From: Grifterz@aol.com Date: Mon, 31 Jul 1995 17:13:42 -0400 Subject: TAB: When the Levee Breaks by Led Zeppelin When the Levee Breaks by Led Zeppelin and Memphis Minnie from Led Zeppelin IV Ok, weird tuning on this one, it's (low to high) EACFAC. Slow blues, cool drums, very repetetive, what more is there to say? Have fun, and try it with a slide. Main Riff C-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- | A-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- | F-|-----3\0-0-0-0--0-0---3\0-0--3\0-0-5-5------------------------------------- | C-|-----3\0-0-0-0--0-0---3\0-0--3\0-0-5-5------------------------------------- | A-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- | E-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Every so often do a few of these... C-|---8-8-8-8--8-8--8/10-10-10-10------3----0------3----0--------------------- ----| A-|---8-8-8-8--8-8--8/10-10-10-10------3----3------3----3--------------------- ----| F-|---8-8-8-8--8-8--8/10-10-10-10----5-3--5-0----5-3--5-0--------------------- ----| C-|---8-8-8-8--8-8--8/10-10-10-10----5----5-0----5----5-0--------------------- ----| A-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- | E-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Don't make you feel bad... C-|-----12-12-------7-7-------5-5-7-10-12------------------------------------- | A-|-----12-12-------7-7-------5-5-7-10-12------------------------------------- | F-|--0--12-12----0--7-7----0--5-5-7-10-12------------------------------------- | C-|--0--12-12----0--7-7----0--5-5-7-10-12------------------------------------- | A-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- | E-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Geeze, there's really not much to this song is there? Well, I must admit, I got quite a bit of help on this, and can't take all the credit for it. But anyway, if you have any questions, comments, or corrections let me know, Matt O'Donnell, grifterz@aol.com >From "krinks@apk.net"@apk.net Sat Nov 30 23:55:58 1996 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 XAA04729 for ; Sat, 30 Nov 1996 23:55:57 -0500 Received: from LOCALNAME (pm1-5.lorain.apk.net [207.54.141.44]) by junior.apk.net (8.8.3/8.8.2) with SMTP id XAA15497 for ; Sat, 30 Nov 1996 23:53:51 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199612010453.XAA15497@junior.apk.net> Date: Sat, 30 Nov 1996 23:50:02 -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@draco.bv.sgi.net Subject: TAB: When the Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin X-URL: http://www.sgi.net/zeppelin/tab/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Status: RO X-Status: Here's when the levee breaks by Led Zeppelin. Only two little details, one, to play this, the lead guitar is tuned different, here's how it goes from the 6 string to the 1: E, A, C, F, A, C, and two, it's played on a twelve string, if it is played on a six string, it will pretty much sound the same, but not quite, enjoy... *THE 5 AND 6 STRINGS ARE NEVER USED* *SLIDE WORN ON 4th FINGER* c------------0---------3-0-0-------------| A------------3---------3-0-0-------------| This main riff is repeated F-3p0--0--0--4--3p0--0-3-0-0--5--5-------| several thousand time... C-3p0--0--0--5--3p0--0--------5--5-------| (listen to the song, you can A----------------------------------------| count), until, the drums E----------------------------------------| change and.............. ......THE SLIDE SOLO..... *s = slide* c--6s8--8--8--8--8--8s10--10--10--10--10s-down----------(0)-5--3----(0) A--6s8--8--8--8--8--8s10--10--10--10--10s-down-----------3--5--3-----3 F--6s8--8--8--8--8--8s10--10--10--10--10s-down--5--3--5--0--5--3--5--0 C--6s8--8--8--8--8--8s10--10--10--10--10s-down--5--3--5-(0)-5--3--5-(0) E---------------------------------------------------------------------- A---------------------------------------------------------------------- | with slide ||Without slide| THATS BASICALLY MOST ALL OF THE SONG, HAVE FUN. Questions? Comments? Life threats? Please, E-mail me at krinks@apk.net From, major Zep head, John.