From: Les Paul (Zil@Masterpiece.com) To: Guitar@nevada.edu Subject: Four Sticks b = Bend v = Downstroke For the main Riff (get a pen, It's so complex, you'll need to write this down), Jimmy Page uses a guitar on distortion. For the Riff 2, Page uses an acoustic 6 string. And for the part played with the synthesizer, he plays both an acoustic and an electric. ****************************** Four Sticks *********************************** Led Zeppelin IV Main Riff (Repeat as nessecery for verse) e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- b|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- g|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- d|-----------5b-----------5b-----------5b-----------5b----------7-------5---- a|--4--5--7--0---4--5--7--0---4--5--7--0---4--5--7--0---4--5----7-------5---- E|--0--0--0------0--0--0------0--0--0------0--0--0------0--0----5-------3---- e|-----------------------------------------| b|-----------------------------------------| g|-----------------------------------------| d|-----------5b-----------5b----7-------5--| a|--4--5--7--0---4--5--7--0-----7-------5--| E|--0--0--0------0--0--0--------5-------3--| Riff 2 (When the owls cry in the night) e|--------------0---------------0---------------0----------------0--------0-- b|--------------0---------------0---------------0----------------0--------0-- g|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- d|--7--7--7--7------9--9--9--9--------7-----------------------7--------7----- a|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- E|--5--5--5--5------7--7--7--7--------9-----------------------9--------9----- e|--------------0---------------0---------------0----------------0--------0-- b|--------------0---------------0---------------0----------------0--------0-- g|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- d|--7--7--7--7------5--5--5--5--------4-----------------------4--------4----- a|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- E|--5--5--5--5------3--3--3--3--------2-----------------------2--------2----- Riff 3: (guitar played in sync with sythesizer) e|-------------------------------------------------| b|-------------------------------------------------| g|---------------------------5-----7-----9-----11--| d|--9-----7-----5-----9------3-----5-----7-----9---| a|--7-----5-----3-----7----------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------| Lyrics: Oh, baby, it's crying time (Riff 1) Oh, baby, I've got to fly Got to try to find a way Got to try to get away Cause you know I got to get away from you babe Oh, baby, the river's red Ah, baby, in my head There's a funny feeling going on I don't think I can hold out long And when the owls cry in the night (Riff 2) Oh, baby, when the pines begin to cry Baby, baby, how do you feel? If the rivers run dry, baby, how would you feel? (Riff 1) Craze, baby, rainbow's end Oh, baby, it's just a den for those who hide Who hide their love to the depths of life And ruin dreams that we all knew so babe And when the owls cry in the night (Riff 2) Oh, baby, when the pines begin to cry Baby, baby, how do you feel? If the rivers run dry, baby, how would you feel? Ah, baby how do you feel (Riff 3) Oh, brave I endure (Riff 1) Ooh, yeah, strong sheilds of love They can hold the wrath of those who walk And the boots of those who march Baby, through the Roads of Time so long ago (Riff 1) Fade out From "krinks@apk.net"@apk.net Tue Mar 4 16:07:58 1997 Received: from junior.apk.net (junior.apk.net [206.183.12.46]) by draco.bv.sgi.net (951211.SGI.8.6.12.PATCH1042/8.6.5) with ESMTP id QAA27582 for ; Tue, 4 Mar 1997 16:07:58 -0500 Received: from LOCALNAME (pm1-5.lorain.apk.net [207.54.141.44]) by junior.apk.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id QAA09698 for ; Tue, 4 Mar 1997 16:05:07 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199703042105.QAA09698@junior.apk.net> Date: Tue, 04 Mar 1997 16:06:53 -0800 From: "Jeffrey K. Krinks" <"krinks@apk.net"@apk.net> X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02E-KIT (Win95; U; 16bit) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: zeppelin@www.sgi.net Subject: TAB: Four Sticks X-URL: http://www.sgi.net/zeppelin/tab/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Status: RO X-Status: Here is the official way to play Four Sticks as I got it directly from the complete Led Zeppelin IV Tabulature book. FOUR STICKS Words and music by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant The intro/verse riff has three guitars, all standard tuning: guitar 1: -------------------------------- -------------------------------- -------------------------------- --------/2--5b--------/2--5b----- --4--5----------4--5------------ -------------------------------- guitar 2: -------------------------------- -------------------------------- -------------------------------- --6--7--9--------6--7--9-------- --4--5--7--------4--5--7-------- --0--0--0--------0--0--0-------- guitar 3: -------------------------------- -------------------------------- -------------7-------------7---- -------------9-------------9---- -------------7-------------7---- -------------------------------- All of that repeats acouple times with some small ad-lib variations on guitars 1 and 2 with things like slides and vibratos until: guitar 1: let ring -------------------------------- -------------------------------- -------------------------------- --------/2---------------------- --4--5---0-------5\------------------ -------------------------------- guitar 2: -------------------------------- -------------------------------- -------------------------------- --6--7---7-------9\------------- --4--5---7--12---7\------------- ---------5--12------------------ guitar 3: -------------------------------- -------------------------------- -------------------------------- -------------------------------- ------------------10\----------- -0/9-0/10---------10\----------- All of that is played throughout the song besides the chorus, which has three more guitars: Guitar 4 (Acoustic) ----------------2--2--0--2------------------------------ -5--5--2--5--5--3--3--3--3--5--5--2--5--7--7--7--7/9---- -2--2--2--2--2--4--4--4--4--2--2--2--2--4--4--4--4/6---- -2--2--2--2--2--5--5--5--5--2--2--2--2--4--4--4--4/6---- -0--------------------------0--------------------0------ -------------------------------------------------------- Guitar 5: (Acousic) -------------------------------------------------------- -5--------5--5--3--3--0--3--5--5--5--5------------------ -6--------6--6--4--4--4--4--6--6--6--6--/4-----4--4/6--- -7--7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7------------------ -7--7--7--------5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--/2--0--2--2/4--- -5--5--5--------3--3--0--3--5--5--5--5------------------ Guitar 6: (Electric 12-string) ----------------0-------------------------0-------------0--------- ----------------0-------------------------0-------------0--------- ----------------4-------------------------4-------------4--------- ----------------5-------------------------5-------------5--------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ Those 3 guitar parts are a bit different during the lyrics, but the lyrics basically drown them out, the part I posted was the part between the lyrics. If you want the part during the lyrics, e-mail me. And the last guitar parts, guitars 4 and 5 play during the synthesiser, goes like this: --------------------------0--0--0--0--0--0--0------------------- --------------------------0--0--0--0--7--7--7--------------7---- --4--2--0--2--4--6--8--9--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--------------8---- --5--4--2--4--5--7--9--7--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--7--7--7--7--9---- --------------------------0--0--0--0--0--0--0------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- There are some not to important parts that I left out that aren't really even heard, any questions, comments, or song requests, e-mail krinks@aok.net - John - .