Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin - Dancing Days guitar tab

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Explanation: Dancing Days

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/ x Slide up to x

\ x Slide down to x

(x ^ y) Bend up, from x to y if notes are in parenthesises

(x v y) Bend down, from x to y they are hit once.

([x] ^ y) Play y bent, [don't play x]

(x - y) Pull off from y to x

(x h y) Hammer-on from x to y

~~x,y Trill x and y

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You need to remember that Jimmy Page has this "terrible" habit of

recording a lot of guitar parts all together. I find this a real challenge

to play one part that covers everything. Sometimes they are just differant

sounds but the same part, or, differant parts combined to make a complex

score. I think it is possible that all of this (EVERYTHING!) is slide,

though I play it just picking. I have simply placed parts and labled them

so you can put them where they need to be.

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------Dancing Days------

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* Basically sliding off the string to open position.

:Intro | * | --- Repeat two times---

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-------(2 /3) 2 (/3\2 - 0)--------------(2 /3) 2 (/3\2 - 0)----------------

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-------(2 /3) (2/3\2 -0)--(/7 \5)-----------(2 /3) 2 (/3\2 - 0)----------

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---------------------------(/7 \5)----------------------------------------

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I found there many veriations on the hammers and pulls.

:Verse

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-------0 3 5----- (5 h6) (6 -5)-------(/9 -7)--9 (9 -7)------------------

-------0 3 5----- 5------5------------/6------6 6----------------------

-------0 3 5----- 5------5------------/6------6 6----------------------

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-----(/6 -5 h6)--(6 h8)---(5 h6) 5----------------------------------------

------/5----------5--------5------5----------------------------------------

------/5----------5--------5------5------5-7-5-7-5-------------------------

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---------------6 (5 h6) (6 -5)-------(/9 -7)--9 (9 -7)------------------

---------------5 5 5------------/6------6 6----------------------

---------------5 5 5------------/6------6 6----------------------

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-----(/6 -5 h6)--(6 h8)---(5 h6) 5----------------------------------------

------/5----------5--------5------5----------------------------------------

------/5----------5--------5------5------5-7-5-7-5-------------------------

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--------------(6 -5) 6 (6 -5)-------(/5 -3)--6--3---5--3--------------

---------------5 5 5------------/3------3--3---3--3--------------

---------------5 5 5------------/3------3--3---3--3--------------

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------(3 -2) -3--2-(3 h5)--(2 h3) -2---------------------------------------

-------2------2--2--2-------2------2---------------------------------------

-------2------2--2--2-------2------2-----2-3-2-3---------------------------

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--------------(6 -5) 6 (6 -5)-------(/5 -3)--6--3---5--3--------------

---------------5 5 5------------/3------3--3---3--3--------------

---------------5 5 5------------/3------3--3---3--3--------------

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------(3 -2) -3--2-(3 h5)--(2 h3) -2---------------------------------------

-------2------2--2--2-------2------2---------------------------------------

-------2------2--2--2-------2------2-----2-3-2-3-(or 2-3-2-2-3-2)---------------------

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:Solo line over Verse

------------------------8------8---/9--(9/11)--\8--------------------------

------------------5--8--8------8---/9--(9/11)--\8--------------------------

---------------5-----------------------------------------------------------

------------5--------------------------------------------------------------

------3-/7-----------------------------------------------------------------

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------------------------8--------------------------------------------------

------------------5--8--8--------------------------------------------------

---------------5------------------(17\15)------(15/17)--14-----------------

------------5---------------------(17\15)------(15/17)--14-----------------

------3-/7-----------------------------------------------------------------

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------------------------8--------------------------------------------------

------------------5--8--8--------------------------------------------------

---------------5------------------(17\15)------(15/17)--14-----------------

------------5---------------------(17\15)------(15/17)--14-----------------

------3-/7-----------------------------------------------------------------

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:Solo

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------0--3--/5------3--0--3--/5--6-----------6-8-(8 ^ 10)--8-8-------------

------0--3--/5------3--0--3--/5--6-----------------------------------------

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------(8 ^ 10)--(8 ^ 10)--8-8-------(8 ^ 10)--(8 ^ 10)-8-8-6-6-8-6-5-------

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---or---

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------0--3--/5------3--0--3--/5--6-------(6/8) /10--/10--8-8---------------

------0--3--/5------3--0--3--/5--6-------(6/8) /10--/10--8-8---------------

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---------------------------------------------------------5---5-8-----------

-----/10--/10--8-8---------/10--/10--8-8-6-(6/8\6)-5----5------------------

-----/10--/10--8-8---------/10--/10--8-8-6-(6/8\6)-5---5-------------------

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------(9/10)--9--(9/10\7) ( over and over)-------------------------------

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From: ceh1@acpub.duke.edu (Charles Eric Horowitz)

Dancing Days by Led Zeppelin

This song has at least three guitars, tuned with their high E's to D:

EADGBD

The opening rhythm is played almost exactly the same by two guitars:

With this rhythm figure: And the slide on the third measure:

d-0----------0---------------------------------------------------------

b-2-3-2--3p2-0---------------------------5/7\5-------------------------

g-0-0-0--0---0---------------------------------------------------------

d-0-0-0--0---0---------------------------5/7\5-------------------------

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e----------------------------------------------------------------------

During the vocals, one guitar does this Chuck Berry like thing:

d----------------------------------------------------------------------

b----------------------------------------------------------------------

g--5--5--7-7--5---6-6-8-8-6--5-5-7-7-5-5-------------------------------

d--3--3--3-3--3---4-4-4-4-4--3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------------------

a----------------------------------------------------------------------

e----------------------------------------------------------------------

And during the "You know its alright" stuff:

d----------------------------------------------------------------------

b----------------------------------------------------------------------

g-5-5-7-7-5---3-3--5-5--3--2-2-3-3-2--2--------------------------------

d-3-3-3-3-3---1-1--1-1--1--0-0-0-0-0--0--------------------------------

a----------------------------------------------------------------------

e----------------------------------------------------------------------

The other guitar plays this:

d--7--5--7-7--5---8--6--8-8--6---7--5--7--7--5-------------------------

b--6--5--6-6--5---8--6--8-8--6---6--5--6--6--5-------------------------

g--5--5--5-5--5---6--6--6-6--6---5--5--5--5--5-------------------------

d----------------------------------------------------------------------

a----------------------------------------------------------------------

e----------------------------------------------------------------------

And during the "You know its allright" part:

d---7-5--7-7--5---5--3--5--5--3--3-2--3-3---5p3p2----------------------

b---6-5--6-6--5---5--3--5--5--3--3-2--3-3---2--------------------------

g---5-5--5-5--5---3--3--3--3--3--2-2--2-2---2--------------------------

d----------------------------------------------------------------------

a----------------------------------------------------------------------

e----------------------------------------------------------------------

The ascending riff during the vocals is:

d--------------8-----8-8/10---10/11\8----------------------------------

b----------5-8------------------------------17\15----17\14-------------

g--------5----------------------------------17\15----17\14-------------

d------5------------------------------------17\15----17\14-------------

a--5/7-----------------------------------------------------------------

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The solo goes something like this:

d----------------------------------------------------------------------

b----------------------------------------------------------------------

g---3-0-0-3-0-5-0-6----8/10--8/10--8--8/10--8/10-8--8/10-8/10-8-6-8-8/10

d----------------------------------------------------------------------

a----------------------------------------------------------------------

e----------------------------------------------------------------------

d----------------------------------------------------------------------

b----------------------------------------------------------------------

g-2/5------------------------------------------------------------------

d----------------------------------------------------------------------

a----------------------------------------------------------------------

e----------------------------------------------------------------------

Then just play the rythym riff up here:

d---11--12--11-12p11p9-------------------------------------------------

b----------------------------------------------------------------------

g----------------------------------------------------------------------

d----------------------------------------------------------------------

a----------------------------------------------------------------------

e----------------------------------------------------------------------

That should be enough to get you going.

Enjoy,

CHUCK

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