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From: ceh1@acpub.duke.edu (Charles Eric Horowitz)
Nobody's Fault But Mine
by Led Zeppelin
The intro is double-tracked and played in two octaves.
Its also heavily flanged. Here's the lower octave:
e---------------------------------------------------------------------------
b--3p0-0-3p0-0-3-3^5--3p0-0-3p0-0---------3p0-0-3-3^5-3-0-------------------
g----------------------------------0-2^4------------------2-0---------------
d---------------------------------------------------------------------------
a---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------
e---------------------------------------------------------------------------
b---------------------------------------------------------------------------
g-2p1-1-2p1-1-2-2^4^2p1--2--------------------------------------------------
d------------------------2--------------------------------------------------
a------------------------1--------------------------------------------------
E------------------------0--------------------------------------------------
And the intro riff to the lyrics part:
e---------------------------------------------------------------------------
b---------------------------------------------------------------------------
g---------------------------------------------2-----------------------------
d--2p0-0--------------2-----9\7-7-7\4-4-------2-----------------------------
a---------2p0-0-------2-----7\5-5-5\2-2-------0-----------------------------
E----------------3^4--0------------------3^4--------------------------------
And the main rythym:
e---------------------------------------------------------------------------
b---------------------------9--9---------------------9-9-9-10-9-10-9--------
g--7--------7---------------9--9---7------7----------9-9-9-9--9-9--9--------
d--0--7--7--0--7--7---------9--9---0-7-7--0--7-------9-9-9-11-9-11-9--------
a-----0--0-----0--0---5--7--7--7-----0-0-----0--10h11-----------------------
E------------------------0-----0--------------------------------------------
and the ascending chords at the end of each bar(?)
e---------------------------------------------------------------------------
b---------------------------------------------------------------------------
g---------------------------------------------------------------------------
d--2-2--4-4--5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------------------------------
a--2-2--4-4--5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------------------------------
E--0-0--2-2--3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------------------------------
The solo's kind of tough and I really dont remember it.
Heres the ending sequence of the song:
e---------------------------------------------------------------------------
b---------------------------------------------------------------------------
g---------------------------------------------------------------------------
d-------------------------------------------2-2-2---------------------------
a-14\12-12-12-12\9-9-9-9-9\7-7-7-7-7\5------2-2-2---------------------------
E-12\10-10-10-10\7-7-7-7-7\5-5-5-5-5\3-3^4--0-0-0---------------------------
Enjoy!
CHUCK
Nobody's Fault But Mine
by Page and Plant
Unledded
tabbed by Craig Knowles
D-----------------------------------------------------------------]
A-----------------------------------------------------------------]
F-2-2-2-2---2-0-0-0-0----2-2-2-2-------------------------2--------]
C-2-2-2-2---2------------2-2-2-2------------------2------0---2----]
G-0-0-0-0---0------------0-0-0-0------------------0--0-3---3-0----]
D---------3----------------------3--0-----3-2-0-2-------------3-0-]
D---------]
A---------]
F---------]
C-----2---]
G-----0---]
D-0-3-----]
Well that's basically it. The next couple of times through thereis a few percussive notes here and there, most notably 1 percussivenote in place of F-----0-0-0-0-; play a heavy ---
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I'll check the original notes when I go home and post anycorrections if need be. Otherwise, this is the way she is folks.
Only a few conditions regarding this post:
(1) learn the riff
(2) play it everywhere
(3) show others how to play it
(4) enjoy the music
(5) tell everyone it was written by Jimmy Page
"....I'm so happy, I wanna join the band, we're gonna sing and dance in celebration, 'cause we're in the Promised Land...."
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Devin Average |
#1 by Devin Moreno at Sep 27, 2007 at 1:17 AM EST |
| Another great song. Grateful Dead did it too. I think the BlackCrowes also. Where did it come from? Lyrics are by Blind Willie Johnson from 1928. | |
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Aaron Wanna Be |
#2 by Aaron Frederick at Sep 28, 2007 at 10:41 AM EST |
| These are the lyrics to the song this is "stolen" from...Blind Willie Johnson's "It's Nobody's Fault But Mine" -- recorded on Dec 3, 1927 in Dallas, Texas. Nobody's fault but mine, nobody's fault but mine. If I don't read it my soul be lost. I have a Bible in my home, I have a Bible in my home. If I don't read it my soul be lost. Mmm, Father he taught me how to read, Father he taught me how to read. If I don't read it my soul be lost, nobody's fault but mine. Ah, Lord, Lord, nobody's fault but mine. If I don't read it my soul be lost. Ah, I have a Bible of my own, I have a Bible of my own. If I don't read it my soul be lost. Oh, Mother she taught me how to read, Mother she taught me how to read. If I don't read it my soul be lost, nobody's fault but mine. Ah, Lord, Lord, nobody's fault but mine. If I don't read it my soul be lost. And Sister she taught me how to read, Sister she taught me how to read. If I don't read it my soul be lost, nobody's fault but mine. Ah, mmmm, Lord, Lord, nobody's fault but mine. If I don't read it my soul'd be lost, mmmm. | |
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Flash Average |
#3 by Flash Jaxon at Sep 30, 2007 at 3:51 AM EST |
| Adman and roadrunner are fucktards, and i personally feel that this song is a rendition of Zep at there best. | |
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Randy Lead Player |
#4 by Randy Lott at Oct 7, 2007 at 12:59 PM EST |
| i love the blues | |
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†§ean† Average |
#5 by †§ean† at Oct 7, 2007 at 10:25 PM EST |
| This song live at Knebworth on the 4th August 1979 is really quite amazing, Page's riff at the start and Plant come's in sounding rather hungover, and then Bonham is the one man wrecking ball, and just livens it up, Jonesy is just playing that crunchy bass line all through | |
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kyle Professional |
#6 by kyle mcdonough at Oct 12, 2007 at 7:00 AM EST |
| I didnt know that this was yet another uncredited Zeppelin cover. Either way, this song is the best of Presence and one of my favourite Zep songs. The live version on the DVD in 1979 is an absolute killer. Hard not to be seduced by those crunching riffs. Oh yea, as to the "satanic messages", if you play it backwards it simulataneously predicts events in the future such as September 11, is a lengthy prayer to the lord almighty and also reveals that Jimmy Page was on a lot of drugs when he was recording this album. | |
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ryan Average |
#7 by ryan oh at Oct 14, 2007 at 3:08 PM EST |
| BTW...I simply means that we are solely responsible for our sins and we will have to answer to God. We can't blame them on anyone else...Plant's version seems a bit sarcastic to me...he is hardly a "street preacher." | |