Zeppelin - Rain Song guitar tab
The Rain Song *does* use an open tuning, but it's not open E. The tuning
is:
low to high: DGCGCD
The live version is one whole tone higher than this I believe. There are
versions of the song transcribed in standard tuning, but believe me if
you want it to sound right, try the tab below. After you've played the
first two chords, you'll know it's right.
Howard
The Rain Song - Led Zeppelin
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Half transcribed by Jeff Lo
Additions/corrections by Howard Wright
Howard.Wright@ed.ac.uk
Tuning :
---------
From low to high : D G C G C D
/ means slide
h means hammer on
p means pull off
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---------
C----------------4---2---------------4---2---------------4---2-------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------
D----5--4h5p4-------4--2--4----4-----0---2--0h2p0------0--2--0h2p0----
C----4--------4-----2--2--2----2-----0-----------0-----0----------0---
G----4----------4---2--2--2----2-----0------------0----0-----------0--
C--0---------------------------------0-------------0---0--------------
G-------------------4-----4----4-----2--------------2--2--------------
D---------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------
C-------------
G--2--4--4----
C--2--2--2----
G--0--0--0----
D-------------
Variation :
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(slightly different version of the above two lines of TAB)
D-----5--4h5p4-------4--2--4---4----5---5---5-----7--7--7--7-----5--5----
C-----4--------4-----2--2--2---2----4---4---4-----5--5--5--5-----4--4---
G-----4----------4---2--2--2---2----4---4---4-----5--5--5--5-----4--4----
C---0-------------------------------0---0---0--------------------0--0-----
G--------------------4-----4---4------------------7--7--7--7-------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------
D--4h5p4-------4--2--4---4------0---2--0h2p0------0--2--0h2p0-------
C--------4-----2--2--2---2------0-----------0-----0----------0------
G----------4---2--2--2---2------0------------0----0-----------0------
C-------------------------------0-------------0---0-------------------
G--------------4-----4---4------2--------------2--2-------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ending :
---------
D---/9--9---9--7----7--7----5--7-----5--5---5--4-----4--4---4--5---------
C---/7--7---7----7--5--5--5-5--------4--4---4----4---2--2---2--4---------
G---/7--7---7-------5--5----5--------4--4---4--------2--2---2--4---------
C---/7--7---7-------5--5-------------0--0---0------------------0---------
G---0---0-----------0--0-----------------------------4--4---4------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------
D---7--7---7-8----10--8--10--8--10--12/---------------0---------
C---5--5---5-7----8------8------8-------------------5---5---5----
G---5--5---5-7----8------8------8-----------------6-------6-------
C-----------------------------------------------7-----------------
G---7--7---7-8----10--------------------------0-------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------
D----------0----------7p5-----5--2p0--------5p3---3----------0-----0---
C--------5---5---5--------6----------0---------4-4-4--------5-----4----
G------6-------6------------7----------0--------5---5------0-----0-----
C----7----------------0----------0-------0--0-------------0------------
G--0------------------------------------------------------------4------
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-----------------
