Led Zeppelin › Gallows Pole Guitar Tab

		
		Ver 1 Ver 2 Ver 3 
	

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Gallows Pole Tab

Send "Gallows Pole" Ringtone to your Cell Phone


Standard Tuning

  Intro riff (ad lib)
E|--------0--0-0--|
B|--202-221--1-113|
G|--000-000--0-0--|
D|--222-222-----24|
A|0---------------|
E|----------------|
                                                     2/4 time
E|0-003-332-223-33|0-002-223-3--33-|0-003-332-223-33|3-332-22|
B|2-220-003-330-00|2-223-330-0--00-|2-220-003-330-00|0-003-33|
G|2-220-002-220-00|2-222-220-0--00-|2-220-002-220-00|0-002-22|
D|2-220-000-000-00|2-220-000-0--00-|2-220-000-000-00|0-000-00|
A|0-002-22----2-22|0-00----2-2--22-|0-002-22----2-22|2-22----|
E|----3-33----3-33|--------3-3--33-|----3-33----3-33|3-33----|
  Hangman, hangman, hold it a little while.....

  Main riff
E|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|--------22222222|
D|--2---2-22222222|
A|--0---0-00000000|
E|3---3-----------|
          lightly mute


 Another part      2/4 time
E|----------------|0---2---|
B|----------------|1---3---|
G|--------222-2-2-|0---2---|
D|--2---2-222-2-2-|2---0---|
A|--0---0-000-0-0-|3-------|
E|3---3-----------|--------|
          Yes I've brought you.....

E|3---2-----------|
B|0---3-----------|
G|0---2-----2---2-|
D|0---0-----2---2-|
A|2---------0---0-|
E|3-------3---3---|
  Swingin' on the gallows pole......

 
Guitar Solo
      ~~~~~~                    ~~~
E|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
B|----)-----------17----)--|-------------------------------)---------------|
G|--16----------------16---|--14---------------------14--16---16--14-------|
D|-------------------------|-----------------14--16-------------------16---|
A|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|

      ~~
E|--------------------------------------------------|------------------------
B|----------------)---------------------------------|----)-------------------
G|--14------14--16---14-----------------14--16--14--|--16---16---------------
D|-----------------------------14^16----------------|------------------------
A|--------------------------------------------------|------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------|------------------------

E|--------------------|--------------------------------------|---------------
B|--------------------|--------)--------------)-----)-----)--|---------------
G|---------14--16^14--|--14--16-----16--14--16----16----16---|--16--14-------
D|--14^16-------------|--------------------------------------|-----------16--
A|--------------------|--------------------------------------|---------------
E|--------------------|--------------------------------------|---------------

              ~~
E|--------------------------------14----|----17^14------14-------------------
B|-------------------------)--14------17^14---------17------17--14-----------
G|--16------14----16--14-16-------------|---------------------------17--16--X
D|------16------------------------------|------------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------

E|-----------------------|----------------------------------)--------)---|
B|-----------)-----------|--------------------------------20-------20----|
G|--14--14-16----16--14--|--16------14--16-----16------------------------|
D|-----------------------|------16---------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------------|

                                                                     ~~~~
E|----)-----)--------------------------|-------------------------------------
B|--20----20----20--17-----------------|-------------------)-----------------
G|----------------------18\------------|--------------14-16----16--14--(14)\-
D|-------------------------------------|------14--16-------------------------
A|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------

                                      ~~
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------
G|--17--17--17--17--16--14------16--------14---16--14--14--14--|--16--16--14-
D|--------------------------16------16-------------------------|-------------
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------

E|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------
B|--------20--19--17------19--17----------|----------------------------)-----
G|-14-----------------17----------17--16--|--------------------------19------
D|----------------------------------------|----19--17-----------/19----------
A|----------------------------------------|------------19--17\16-------------
E|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------

                            ~~~
E|----------|-----------------------------------------|----------------------
B|----------|----)------------------------------------|--------------------17
G|--17--19--|--19-----18------------------------------|--17------------------
D|----------|-------------19-------19^17------17--19--|------19^17--19-------
A|----------|-----------------------------19----------|----------------------
E|----------|-----------------------------------------|----------------------

                                 ~~~
E|------|------------------------------------------------|------------------|
B|---)--|----------------)------------------17--17----)--|------17-----)----|
G|-19---|--------------16------14-------------------16---|-----------16---16|
D|------|------------------------------------------------|------------------|
A|------|------------------------------------------------|------------------|
E|------|------------------------------------------------|------------------|

                                                      ~~
E|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|--17----)--------17--15------------|
G|--14------14-------------------14-----|------16---14----------------------|
D|------16------16^14-------/16---------|-----------------------------------|
A|---------------------16^14------------|-----------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

                                                                   ~~
E|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------
B|--19--------20-19-17-----19-17--------|------------------------------------
G|----------------------17-------17-16--|-----14----------------/14----------
D|--------------------------------------|---------17--14-----------------/-16
A|--------------------------------------|-----------------18\16--------------
E|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------

                                                            ~~
E|-----------|------------------------)------|----)--------------------------
B|--------)--|----------------------17-------|--17----16--14-------14------)-
G|--14--16---|--14--16---14---16-------------|------------------------14-16--
D|-----------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------
A|-----------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------
E|-----------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------

                            ~~
E|------------|----------------------|------------------------------------|
B|------------|----------------------|-----------------)--------)-----19--|
G|----14--16--|-----14-16-14----16---|------------17-19-------19----------|
D|------------/16--------------------|-------19---------------------------|
A|------------|----------------------|------------------------------------|
E|------------|----------------------|------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------|-------X---)-----------
G|--20--19--17----------------14--16^14------14--16--|--14-----16-----14-----
D|----------------19-----/16-------------16----------|-----------------------
A|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------
E|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------

E|----------------------------|---------------------------------------------
B|----20--19--17------19--17--|---------------------------------------------
G|----------------17----------|-----17--16--14---------------------------14-
D|----------------------------|-----------------17--14-------------14-------
A|----------------------------|-------------------------17--16--------16----
E|----------------------------|---------------------------------------------

E|---------|------------------------------17^14------14-----------------|----
B|------)--|--14---------------------------------17------17--14---------|----
G|-16-16---|------14--16--14--16^14--14--------------------------17--16-|--14
D|---------|------------------------------------------------------------|----
A|---------|------------------------------------------------------------|----
E|---------|------------------------------------------------------------|----

E|--------------------------------14--14--14--14------14--14--|----------
B|---------------------------)----14--14----------)---14------|---17^14--
G|------16------14--16--14-16-------------------16------------|----------
D|--16------16------------------------------------------------|----------
A|------------------------------------------------------------|----------
E|------------------------------------------------------------|----------

                               ~~~                               ~~~
E|--------------------------------------------|------)----------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|----10------8---10--------0--|
G|--16-^-14------16----------14-----14\-------|-----------------------------|
D|-----------16------16--16-------------------|-----------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|

                            ~~~
E|---------------------------------|--------------------10^7-----------------
B|--10^9------9--10--12-9^10-------|---8^7-----7--8--0--------8^7------------
G|--------11-----------------------|--------9----------------------9--7--6---
D|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------7
A|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------

                                                                    fade out
E|-------|---------------------------------|----------------------)----------
B|-------|------------------------------)--|-----------------10-12-----10--12
G|--7^6--|--7^6---------------------7--5---|------------/11------------------
D|-------|-------7--5----------------------|-7----7--------------------------
A|-------|-------------7--5--4-------------|---------------------------------
E|-------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------

Gallows Pole Tab

Send "Gallows Pole" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

Source: http://www.guitarmasta.net/l/led_zeppelin/337600.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Tom Average	#1 by Tom Gregory at May 27, 2006 at 10:05 AM EST
	thats sort of a sick song! Oh well it sounds pretty cool

No Picture birdman Average	#2 by birdman ethdh at Aug 27, 2006 at 1:50 AM EST
	personally, i think that gallows pole is an excellent song! its one of the songs which first got me interested in led zeppelin! led zep 3 is possibly the best led zeppelin albums ever to be made!

No Picture Vinnie Rhythm Player	#3 by Vinnie Valium at Sep 23, 2006 at 2:15 AM EST
	Every time I listen to this I think it's set along time ago in europe and it's preety much an illustrative song if you know the lyrics you almost visualize like a movie in your head it's almost dissapointing that you can't know more like how he got into the position he's in. It's a good acoustic song but I think it's more about the lyrics than most anything else.

No Picture GRIM Professional	#4 by GRIM at Dec 30, 2006 at 1:08 AM EST
	The song is based on Leadbelly's version (via Fred Gerlach) of a song that used to be widespread in the English-speaking world. They changed the ending, which in Leadbelly's was left open. Child collected texts of the song under the name "Maid Freed from the Gallows". http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/child/ch095.htm A MIDI can be found here: http://www.contemplator.com/child/briery.html A really fun English take on it is Spiers & Boden's: http://www.squeezy.fsnet.co.uk/spiers_boden/sounds.html

No Picture Dillon Rhythm Player	#5 by Dillon H. at Feb 13, 2007 at 8:57 PM EST
	look, ive read all your "definitions"..... its about the meaning of the song, not the origin, and analysing every detail, just listen to it, theres this guy about to be hung, desperate to survive, and he tries everything to save himself including whoring his sister (Whether intentional or not)... and the guy still hangs him, its about life, its about the struggle to survive, there are people out there doing it tough, trying to get themselves out of shit day by day, but theres always a guy above them pulling them by the chain...... thats what the song is about, so yeh, in summary. a song about betrayal, and the human will to survive... thinking about that just reminded me of the song by the verve "bitter sweet symphony"... 'try to make ends meet try to make some money then you die'........

No Picture cody Rhythm Player	#6 by cody watts at Mar 25, 2007 at 8:36 AM EST
	Speedbump is right this is an old blues song wtf ? do you guys think the british are the only ones who used to hang people? old british song my ass