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[two versions]
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---
---------------|--------|--------------------------------------------------
-------(2 /3) 2 (/32 - 0)--------------(2 /3) 2 (/32 - 0)----------------
---------------|--------|--------------------------------------------------
---------------|--------|--------------------------------------------------
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-------(2 /3) (2/32 -0)--(/7 5)-----------(2 /3) 2 (/32 - 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------------------(1715)------(15/17)--14-----------------
------------5---------------------(1715)------(15/17)--14-----------------
------3-/7-----------------------------------------------------------------
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------------------------8--------------------------------------------------
------------------5--8--8--------------------------------------------------
---------------5------------------(1715)------(15/17)--14-----------------
------------5---------------------(1715)------(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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----------------------------------------------------------------8----------
---------------------------------------------------------5---5-8-----------
-----/10--/10--8-8---------/10--/10--8-8-6-(6/86)-5----5------------------
-----/10--/10--8-8---------/10--/10--8-8-6-(6/86)-5---5-------------------
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------(9/10)--9--(9/107) ( 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---------------------------5/75-------------------------
g-0-0-0--0---0---------------------------------------------------------
d-0-0-0--0---0---------------------------5/75-------------------------
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:
d----------------------------------------------------------------------
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---10/118----------------------------------
b----------5-8------------------------------1715----1714-------------
g--------5----------------------------------1715----1714-------------
d------5------------------------------------1715----1714-------------
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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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Mauro Wanna Be |
#1 by Mauro Leon at Apr 3, 1970 at 9:54 AM EST |
| Reject the rest of the world, don't have problems. Dance, rebellion through hedonism. Perhaps a little more innocent, considering when it was written. But that one girl who takes you out of the crap and gives you to yourself instead. she is worth it all, and those goodtimes, the dancing days are priceless | |
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jacob Average |
#2 by jacob ap at Feb 12, 1976 at 12:39 PM EST |
| oops i posted that twice because i didn't think it went through the first time!...sorry for being an idiot!! | |
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Connor Rhythm Player |
#3 by Connor Fowler at Oct 8, 1976 at 11:16 AM EST |
| I think this song was meant to capture the lazy relaxation of a warm summer night. It's a song that embodies catching fireflies in the evening light and sittin on the porch with a guitar to play. Life is good at the end of a hot summer day. | |
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Shay Average |
#4 by Shay at Jan 18, 1978 at 1:40 AM EST |
| Ben2k9 is right about you robo pirate | |
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Rosa Wanna Be |
#5 by Rosa Beauchamp at Jul 20, 1979 at 6:26 PM EST |
| Maybe they got someone pregnant on tour or something. He is assuring the womanher that everything is okay and asking if they are supposed to be together, then the tadpole in the jar sounds like it could relate to pregnancy, especially because zep makes uses the jar reference a lot in their lyrics to allude to a woman... | |
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ben Rhythm Player |
#6 by ben kurkul at May 24, 1986 at 10:12 PM EST |
| The only reasonable explanation I've heard for that line is that the lion is a blonde kid with a tadpole in jar, haven't we all done that at some point during our childhood summers? | |
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CHUNK ZIZZLE Rhythm Player |
#7 by CHUNK ZIZZLE at Apr 30, 1988 at 1:37 AM EST |
| it's about rebellion...perhaps of youth. it captures the summer spirit of being adventurous. i agree the "lion standing alone" was a reference to being caught by parents. i like to listen to this on a summer evening before a date! | |
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Andrea Average |
#8 by Andrea Lauria at Sep 4, 1988 at 1:34 AM EST |
| I'm kinda wondering how this song as well as over the hills and far away and the ocean are on how the west was one? Those concerts were recorded in the summer of 1972, and houses of the holy, the album in which all of these songs are on, was released in late 1973. How does that add up? If anyone has some sort of insight to this feel free to answer | |
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Dale :D Average |
#9 by Dale :D O' Mondo Of DOOM!!! at Aug 17, 1990 at 9:32 PM EST |
| it's about rebellion and the adventurous spirit of youth, and it especially captures the feeling of summer time. the lion standing alone definately referrs to being caught by parents. i like to listen to this on a summer night before a date! | |
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nick Average |
#10 by nick caldwell at Dec 11, 1994 at 3:37 AM EST |
| I don't know what it means, but every time I listen to it I think its making fun of americans... | |
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sephiroth Average |
#11 by sephiroth at Oct 16, 1996 at 2:29 AM EST |
| Really upbeat song. I think it's about how carefree and wonderful summertime(the Dancing Days) is. | |
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Vicky Average |
#12 by Vicky Barnard at Jun 26, 2001 at 6:41 PM EST |
| Best I can do is this... He is getting the blame for the girl's wild behavior by the girl's parents...the lion is the girls father, the tadpole in the jar is him. In other words, he is at the mercy of the girl's father. The girl is getting wild and the father blames this on the guy she is dating. Dancing Days are here again to me means the summer months when the girl is out of school and life is about going out and partying, etc. My 2 cents. | |
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chris Average |
#13 by chris ovari at May 14, 2002 at 1:53 PM EST |
| This song cheers me up everytime. | |
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ian Average |
#14 by ian mckinly at Oct 20, 2004 at 8:21 AM EST |
| "The only reasonable explanation I've heard for that line is that the lion is a blonde kid with a tadpole in jar, haven't we all done that at some point during our childhood summers?" i didnt ;_; anyway lol, i love this song. its great! | |
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