The Rover
Led Zeppelin
Physical Graffiti [Disc 1]
Transcribed by: Jesse Kennedy
Comments:
This tab is mostly correct, might be a few errors so
if you have any suggestions just comment the tab
[please dont comment saying i have a slide in
the wrong place or i left out a vibrato(and there
are vibrato's that i haven't included) because if
you can play stuff like this, then you can figure
it out on your own]
Page plays this solo within the E Major scale.
Sorry, the tabbing looks sloppy, i shouldnt have
used powertab to tab it out.
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-----------9-11\------------------------|
|------9h11------------------7-9-9S11----|
|-9h11-------------------7-9-------------|
|-------------------/7S9-----------------|
|---------------------------------------9---------------|
|---------------------9h10p9----9-10-12----12-10b12r====|
|---------------9-11---------11-------------------------|
|-9h11p9-7-9S11-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-9-----------------------------9h10p9-------|
|---11-9------9-11-11------9-11--------11----|
|--------9h11---------9h11-------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|---------9------------------------------------------|
|-9-10-12---12-9h10p9-----9--------------------------|
|----------------------11---11p9-x-11p9-9------------|
|------------------------------------------11-9S7----|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------9-9-9-9------9-9-9-9----|
|-9p7-x-7-7h9-9S11---------9S11------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------14-------------17---------------17----|
|--------------------14-----17b19r17-14----17pb19r17-14--------|
|------9-9-9-9-16b18-------------------------------------------|
|-9S11---------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------17--------------17--------------------------------|
|-17pb19r17-14----17pb19r17-14----17pb19r17-14-14----------------|
|-------------------------------------------------16-14----------|
|-------------------------------------------------------16-14----|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
hope this was of some help. great song. if i get around to it, i will tab out the rest of the song.
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Dylan Rhythm Player |
#1 by Dylan Fitzgerald at Sep 29, 2007 at 11:01 AM EST |
| does this song sound like it has a southern rock type sound to it a little bit to anyone else? cuz i think it does. | |
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Marks Average |
#2 by Marks at Sep 30, 2007 at 4:01 AM EST |
| I've always loved the guitar in this song. From the spastic beginning, to the slurred verse, i may like the guitar here better than on any other zeppelin song. | |
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kewl Wanna Be |
#3 by kewl dude at Sep 30, 2007 at 7:41 PM EST |
| ramblin' indeed | |
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Cicely aka Icic Badass |
#4 by Cicely aka Icicles and CSkank Shankle (if u stalk me i will shoot you.) at Oct 3, 2007 at 12:53 AM EST |
| ^^^^ a "Rover" is something that wanders, so that would make sense. Especially the first verse. | |
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SLIPKNOT FUCING Rhythm Player |
#5 by SLIPKNOT FUCING RULES!!!! v at Oct 6, 2007 at 5:29 AM EST |
| ok so its established that the guitar quality in this song is great, but listen carefally to the bass in the chorus and at the start of the song where it plays the same chords of the chorus. it slides up from E im guessing by what i hear to i think A. anyways to the point. its sounds fucking incredible!!! | |
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zach Wanna Be |
#6 by zach miles at Oct 8, 2007 at 7:05 PM EST |
| I think its about the women he meets all the time and gets high with, but he doesn't really connect with any of them. (You know... new girl every night kind of thing I'm sure Plant had). Stuff like "our time is flying", "sometimes i roll it", the "dark side of the moon" thing, all drug references saying they get high together... but still he just wished they could "just join hands..." Some of the imagery I feel like is just some garbled trippy imagery. My favorite line in the whole thing is definitley "I know to trip is just to fall." Trip in the sense of a drug trip. | |
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dylan Average |
#7 by dylan markus at Oct 10, 2007 at 5:54 AM EST |
| oh its about...many different things. | |
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nathan Average |
#8 by nathan skidmore at Oct 13, 2007 at 3:50 PM EST |
| This song has such an amazing guitar solo. One of my favourite lesser known Zeppelin songs. | |
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