Led Zeppelin › When The Levee Breaks Guitar Tab

		
		Ver 1 Ver 2 Ver 3 
	

IV Tabs:

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When The Levee Breaks Tab

Send "When The Levee Breaks" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

Open G Tuning (C,F,C,F,A,C)


Intro (:07)
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----------0---0-0---------3p0-----5-5----|
-3p0-0-0—-0---0-0—3p0—-0—-3p0—-0—-5-5----|
-3p0-0-0—-0---0-0—3p0—-0—-3p0—-0—-5------|
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(:20) and (3:05)                              [play 3x]
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-----------0---0-0-3p0-0---0-0---------0-0----------0-5-|
-----0---0-0-0-----3p0-0-0---------0-0-0-0—-3p0-0-3-0-5-|
-3p0-0---0---------------------3p0-0-0-0----3p0-0-3-0-5-|
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Play this  3x
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------0-----0---0-0---3p0-----3p0—-0---0-5-5--|
--3p0-0—-0—-0---0-0---3p0—-0—-3p0—-0---0-5----|
--3p0-0—-0—-0---------3p0—-0—-3p0—-0---0-5----|
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(1:08, 3:50) It sounds a lot better if you use a slide
for the beginning of this part (2X)
-/8-8-8-8-8-8-8—-8/10-10-10-10-0-0---5-3---5-0---5-3--5-0-|
-/8-8-8-8-8-8-8—-8/10-10-10-10-0-0---5-3---5-0---5-3--5-0-|
-/8-8-8-8-8-8-8—-8/10-10-10-10-0-0---5-3---5-0---5-3—-5-0-|
-/8-8-8-8-8-8-8—-8/10-10-10-10-------5-3---5-0---5-3—-5-0-|
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Bridge (2:25)
---0----12-12-----0---7-7------0---5-5---7-10-12--|
---0----12-12-----0---7-7------0---5-5---7-10-12--|
---0----12-12-----0---7-7------0---5-5---7-10-12--|
-------------------------------------------10-12--|
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During the same part (2nd Time)
-12---12/10------12~~~---7/5----7~~~~--5/3----5-7-10-12-|
-------------12---------------7------------5------------|
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During “Ahh………Ahh………Ahh”
-12/10-----17~~~-12/10----------12/10-----17—15-15-15/17~~|
-------12--------------12/10~~~--------12-----------------|
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That’s pretty much all of the riffs in this song, and
there’s some solo playing in the back during the outro.

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When The Levee Breaks Tab

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture stephen Average	#1 by stephen warunki at Dec 21, 2006 at 9:32 AM EST
	I have one thing in common (as many of us do these days) with Memphis Minnie, Kansas Joe, and other authentic blues players, and that is being authentically unemployed. So yesterday morning at 5 a.m., right before going to sleep, I watched a documentary on the History Channel about the history of the MS River. They were mentioning the great floods along the river in 1927 and the levees breaking and I wondered if this inspired the writing of this song. Shernuff, it did. I knew this as soon as I saw that Kansas Joe recorded this in 1929, and it is likely that the song was written in 1927 by Memphis Minnie, same year as the flooding. So to put all of the speculation on the song's origin to rest once and for all: http://www.mrjumbo.com/contents/delta99/3delta/1friars/levee.html If there are any more posts as to the meaning/origin of this song, I kill ya. If anyone disagrees with me about this, I kill ya. And most of all, if you don't remember the psycho recruit in Bill Murray's "Stripes", I kill ya.

No Picture Badass	#2 by guess wha' i suck at Dec 22, 2006 at 9:45 PM EST
	When ever I listin to this song... I have to urge to drum to it where ever I am or when ever! awesome song... Zepp's the best :)

No Picture nathan Average	#3 by nathan skidmore at Jan 22, 2007 at 1:09 PM EST
	i love this song. Bonzo's drumming is just amazin and Jimmy Page is master of the riffs as usual.