LED ZEPPELIN - "dancing days" Tablature
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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-------------------------
a----------------------------------------------------------------------
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:
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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-----------------------------------------------------------------
e----------------------------------------------------------------------
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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