In Through The Out Door Tabs:
- In The Evening
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- Fool In The Rain
- Hot Dog
- Carouselambra »
- All My Love
- I'm Gonna Crawl
Carouselambra Bass Tab
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Led Zeppelin - Carouselambra
From the CD 'In Through the Out Door'
Written by Jones/Page/Plant
Swan Song 16002 and/or Atlantic 92443-2
This file is mostly chords. The song is in C, the part I tabbed
out is in D, and the end is in G. Most of it is synth and/or keyboard, so
I have that here too. You can figure out which is keys and which is
guitar. Enjoy.
Jimmy Pena - jimmy@walrus.com
Progression:
G A A G A A G A A G A A B C#
Repeat this 8 times:
[x00231] [x02220]
Dm/A A
With verse: [x33211] [x30210]
F/C C
Sisters by the wayside bide their time in quiet peace,
await their place within the ring of calm.
Dm/A A
Still stand to turn in seconds of release,
await the call they know may never come.
F/C C
In times of lightness no intruder dared upon
to jeopardize the course, upset the run.
Dm/A A
All was joy and hands were raised towards the sun,
as love in halls of plenty overrun.
[xx0233] [xx0232]
Dsus4 D
Ah, ah, ah, ah.
Then 4 times in the same pattern:
[113331] [133211]
Bb/F F
4 times:
Dm/A A
F/C C
Still in their bliss unchallenged mighty feast,
unending dances shadowed on the day.
Dm/A A
Within the wall their dauting formless keep,
preserved their joy and kept their doubts at bay.
F/C C
Faceless legions stood in readiness to weep,
just turn a coin, bring order to the fray.
Dm/A A
And everything is soon no sooner thought than deed,
but no-one seemed to question anyway.
Dsus4 D
Ah, ah, ah, ah.
4 times:
Bb/F F
Then the keyboard does a little roll which kinda goes like this:
|: A~ F G :| [Play it four times]
F/C C
How keen the soaring hunter's eye prevails upon the land,
to seek the unsuspecting and the weak.
Dm/A A
And powerless the fabled sat, too slow to lift a hand,
toward the foe that threatened them from the deep.
F/C C
Who cares to dry the cheeks of those who saddened stand,
adrift upon the sea of futile speech?
Dm/A A
Wha??
Dsus4 D
Ah, ah, ah, ah.
4 times:
Bb/F F
Then the keyboard does that little roll again:
|: A~ F G :| [Play it four times]
The keyboard does another thing but I'll list the chords here:
|: F G Em :| [Play it three times]
|: A~ F G :| [two times]
|: F G Em :| [Play it three times]
|: A~ F G :| [two times]
|: F G Em :| [Play it three times]
[This is in D]:
[Riff 1] - play it once initially
Em D A G C D
e:--7------5~-----5------5~------3------0------0------2~-------------|
B:----8------7------7------5-------3------1------1----3~-------------|
G:------9------7~-----7------6~------4------0---------2~-------------|
D:----------------------------------------------------0~-------------|
A:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
e:--7------5~-----5------5~------3------0------0---------------------|
B:----8------7------7------5-------3------1------1-------------------|
G:------9------7~-----7------6~------4------0------------------------|
D:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Back to the key of C]:
[Riff 2]:
A Cmaj7
e:--0~---------------0~----------------------------------------------|
B:--2~---------------0~----------------------------------------------|
G:--2~---------------0~----------------------------------------------|
D:--2~---------4-----2~----------------------------------------------|
A:--0~-------0---0---3~----------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Riff 2] x2
[Riff 2] with lyrics:
Where was your word, where did you go?
Where was your helping, where was your bow? Bow.
[Riff 1] x1
[Riff 2] w/ lyrics:
Dull is the armour, cold is the day.
Hard was your journey, dark was the way. Way.
[Riff 1] x1
[Riff 2] w/ lyrics:
I heard the word, I couldn't stay, oh.
I couldn't stand it another day. Another day, ay, another day,
Another day.
Keyboard bangs out an A chord, then it plays a G for four measures [final
key switch to G], then A again for four measures.
Play G:
Touched by the timely coming, roused from the keeper's sleep,
Play A:
release the grip, throw down the key.
Play D:
Held now within the knowing, rest now within the peace,
Play A:
Take of the fruit, but guard the seed.
Play D for four measures, then:
[x04442]
|: A A B/A~ :| [Play this four times]
Play G for four measures, then A for four measures.
Play G:
Held now within the knowing, rest now within the beat,
take of the fruit but guard the seed.
Play D for four measures, then:
Play A:
Take of the fruit but guard the seed.
Play D for four measures, then:
|: A A B/A~ :| [Play this three times]
Repeat until fadeout:
[x05553]
|: A A B/A~ C/A B/A :|
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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sean Wanna Be |
#1 by sean bradly at Nov 2, 1978 at 4:52 PM EST |
| This is in fact a Viking funeral dirge. It's lyrical start is in beautiful alternating iambic septameter. The song tells the story of a warrior who dwells in (the ever popular) Valhalla at a time when he was needed by his people. Musically, the first part of Coarouselambra tells the story of these people that are too busy with their own lore and its telling to heed any sort of danger. The guitar-rich downtempo second part begins with their lament ("Where was your word, where did you go?"). He answers back with "I heard the word..." and has decided to return... The third uptempo synth-heavy part makes oblique reference to his resurrection. | |
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Peter Wanna Be |
#2 by Peter Lambden at Feb 26, 1990 at 6:44 PM EST |
| I'm just gonna take your word for it, mike. The only one I'm gonna disagree with you is on "why did you go?" vs. "where was your bow?" I definitely heard a distinctive B-sound in there that doesn't seem possible to be a G. | |
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nathan Average |
#3 by nathan skidmore at Jun 6, 1992 at 2:07 PM EST |
| To Crazydiamond: Yeah, you're right, I actually messed up on that. The bow line you mention is what I wanted to say, but I submitted an unedited version - so yes. To SuperCat: Sonically speaking - you isolate vocals by cross-phasing the stereo instrumentation. Trying to explain, but vocals are normally centered and instruments aren't. There is a way to phase-cancel the stereo instruments (like drums, etc) and leave center-channel vocals untouched. | |
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Forrest Average |
#4 by Forrest at Aug 11, 1992 at 8:54 AM EST |
| Led Zeppelin always seemed to have a political statement to make here and there......They were a true part of the HIppie rebellion in the Late 60's and 70's......This seems apparent in such songs like Misty Mountain Hop.......Anyhow....I kinda get a feeling of how the masses were really disappointed wit hthe way things were being handled by the government and such...... "How keen the storied hunter's eye prevails upon the land To seek the unsuspecting and the weak; And powerless the fabled sat, too smug to lift a hand Toward the foe that threatened from the deep. Who cares to dry the cheeks of those who saddened stand Adrift upon a sea of futile speech? Kinda sounds like the futile governmental processes that seem to prevail since Vietnam.....Lots of futile promises and unkept promises......Who knows?....I don't think it's the whole meaning behind the song because Vietnam was pretty much over in 77'...but we never officially left either.....go figure......I can see some of the references to groupies and the tour too....Don't know if there is supposed to be any correlation or not.......Maybe it's just kind of a look at how glamourous and wonderful life seemed for them not too long before...Now look at the state of things...... I also think that the last line is a warning for future generations........It kinda falls in line with the above idea of what has the world come too.....Maybe feeling that it was too late to make any changes in their generation...It's up to ours to make those changes.........Take of the fruit, but guard the seed.....We all need to stop taking advantage of our now seemingly abundant resources.....Or soon we will consume ourselves out of house and home......Guard that seed.......Replant what you destroy.....Leave something for the others who follow so they can taste the same sweetness you enjoy today......Just some thoughts ;) | |
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josh Average |
#5 by josh meador at Jan 12, 2003 at 4:27 AM EST |
| Its obviously about there life as untouchable rock stars. | |
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Josh Average |
#6 by Josh Sanchez at Oct 5, 2007 at 3:59 AM EST |
| After years of trying to figure this out, I've finally decided that it must have something to do with either a bandmate or Richard Cole's excesses with groupies and the like during the 1977 tour. "Sisters of the wayside" in line 1, i.e. the groupies waiting in hotel lobbies, halls, etc; some being picked and exploited in rock and roll fashion, at the whim of this person to whom Plant addresses. Further allusions to the "hunter's eye", faceless legions, etc, are again signs of perusing the girls at hotels. I further believe this has to do with the 1977 tour, as with the line "I heard the word; I couldn't stay...I couldn't stand it another day." The '77 tour was abruptly ended when Robert Plant received the phone call from his wife, notifying him of his son Karac's sudden death. | |
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Kyle Wanna Be |
#7 by Kyle Kom at Oct 5, 2007 at 4:20 PM EST |
| a bit too 80s pop-ish for me | |
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Tyler Average |
#8 by Tyler Hutchison at Oct 8, 2007 at 8:44 PM EST |
| It's hard as hell to understand the lyrics in this song, but dammit it's a great song, nonetheless. | |
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Bobby Wanna Be |
#9 by Bobby Warneke at Oct 14, 2007 at 10:14 AM EST |
| Weighning in on this song again, I have to echo the sentiments that John Paul Jones was a very underrecognized element in the greatness that was Led Zep. Everything good about the band can be found in this song. | |
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Aleksandar Average |
#10 by Aleksandar Radošević at Oct 14, 2007 at 12:45 PM EST |
| Yes, it's definitely a funeral dirge, but intentionally posed as such. It's an elegy to the passing of less excessive days when music took precedence, rather than the excesses of touring life. As mentioned earlier, the relative happiness of a less complicated lifestyle had been smothered by touring excess, and the descriptions of groupies and general '77 touring life impressed that fact upon us. The lifestyle from the '77 tour was, in a sense, the funeral, thus burying less complicated days past and the tours that bracketed them. | |
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Klint Average |
#11 by Klint flowers at Oct 15, 2007 at 8:32 AM EST |
| Well, bear in mind that it's technically "based" within the context of a Viking funeral dirge, but Plant's constant longing for self-comparisons to legendary characters drove his writing toward posing aspects of touring to that of the Viking tale mentioned above. | |
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bradley Wanna Be |
#12 by bradley goodman at Oct 15, 2007 at 6:02 PM EST |
| This is the best song Led Zepplin's ever done. The musical composition, the lyrics, ...the whole is truly greater than the sum of it's parts. I bought this album in 1982. I listend to Carouselambra every day without fail, at least three times, well into 1984. More on Saturdays. | |
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