Received: from wpoff.monm.edu (wpoff.monm.edu [192.217.97.5]) by post-office.nevada.edu (8.6.4/8.6.4) with SMTP id NAA08510 for ; Thu, 3 Mar 1994 13:58:44 -0800 From: 35149@wpoff.monm.edu Received: from MonCol-Message_Server by wpoff.monm.edu with WordPerfect_Office; Thu, 03 Mar 1994 15:51:02 -0600 Message-Id: X-Mailer: WordPerfect Office 4.0 Date: Thu, 03 Mar 1994 15:55:12 -0600 To: jamesb@nevada.edu Subject: Led Zeppelin - "Ramble On" - TAB ------------------- RAMBLE.TAB follows -------------------- "Ramble On" by Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II Transcribed by Bryan Steele (thanks to Dave Whitehill for his help) Questions, Comment, Corrections: ------------------------------- 35149@wpoff.monm.edu (school) bsteele@heartland.bradley.edu (otherwise) The main acoustic riff is Riff.1. This is the basic feel for the riff and you can add your own variations to make it sound more full. The chord changes are E(E5), E7sus4, Esus2 | A, Asus4, A, A9. Riff.1 E-|---------------0----------|-----0----------------------0-------------------| B-|--9---------0--0----------|--5--5----5--5--5--5--5--5--5--------0----------| G-|--9---9--9--7--9----------|--6--6h7--7--7--7--7--7--7--6--6--6--6----------| D-|--9---9--9--7--7---0--0---|--7--7----7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--5--7-------| A-|--7---7--7--7--9---0--0---|--0--0----0-----0--0--0--0--------0-----7-------| E-|---------0------------0---|----------------------------------------0-------| Riff.1 E-|--------------0---------0--------------|----0------------------------------| B-|--------9--9--0---------0--------------|----5----5-5-5---5---5--5--5----5--| G-|--7/9---9--9--7--7-7----9--9-9-9-------|-6--6h7--7-7-7-7-6h7-7--7--6h7--7--| D-|--------9--9--7--7-7-7--7--7-7-7--0--0-|-7--7----7-7-7-7-7---7--7--7----7--| A-|--9/11--7--7--7---------9---------0--0-|-0-----------0---0---0--0--0----0--| E-|-----------0-------------------------0-|-----------------------------------| Riff.2 (electric) is a clean electric fill during the lyrics, "Ah, sometimes I grow so tired, but I know one thing I've got to do!" Riff.2 (acoustic) is the acoustic part played behind Riff.2 (electric). The chord pattern is E, F#m7, G#m7 | A, F#m7, E. Riff.2 (electric) E-|-0---0-----0------------|-------------0---0---------|-0--------0-----------| B-|-0----0-0--0---0-0----0-|-0----0--0---0-0---0-------|---------0--0--0-0---0| G-|-11-----9--9-----9h11---|-7p6-----6p4---------------|b11(13)p9---9----9h11-| D-|------------------------|---------------------7p6---|----------------------| A-|------------------------|-------------------------7-|----------------------| E-|------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------| ^play this measure the ^ extra addition to first time -- goto the measure one to give end measure after that the bend in the riff Riff.2 (acoustic) E-|-4---------------------------|--0----------------0-------------------------| B-|----------2------7-----------|--5-----------2----0-------------------------| G-|-1--------2------4--4--4-----|--6-----------2----1-------------------------| D-|----------2------4--4--4--0--|--7--7--------2----2-------------------------| A-|-2--2-----4------6--6--------|--0--0-0--7---4----2-------------------------| E-|-0-----0--2--0---4-----------|----------0---2----0-------------------------| These two riffs go on top of each other to make the sound more full. These start at "Ramble on, now's the time, the time is now. Sing my song..." Riff.3 (electric) E-|--------------------|-----------------------------2---2--3-----------------| B-|-9------------------|--3/5-----5--5\3---3--3------3---3--3-----------------| G-|-9--9--9--7--9\-----|-------------------------0-------2--------------------| D-|-9--9--9--7--7\-----|--5/7--------7\5------5--0----------------------------| A-|-7--7--7--7--9\-----|------------------------------------------------------| E-|--------------------|------------------------------------------------------| Riff.3 (acoustic) E-|--------------------|-------0----------0---0----------2--3-----------------| B-|--------------------|----5--5--5--5\3--3---3----------3--3-----------------| G-|-9--9--9--7--9\-----|-------0--0-------0---0--0-0-----2--0-----------------| D-|-9--9--9--7--7\-----|----7--------7\5---------0-0-----0--------------------| A-|-7--------7--9\-----|------------------------------------------------------| E-|--------------------|------------------------------------------------------| These riffs are for the first solo. They harmonize quite nicely. Solo.1 (gtr1) E-|---------|-----------------------------12----------------------------------| B-|-15------|-15p14h15--15p14h15-15p14h15-----15-14-15------------------------| G-|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D-|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A-|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E-|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------------| Solo.1 (gtr2) E-|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B-|-12------|-12p10h12--12p10h10-12p10h12-14--12-10-12------------------------| G-|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D-|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A-|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E-|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------------| Here is the second harmonized solo. Solo.2 (gtr1) E-|-12-------------12-------------12------|-12--------------------------------| B-|---15-14-12-------15-14-12-------15-14-|---15-14-12----12-14--12-14--12-14-| G-|------------14-------------14----------|------------14---------------------| D-|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| A-|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| E-|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| Solo.2 (gtr2) E-|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| B-|-14p12---------14p12---------14p12---|-14p12-------------------------------| G-|------14p11---------14p11---------14-|------14p11----11-14--11-14--11-14---| D-|-----------14------------14----------|-----------14------------------------| A-|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| E-|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| This riff starts at the end of the second harmonized solo. The first acoustic riff (Riff.1) is played behind Riff.4. Riff.4 (electric) E-|------------------------------|--------------------------------------------| B-|------------------------------|--------------------------------------------| G-|--------9--9--9---------------|------9-9--9--7---7-7-7---------------------| D-|------9-9--9--9-------9-9-----|-9h11-----11--7h9-----9--6-7----------------| A-|-9h11-----11--9--9p11-----11--|--------------------------------------------| E-|------------------------------|--------------------------------------------| This song takes a little practice to get the feel for some of these riffs. Riff.1 should be easy to pick up and the solos are really easy. Have fun with this one and get someone to play the acoustric riff while you try to tackle the electric riffs. It should sound pretty nice when complete. Thanks to Danny Felstiener for his TABEDIT 1.4 program! Feel free to send comments to the above addresses. Bryan Steele >From tspaquin@mtu.edu Tue Nov 12 16:42:36 1996 Received: from news.mtu.edu (news.mtu.edu [141.219.70.11]) by draco.bv.sgi.net (951211.SGI.8.6.12.PATCH1042/8.6.5) with ESMTP id QAA15481 for ; Tue, 12 Nov 1996 16:42:35 -0500 Received: from mtu.edu (mtu.edu [141.219.70.1]) by news.mtu.edu (8.6.13/8.6.12) with ESMTP id QAA05271 for ; Tue, 12 Nov 1996 16:41:29 -0500 Received: from pobox.ee.mtu.edu (pobox.ee.mtu.edu [141.219.23.145]) by mtu.edu (8.6.13/8.6.12) with ESMTP id QAA29222 for ; Tue, 12 Nov 1996 16:41:30 -0500 Received: from maxwell4.ee (maxwell4.ee.mtu.edu [141.219.23.69]) by pobox.ee.mtu.edu (8.6.10/MTU-R1.4) with SMTP id QAA06357 for ; Tue, 12 Nov 1996 16:40:29 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: pobox.ee.mtu.edu: Host maxwell4.ee.mtu.edu claimed to be maxwell4.ee Sender: tspaquin@mtu.edu Message-ID: <3288EF0C.41C67EA6@mtu.edu> Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 16:41:32 -0500 From: "Thomas S. Paquin" Organization: Michigan Technological University X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; SunOS 4.1.4 sun4c) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: zeppelin@draco.bv.sgi.net Subject: Led Zeppelin -- "Ramble On" -- Tabulature Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Status: RO X-Status: I figured out a way to play this with relative ease (that is, relative to some other versions that have been posted). To make this song sound good on an acoustic, you can't stop hitting the strings. It's a constant repetitive rhythm that you have to beat out. This is accomplished more easily without a pick. And you have to use an alternate tuning. I put in parentheses the rough number of times to hit each chord. "Ramble On", by Led Zeppelin ____________________________ Tuning (low to high) : E B D G B B --yes, the last two strings are the same 'B'. This thickens up the sound a bit. Intro : (x4) (x3) (x3) (x15) B------9----7------5--------5-------5----5---- B------9----7------5--------5-------5----5---- G------9----7------7--------6------6h7---6---- D------9----7------7--------7-------7----7---- B---------------------------5-------5----5---- E--------------------------------------------- Riff 1 : (x4) (x3) (x15) B------1--/--9-----7-------5------5--------5----0---- B------1--/--9-----7-------5------5--------5----0---- G------1--/--9-----7-------7------6-------6h7---0---- D------1--/--9-----7-------7------7--------7----0---- B------0-----0-----0-------0------5--------5----0---- E------0-----0-----0--------------5--------5----0---- Riff 2, "Ahhhh... sometimes I grow so tired..." : (x3) (x4) (x3) (x4) B-----0h9----x----2-------4h7------5----x-----9------0--- B-----0h9----x----2-------4h7------5----x-----9------0--- G-----0h9----x----3--------4-------6----x----10------1--- D-----0h9----x----4--------4-------7----x----11------2--- B------0-----x----2--------4-------5----x-----9------0--- E------0-----x----2--------4-------5----x-----9------0--- If you can play this, the rest is easy to figure out. It's a very simple song. Good Luck! transcription by Tom Paquin ---