo (I can't stop this feeling in my heart)
Gotta keep searching for my baby
baby, baby, baby, baby, baby