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Celebration Day Tab

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CELEBRATION DAY
Led Zeppelin
"Led Zeppelin III"

(Jones/Page/Plant)

[Intro] 

              G7/A          
              ^ v ^ v ^ v   
e:--------6/7-7-7-7-7-7-7---
B:--------5/6-6-6-6-6-6-6---
G:o-------6/7-7-7-7-7-7-7---    (twice)
D:o-------4/5-5-5-6-5-5-5---
A:-------(0)----------------
E:--------------------------

               G7/A     
               ^ v      
e:---------6/7-7-7------
B:---------5/6-6-6------
G:o--------6/7-7-7------    (three times)   
D:o--------4/5-5-5------  
A:--------(0)-----------
E:----------------------
                                                    
               G#7/A                                        
               ^ v                                  
e:---------7/8-8-8---                               
B:---------6/7-7-7---                               
G:---------7/8-8-8---                               
D:---------5/6-6-6---                               
A:--------(0)--------                               
E:-------------------                               

              A7                          
              ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ 
e:--------8/9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--------
B:--------7/8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--------
G:--------8/9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--------
D:--------6/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------
A:-------(0)---------------------------------------
E:-------------------------------------------------
                                          

[Riff 1]

            ^ v        ^ v                
e:-----------------------------------------
B:-----------------------------------------
G:o----------------------------------------  (twice)
D:o--------/7-7----5---4-4----2------------
A:-------0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0--0-/3~~-0--    
E:-----------------------------------------

[Riff 2] (main riff)

                      ^ v ^ v ^ v ^                  
e:--------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9------------------
B:--------------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8------------------
G:--------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9------------------
D:---------------/7~~-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------------------
A:-------0-/3-0---0--(0)-----------------------------
E:---------------------------------------------------

                  ^ v     ^ v                            
e:---------------------------------------------------
B:---------------------------------------------------
G:---------------------------------------------------
D:--------------------5---4-4----2-------------------
A:-------0-/3-0---0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0--0-/3~~-0---------
E:---------------------------------------------------
                                                     

[Chorus]
          C              G              Bb             F

e:--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3-3-3-3--1-1-1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1---------------|
B:--1-1-1-1-1-1-1--3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3--1-1-1-1-1-1-1---------------|
G:--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------|
D:--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------|
A:--3-3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--1-1-1-1-1-1-1--3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------|
E:-----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1---------------|

          C              G             Bb             F        E

e:--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3-3-3-3--1-1-1-1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1-1------------------|
B:--1-1-1-1-1-1-1--3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3---1-1-1-1-1------------------|
G:--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3-3-3-3---2-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-1--------|
D:--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2--------|
A:--3-3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--1-1-1-1-1-1-1---3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2--------|
E:-----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------------1-1-1-1-1------------------|


Song Progression:

[Intro]
[Riff 1]
[Riff 2]

With [Riff 2]:

Her face is cracked from smiling,
all the fears that she's been hiding,
and it seems that pretty soon
evr'ybody's gonna know.

And her voice is sore from shouting,
cheering winners who are losing,
and she wonders if their days are few
and soon they'll have to go.

[Riff 2] once more, then

With [Chorus]: (chords shown here for reference)

C            G
My, my, my, I'm so happy,
Bb                F
I'm gonna join the band.
 C                     G
We are gonna dance and sing in celebration,
 Bb                   F  E
we are in the promised land.

With [Riff 2]:

She hears them talk of new ways
to protect the home she lives in,
Then she wonders what it's all about
when they break down the door.
Her name is Brown or White or Black;
you know her very well.
You hear her cries of mercy
as the winners toll the bell.

With [Chorus]:

My, my, my, I'm so happy,
I'm gonna join the band.
We are gonna sing and dance in celebration,
we are in the promised land.

[Solo]:


|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-15b17--15b17--15b17r15p13-15b17-15-|-(15)-----------13-15p13---15p13---|
|------------------------------------|-----12---12-14----------14-----14-|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

|------------15------------|-------------8p5----------|
|-13---15-13----15b17-15b17|-(17)-15b17-----8p5-8p5---|
|--------------------------|-----------------------7p5|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|

|----------------------|------------------------|----------------8|
|----------------------|------------------------|-----------------|
|-7b9-7b9-7b9r7p5-7b9r7|-(17)------5-7p5-5-7p5--|-5--7-5--5--8h9--|
|----------------------|-----5--5h7-----7-----7-|-----------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|-----------------|

|-------13----13--------12----12-|
|--------------------------------|
|-12/14----14-----12/13----13----|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|

With [Riff 1]:

There is a train that leaves the station
heading for your destination,
But the price you pay to nowhere
has increased a dollar more. Yes, it has!
And if you walk you're gonna get there
although it takes a little longer,
And when you see it in the distance
you will wring your hands and moan.

Repeat [Riff 1] until fade out

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Cohen Wanna Be	#1 by Cohen B at Jan 31, 1987 at 2:21 PM EST
	Notice how busy Page is on guitar in this song. It's like he's playing three guitar parts at once. Live performances like this song are what prompted Keith Richards to tell Page he was the "most overworked guitarist in rock". Page responded that he would love to have another guitarist in the band but that it "just wouldn't look right to the audience". At first that statement struck me as a bit self-centered and vain but the more I thought about it it just showed how very perceptive Page was about the band's image.

No Picture Jamie Wanna Be	#2 by Jamie Smith at Dec 1, 1988 at 10:40 AM EST
	I really don't get the lyrics in this song...but I thihnk as someone wondered above the promise land refers to well north america cause well...that where all bands seem to go to get famous, and well..when I listened to this song i always thought it was about someone who wnats to become famous with their band...but now i think it might be about someone who is famous with a band...am i thinking to literally??

No Picture Zach Wanna Be	#3 by Zach U haft 2 ask 1st at Jun 26, 1997 at 3:46 PM EST
	this song always reminds me of hicks, maybe cos the guitar at the begining sounds a bit like the banjo from deliverance, lyrics dont make much sense to me, its more the fell of the song that gets to u i think

No Picture Gabe Average	#4 by Gabe Hawkins at Jul 6, 1997 at 7:56 AM EST
	Have not figured it out yet, but the lyrics seem to have a dark undertone.

No Picture Ĵǿ Wanna Be	#5 by Ĵǿħŋ Ĝęřđěŋĭţš at Jan 25, 2002 at 3:31 AM EST
	nice song. Page certainly is an artist on what he does with the tape track in the beginning and how it pans from "Friends"

No Picture Dan Professional Badass	#6 by Dan Hudspith at Sep 9, 2005 at 4:39 AM EST
	Why no comments yet? this is a great song

No Picture Mark Wanna Be	#7 by Mark masta at Aug 25, 2006 at 2:25 PM EST
	There was actually supposed to be a drum intro to this song but on of the roadies accidently deleted over while trying to sneak a listen in the studio. After that he ran out of that place scared shitless. It's one of Zeppelin's greatest mysteries.