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DADGAD (low to high) Tuning
Main Riff 1
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|--2---2---2------2---2---2-------3---3---3------3---3---3-------------------
D|--0---0---0------0---0---0-------0---0---0------0---0---0-------------------
A|--5---5---5------5---5---5-------5---5---5------5---5---5-------------------
D|-----------------------------0------------------------------0---------------
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|--4---4---4------4---4---4-------5---5---5------5---5---5------------------
D|--0---0---0------0---0---0-------0---0---0------0---0---0------------------
A|--5---5---5------5---5---5-------5---5---5------5---5---5------------------
D|-----------------------------0------------------------------0--------------
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|--7---7---7------2---2---2-------3---3---3---------------------------------
D|--0---0---0------0---0---0-------0---0---0---repeat------------------------
A|--5---5---5------5---5---5-------5---5---5---------------------------------
D|-----------------------------0---------------------------------------------
Riff 2
D|--12---12---10---10----7----7----5----5----3----3-------------------------
A|---0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0-------------------------
G|--12---11---10----9----7----6----5----4----3---2--------------------------
D|---0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----3-2-0----------------
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|--12---12---10---10----7----7----5----5----3---3--------------------------
A|---0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0---0--------------------------
G|--12---11---10----9----7----6----5----4----3---2--------------------------
D|---0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0---0----3-2-0-----------------
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
When you go back to the Main Riff start here and then proceed as
usual.
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|--3---3---3------3---3---3------4---4---4------4---4---4------------------
D|--0---0---0------0---0---0------0---0---0------0---0---0------------------
A|--5---5---5------5---5---5------5---5---5------5---5---5------------------
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|--5---5---5------5---5---5------7---7---7------2---2---2------------------
D|--0---0---0------0---0---0------0---0---0------0---0---0----etc.----------
A|--5---5---5------5---5---5------5---5---5------5---5---5------------------
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Interlude 1-After Riff 2
D|--12---12---10---10----7----7----5----5----3----3-------------------------
A|---0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0-------------------------
G|--12---11---10----9----7----6----5----4----3----2-------------------------
D|---0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----3-2-0------0---------
A|-------------------------------------------------------------0-2----------
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|--2------2---2---11\-2-----------2------2---2---11\-2-----3-2-0-----0-----
A|--0------0---0---12\-0-----------0------0---0---12\-0-----------0-2-------
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|--2------2---2---11\-2-----------2------2---2---11\-2----3-2-0-----0------
A|--0------0---0---12\-0-----------0------0---0---12\-0-----------0-2-------
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Repeat
Back to Riff 2
Interlude 2-After Riff 2
Interlude 2 is two chords that are alternated in this section
of the song.
D|--12---12---10---10----7----7----5----5----3---3--------------------------
A|---0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0---0--------------------------
G|--12---11---10----9----7----6----5----4----3---2--------------------------
D|---0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0---0-----3-2-0----------------
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|--5---------------------------7-------------------------------------------
A|--5---------------------------7-------------------------------------------
G|--7---------------------------9-------------------------------------------
D|--5---------------------------7-------------------------------------------
A|--5---------------------------7-------------------------------------------
D|--5---------------------------7-------------------------------------------
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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KELSO Wanna Be |
#1 by KELSO Is a COOL kid at Jan 14, 2007 at 1:47 AM EST |
| another thing that goes to show that the song was written about experiences in North Africa, especially Morocco, is the line that says "With no provision but an open face, along the straits of fear" where the 'Straits of Fear' are a reference to the Strait of Gibraltar, which is the area that separates Morocco from Spain and connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea. | |
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metal-cat Average |
#2 by metal-cat stepheria at Jan 15, 2007 at 1:51 PM EST |
| My Dad is a BIG Zeppelin fan, and i have to say that some of it has worn off on me. This is one of my favorite songs, it's best listened to in the rain, or in a car-ride. I guess it reminds me of alot of things that i've seen people i've met. It's about impressions, and how you can change the world with them. Kiss the flowers while they are alive. | |
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julius Average |
#3 by julius vaisanen at Jan 23, 2007 at 2:27 AM EST |
| I think among other things that this song could mean discrimination of some sort is maybe the subject for if not the whole song then at least for the first few stanzas. It doesn't nessesarily have to be discrimination against blacks although it could be. It could also be discrimination based on certain social status's. That's my spin. This was the one song that stood out the most to me when i listened to Zeppelin III for the first time. Recently listening to it again, the lyrics spoke to me in the way i just said. I can just see Plant as a young boy, carefree, friends with a little black kid. And then being told by certain authorities that it is not ok for him to hang out with him. This song is a beautiful way to capture that confusion that i would imagine a young child might feel having to go through something like that | |
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Zach Wanna Be |
#4 by Zach Pain at Feb 21, 2007 at 11:09 AM EST |
| This song is a discussion of things that should be or we wish could be different/changed. The song addresses discrimination( I cant play with you no more), capitalism(all the fish lie in dirty water dying), the sixties movement (hippies and african americans), death (all that lives is born to die)and the helplessness that individuals feel in regards to their own efforts (nothing really matter) | |
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Chris Rhythm Player |
#5 by Chris Marcoux at Feb 22, 2007 at 5:48 AM EST |
| ...Holy crap. I've heard this song so many times, but for some reason I never stopped to listen. I'm listening to How the West was Won (I'm on Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp right now), and I came here to get the lyrics. Holy... wow. | |
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Kenny Lead Player |
#6 by Kenny Berg at Apr 5, 2007 at 7:25 PM EST |
| there's a rage against the machine song that sounds a lot like tihs called wake up... | |
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massie Professional Badass |
#7 by massie at May 14, 2007 at 7:22 PM EST |
| I agree with the knowledge that this song is partially based on the travels of the band but there is definatly internal factor relating with kasmir , such of the fact that kashmir is a tranquil beauty scape between two countries ( pakistan, India) that have been fighting for hundred of years. The song relates to the temporary state of conciousness reached through drugs, simulating the beauty, the calmness and the clarity of such a zone, and how depression , confusion and anxiety will surround it at all times. | |
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Lamb Of God Wor Average |
#8 by Lamb Of God Worshiper at Aug 16, 2007 at 4:06 AM EST |
| I cried the first time I heard this. The line about the fish dying somehow got me and it still makes my heart miss a beat. Beautiful song. | |
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Austin Rhythm Player |
#9 by Austin at Aug 28, 2007 at 1:48 AM EST |
| I think this song is a combination of a lot of things. The music definitely makes it a "Zepic" - one of those 8-minute multi-part songs that Zeppelin is famous for (ie, "Stairway To Heaven"). If the band said it's about their travels, looking for musical inspiration, I believe it - but I don't think it's the only factor. The lyrics are clearly about some sort of journey - "of both time and space" - of self-discovery, of discovery of the world, or whatever. However, rash_powder is right, Page was a huge fan of Tolkien's, as made obvious by songs like "Ramble On". I think there are subtle elements of that in the lyrics too - "I sit with elders of a gentle race", "All will be revealed" - The Silmarillion definitely does contain the sort of imagination Zeppelin strove for in their music. Also, I'm sure they took all manner of drugs when writing these sorts of pseudo-wise, tripped-out epics...and Page was known to be heavily into the occult, and the journey he makes in this song almost sounds like a darkly spiritual drug-induced headtrip. All in all it's a classic | |
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