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Led Zeppelin What Is And What Should Never Be Guitar Tab

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What is And What Should Never Be

Verses: Jimmy basically plays and A13 and E9 during the slower verses.
Here's how I form these chords :

A13 E9 and these varied forms

e----------|----0---------7--------------------------------------
B---7------|----7---------0--------------------------------------
G---6------|----7---------7-----7--------------------------------
D---5------|----6---------6-----6--------------------------------
A----------|--------------------7--------------------------------
E----------|-----------------------------------------------------

I suggest to do a little ad-lib with the E9 chord variations until you find
something that works and sounds good to you.


Chorus : (heavy guitar sound with distortion)
notation : h - hammer
p - pulloff
b - bend

e---------------------------------|----------------2-------------------------
B---------------------------------|----------------3--2----------------------
G---------------------------------|-------------2--2--2----------------------
D----5h7---7-7-7p5---5--5--5------|-4--4---4----2--4--2----------------------
A----0-----0---------0--0----0--0-|-0--0-0----0-0-----0--0-------------------
E---------------------------------|------------------------------------------

e---------------------------------|----------------2-------------------------
B---------------------------------|----------------3--2--2-------------------
G---------------------------------|-------------2--2--2--2-------------------
D----7---7---7p5-----5-------5----|-4-4-4-4---2-2-----2--2-------------------
A----0---0-0---------0--0-0----0--|-0-0-0-0---0-0-----0--0-------------------
E-----------------3---------------|----------------------0-------------------


e-----------------------------|
B-4-4-4-4---------------------|
G-4-4-4-4----4---4---4---4----|
D-4-4-4-4----4---4---4---4----|
A-2-2-2-2--0---0---0---0------|
E-----------------------------|

let ring
e-----------------------0-------------|--------|-----------------
B-----------------------0---4--2------|--2-----|-----------------
G-----4---4---4----4----1---4--3------|--2-----|-----------------
D-----4---4---4----4----2---4--4------|--2-----|-----------------
A-----------------------2---2--4------|--0-----|--2--------------
E---4---4---4----4------0------2------|------3b|--0--------------
1/2 step
Jimmy plays slide on the solo (I don't, I'm not the best slide player, so if
you can't, just slide to the notes rather than picking each note, it sounds ok
especially if you add a little delay.)

notation : s = slide (e.g. xsy means pick note x and slide from note x to
note y)

e-------------------------|--------|-------------------|---------------------
B-------------------------|--------|------5--7s9--7s9--|--7s2----------------
G----------9--9s13--11s13-|--11s6--|--4-6----7s9--7s9--|--7s2----------------
D---9--11-----------------|--------|-------------------|---------------------
A-------------------------|--------|-------------------|---------------------
E-------------------------|--------|-------------------|---------------------

e---------12---10-12-10---------------|--------------------------------------
B---7s12----------------10s12---10s12-|-10s12s14-------12--------------------
G-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------

e--14s16--10s12-----------------------|--------------------------------------
B----------------10s12---10-8-10------|--10s14-------------------------------
G-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------

e----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------
B-------14-------14------------14--14----|------14-14-14----14---------------
G--------------------------14------------|----------------------------14-----
D--7s14----14-14------5s14--------------7s14-14----------14------12---14-----
A----------------------------------------|-----------------------12----------
E----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------

e----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------
B-------14-------14------------14--14----|------14-14-14----14---------------
G--------------------------14------------|----------------------------14-----
D--7s14----14-14------5s14--------------7s14-14----------14------12---14-----
A----------------------------------------|-----------------------12----------
E----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------

e----------------------------------------|-------------------7---------------
B----------16----16-------------16--16---|------16-16-16--9--7---------------
G-------16----16----16-------16----------|---16-----------9------------------
D--9s16-----------------9s16-----------7s|16---------------------------------
A----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------
E----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------

e----------------------|-----------------------------------|-------|---|----
B--14s17-16-14---------|--14s12s14--14s12s14--12s14--12s14-|12s9s7s|sss|s2--
G------------------14--|-----------------------------------|-----7s|sss|s2--
D---------------14-----|-----------------------------------|-----7s|sss|s2--
A----------------------|-----------------------------------|-------|---|----
E----------------------|-----------------------------------|-------|---|----

Note that on the solo if you aren't playing slide just bar the A
on the 14th fret and the B on the 16th fret with your ring finger. It allows
you to let the notes ring and makes the fingering very easy.

Sometimes I substitute the following A chord and B chords for the
A on the 14th and the B on the 16th respectivley, but still play the same
notes. Obviously you don't do this if you play the solo with a slide.

A B

e-----9-----------11-----------
B-----10----------12-----------
G-----9-----------11-----------
D------------------------------
A------------------------------
E------------------------------


Outro : Distorted, play to the end of the song. After playing the following
part twice, from the third time on mute the strings in between the notes
that are played to get that "chuka" effect.


e-----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------
B------------9-9--|---------------9-9-9-9-------------------------------------
G------------9-9--|----7---7-7----9-9-9-9-------------------------------------
D---9-9------9-11-|--7-7---7-9----9-9-9-9-------------------------------------
A---9-11-----0----|--7-9---0------7-7-7-7-------------------------------------
E-----------------|---------------0-0-0-0-------------------------------------

Now putting it altogether :


And if I say to you tomorrow, take my hand child come with me.

It's to a castle I will take you, Well what's to be they say will be.


Chorus :

Catch the wind, see us spin, sail-away leave the day, way up high in the sky
hey whoa, But the wind won't blow, you really shouldn't go, it only
goes to show, that you will be mine by taking our time. Oooh Ho whoa.

And if you say to me tomorrow, oh what fun it all would be. Then what's to
stop us pretty baby, but what is and what should never be.

Chorus :

Guitar Solo (with verse rhythym guitar and then into the chorus guitar part)

So if you wake up with the sunrise, and all your dreams are still as new,
and happiness is what you need so bad, well girl the answer lies with you yeah

Chorus :

Outro guitar with ad-lib vocals :

Uh, but a the wind wont blow and we really shouldn't go, and it only goes
to show, whoa, whoa whoa. Got the wind gonna see us spin we're gonna
say leave the day. A do be do ba da 'n' do oh. My my my my my yeah.
Everybody I know seems to know me well, but they say I'm gonna move like
hell. Uh baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby ....

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
 
 
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JJ
Average
#1 by JJ at Mar 16, 1983 at 4:15 AM EST
I think it's about when don't know this girl, but you dream about where you'd go with her if you knew her, but you know it shouldn't happen even though you want it too. But if you meet her, and if you really want her, eventually she'll be yours if you take your time.
 
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zach
Wanna Be
#2 by zach lilly at Jul 2, 1985 at 8:41 PM EST
Pretty darn good interpretation by Jas here. It truly is a great song and I will now listen to it a little differently thanks to Jas' intrepretation.
 
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ed
Average
#3 by ed lubecki at Sep 6, 1985 at 11:52 PM EST
crimsonicity>>>kudos for knowing what Lolita is. I am beginning to agree with that idea.
 
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jamie
Lead Player
#4 by jamie soad at Jan 22, 1987 at 4:25 PM EST
wow a song involving a castle and no one tried to pin it on lotr.... thank god
 
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josh
Average
#5 by josh meador at Dec 23, 1989 at 8:58 AM EST
it's a dream world that once again, zeppelin creates their perfect woman and the perfect place to make love to her at, a castle that can only be reached by immagination. or a magic carpet ride.
 
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Jeremy
Rhythm Player
#6 by Jeremy Dosser at Sep 28, 1995 at 3:56 PM EST
Our lives never mirror the dreams that paint our smiles, but that is why we dream, to smile.