Led Zeppelin
Key: ^ = downstroke
v = upstroke
Open G tuning | D |
| B |
| G |
| D |
| G |
| D |
* (If you want you can play the fifth string also)
Riff 1
^ v ^ v ^ ^ v ^ v ^ ^ v ^ v ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ v
|–0-0-0-0–2–4—4—4–4—-4-4-4-4–2–0—0—2-2-2-0–|
|–0-0-0-0–1–3—3—0–0—-3-3-3-3–1–0—0—1-1-1-0–|
|–0-0-0-0–0–0——-0——-0-0-0-0–0–0——-0-0-0-0–|
|–0-0-0-0–2–4——-0——-4-4-4-4–2–0——-2-2-2-0–|
|–*——————-0—-0————–0—–0———-|
|———————————————————–|
Riff 2
^ v ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ v ^ v ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ v
|–3–3—–3—–3–3–3–3–3—–3—-3–3–3–|
|–3–3—–3—–3–3–3–3–3—–3—-3–3–3–|
|–3——–3—–3–3–3–3——–3—-3–3–3–|
|–3—–3–3–3–3–3–3–3—–3–3–3-3–3–3–|
|–*—–0—–0—————–0—–0———-|
|————————————————-|
Riff 3A Riff 3B
^ v ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ v ^ v ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
|–4–4—–4—–4–4–4–| |–4–4—–4–4–0–2–4–|
|–3–3—–3—–3–3–3–| |–3–3—–3–3–3–3–3–|
|–2——–2—–2–2–2–| |–2——–2–2–2–2–2–|
|–0—–0–0–0–0–0–0–| |–0—–0–0–0–0–0–0–|
|–0—–0–0–0–0–0–0–| |–0—–0–0–0———–|
|————————–| |————————–|
Riff 4
^ v ^ v ^ ^ ^ ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ ^ ^ ^ v
|–3–3–3–3—–3—–3—–3–3–0–0–0–0—–0—–0—–0–0–|
|–1–1–1–1—–1—–1—–1–1–1–1–1–1—–1—–1—–1–1–|
|–2–2–2–2–2–2—–2—–2–2–0–0–0–0–0–0—–0—–0–0–|
|–3–3–3–3–3–3—–3—–3–3–2–2–2–2–2–2—–2—–2–2–|
|–0–0–0–0–0–0—–0—–0–0–0–0–0–0–0–0—–0—–0–0–|
|——————————————————————–|
Riff 5
^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ v ^ ^ ^ v ^ v
|–0–0–0—-0–0–0—-0–0–0—-0–0–0—-4–4—–4–4—4–4–4–|
|–0–0–0—-1–1–1—-3–3–3—-5–5–5—-3–3—–3–3—3–3–3–|
|–0–0–0—-0–0–0—-0–0–0—-0–0–0—-2–2—–2–2—2–2–2–|
|–0–0–0—-2–2–2—-4–4–4—-5–5–5—-0–0–0–0–0—0–0–0–|
|–0———-0———-0———-0–0–0—-0—–0–0–0————|
|———————————————————————–|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ v ^ v ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ v ^ v ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ v ^ v
|–2–4–5–4–0—0–0–0–2–4–5–4–0—0–0–0–2–4–5–4–0—0–0–0-|
|–1–3–3–3–3—3–3–3–1–3–3–3–3—3–3–3–1–3–3–3–3—3–3–3-|
|–0–0–0–0–0—0–0–0–0–0–0–0–0—0–0–0–0–0–0–0–0—0–0–0-|
|–2–4–4–4–4—4–4–4–2–4–4–4–4—4–4–4–2–4–4–4–4—4–4–4-|
|–*————————————————————————-|
|—————————————————————————-|
^ v ^ ^ ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ v
|–4–4—–4—4—4-4-4–4–4—–4—–4—4–4–|
|–3–3—–3—3—3-3-3–3–3—–3—–3—3–3–|
|–2—–2–2—2—2-2-2–2—–2–2–2–2—2–2–|
|–0—–0–0—0—0-0-0–0—–0–0–0–0—0–0–|
|–0—–0–0—0———-0—–0–0–0–0———|
|—————————————————|
Intro: Riff 1 2x
Riff 1
I don’t know how I’m going to tell you
Riff 1
I can’t play with you no more
Riff 1
I don’t know how I’m going to do what mama told me
Riff 1
My friend the boy next door
Riff 1 3x
Riff 1
I can’t believe what people saying
Riff 1
You only let your hair down
Riff 1
I’m satisfied to sit here working all day long
Riff 1
You’re in the darkest side of town
Riff 1 4x
Riff 1
And when I’m out I see you walking
Riff 1
Why don’t your eyes see me
Riff 1
Could it be you’ve found another game to play
Riff 1
What did mama say to me
Riff 2 Riff 1
That’s the way Oh that’s the way it ought to be
Riff 2 Riff 3A 2x
Mama said that’s the way it ought to stay
Riff 4
Riff 1 1x
Riff 1
And yesterday I saw you standing by the river
Riff 1
And weren’t those tears that filled your eyes
Riff 1
And all the fish that lay in dirty water dying
Riff 1
Had they got you hypnotized
Riff 1 4x
Riff 1
And yesterday I saw you kissing tiny flowers
Riff 1
But all that lives is born to die
Riff 1
And so I say to you that nothing really matters
Riff 1
And all you do is stand and cry
Riff 1 4x
Riff 1
I don’t know what to say about it
Riff 1
When all your ears are turned away
Riff 1
But now’s the time to look and look again at what you see
Riff 1
Is that the way it ought to stay
Riff 2 Riff 1
That’s the way That’s the way it ought to be Whoa don’t you know now
Riff 2 Riff B 3x
Mama said mama said that’s the way it’s going to stay Ahh Ahh
Riff 4
Aaaaaaaaaah Ahhh Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh
Riff 5 until end
