Rain Song Tab - Led Zeppelin






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From: spxhaw@thor.cf.ac.uk (Howard Wright (Hman))

A fair chunk of the credit should go to Jeff Lo who originally sent in some
TAB for this great acoustic piece. I made quite a few additions and 
corrections but I couldn't have done it without him making a start. 

 There are already two versions of this at Nevada with different tunings. 
I tried them both, but they're not so good. Take my word for it : this
version is virtually note for note what you hear on the record. Give it a
try and I think you'll soon agree.

Please note - the exact details of the strumming etc are not included.
Where a chord is repeated I have indicated that, but check out the record 
to be sure if he strums it 2, 3 or 4 times before changing shapes.
What you have here is the TAB of all the changes, which is all you really
need.

There is a part which cannot really be played on one guitar - the bit where
an electric guitar plays a little descending run while the acoustic plays
chords. I've tabbed both parts for this - Guitar 1 is the acoustic, Guitar 2
is the electric.

Also - the main part of the TAB (upto the bit marked 'Variation') is repeated
quite a few times. I havn't shown the repeats because once you know how
to play it it's obvious when it repeats again.

The Variation bit replaces the equivalent two lines of TAB above it. I think this
variation comes just before the 'heavy' bit where the drums and loud electric
start up. I didn't TAB out the guitar for this - it's basically just chords of :

  G    F    C    G


Enjoy!   




                            The Rain Song   -  Led Zeppelin
                      -----------------------------------------


                                      Half tabbed by Jeff Lo
                                      Additions/corrections by Howard Wright
                                      spxhaw@uk.ac.cf.thor



Tuning : 
---------

From low to high : D G C G C D

/ means slide
h means hammer on
p means pull off



D---0-------0--0--0----0-------0--0--0---------------------------------
C----7------7--7--7-----6------6--6--6-------5-5-3-2---3----3--3-------
G-----0-----0--0--0------0-----0--0--0-------4-4-4-4---3----3--3------
C------7----7--7--7-------6----6--6--6-------5-5-5-5---3----3--3-------
G-------0---0--0--0--------0---0--0--0---0---0---------0----0--0------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------




D-----------------0---0---0---0---0---0-0-----0---0---0---0---0---0-0--
C-----------------11--9---12--11--4---9-9-----11--9---12--11--4---9-9--
G-----2---4-4-----0---0---0---0---0---0-0-----0---0---0---0---0---0-0--
C-----2---2-2-----11--9---12--11--4---9-9-----11--9---12--11--4---9-9--
G-0-0-0---0-0-----0---0---0---0---0---8-8-----0---0---0---0---0---8-8--
D---------------------------------------------------------------------




D--0----------------0-----------------5--5--5-------5--5--5--]
C--10/9----9---9----9-----9---9-------0--0--0-------0--0--0--]
G--11/10---10--10---10----10--10------0--0--0-------0--0--0--] Repeat 3 
C--12/11---11--11---10----10--10------5--4--0---0-4-5--4--0--]    times
G--0-------0---0----0-----0---0------------------------------]
D------------------------------------------------------------]


Guitar 1:
D------------------------------------------------------------------2-------
C-2--2--2-------------2--2--2-------------2--2--2-------------2--2----2----
G-2--4--4-------------2--4--4-------------2--4--4-------------2--4------4--
C-2--2--2-------------3--3--3-------------4--4--4-------------5--5---------
G-0-----0-------------0-----0-------------0-----0-------------0-----------0
D----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
Guitar2:
D--------------------------------------------------------------------
C--------------------------------------------------------------------
G--------2-4-0-2---0---------2-4-0-2---0---------2-4-0-2---0---------
C----------------4---2---------------4---2---------------4---2-------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------





D----5--4h5p4-------4--2--4----4-----0---2--0h2p0------0--2--0h2p0----
C----4--------4-----2--2--2----2-----0-----------0-----0----------0---
G----4----------4---2--2--2----2-----0------------0----0-----------0--
C--0---------------------------------0-------------0---0--------------
G-------------------4-----4----4-----2--------------2--2--------------
D---------------------------------------------------------------------




D-------------
C-------------
G--2--4--4----
C--2--2--2----
G--0--0--0----
D-------------




Variation :
------------
(slightly different version of the above two lines of TAB)


D-----5--4h5p4-------4--2--4---4----5---5---5-----7--7--7--7-----5--5----
C-----4--------4-----2--2--2---2----4---4---4-----5--5--5--5-----4--4---
G-----4----------4---2--2--2---2----4---4---4-----5--5--5--5-----4--4----
C---0-------------------------------0---0---0--------------------0--0-----
G--------------------4-----4---4------------------7--7--7--7-------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------




D--4h5p4-------4--2--4---4------0---2--0h2p0------0--2--0h2p0-------
C--------4-----2--2--2---2------0-----------0-----0----------0------
G----------4---2--2--2---2------0------------0----0-----------0------
C-------------------------------0-------------0---0-------------------
G--------------4-----4---4------2--------------2--2-------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------




Ending :
---------


D---/9--9---9--7----7--7----5--7-----5--5---5--4-----4--4---4--5---------
C---/7--7---7----7--5--5--5-5--------4--4---4----4---2--2---2--4---------
G---/7--7---7-------5--5----5--------4--4---4--------2--2---2--4---------
C---/7--7---7-------5--5-------------0--0---0------------------0---------
G---0---0-----------0--0-----------------------------4--4---4------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------



D---7--7---7-8----10--8--10--8--10--12/---------------0---------
C---5--5---5-7----8------8------8-------------------5---5---5----
G---5--5---5-7----8------8------8-----------------6-------6-------
C-----------------------------------------------7-----------------
G---7--7---7-8----10--------------------------0-------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------



D----------0----------7p5-----5--2p0--------5p3---3----------0-----0---
C--------5---5---5--------6----------0---------4-4-4--------5-----4----
G------6-------6------------7----------0--------5---5------0-----0-----
C----7----------------0----------0-------0--0-------------0------------
G--0------------------------------------------------------------4------
D----------------------------------------------------------------------



D-----0----0----0----0--------0------------
C----2----2----2----2--------2-------------
G---0----0----0----0--------2--------------
C--------------------------2---------------
G--2----2----2----2-------0----------------
D------------------------0-----------------




From: Jay Reeves 
Subject: Led Zeppelin/ The Rain Song

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
        The Rain Song
   from Led Zeppelins "Houses Of The Holy"
      (6 string acoustic studio track)
         transcribed by Jay Reeves
   jay@ffs.b15.ingr.com

Tuning open G (DGDGBD low to high)

INTRO:
| 1  &  2  &  3  &  4  & | 1  &  2  &  3  &  4  & | 1  &  2  &  3  &  4  & | 
============================================================================
|-0-----0--0--0--0--0----|-0-----0--0--0--0--0--0-|-------3--3--3--3--3--1-|
|-8-----8--8--8--8--8----|-7-----7--7--7--7--7--7-|-------6--6--4--3--3--4-|
|-0-----0--0--0--0--0----|-0-----0--0--0--0--0--0-|-------4--4--3--3--3--3-|
|-5-----5--5--5--5--5----|-5-----5--5--5--5--5--5-|-------5--5--5--5--5--1-|
|--0----0--0--0--0--0----|--0----0--0--0--0--0--0-|-0----------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
  ^play strings 1-4 with   ^same as last                       lightly^  ^pluck
   lethargic upstroke       measure
   then accent 5th string
   with down stroke 

| 1  &  2  &  3  &  4  & | 1  &  2  &  3  &  4  & | 1  &  2  &  3  &  4  & |
============================================================================
|-------1--1--1----------|----2--2----------------|------------------------|
|-------4--4--4--------3-|----3--3-----3--5--1--3-|-X--3--X--3-----3-----3-|
|-------3--3--3--------2-|----4--4-----4--5--2--4-|-X--2--X--5-----4-------|
|-------1--1--1----------|----------------------5-|-X--5--X--5-----5-----1-|
|----------------0--0----|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|


| 1  &  2  &  3  &  4  & | 1  &  2  &  3  &  4  & | 1  &  2  &  3  &  4  & |
============================================================================
|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------7/ 8|
|-3--3--3-----3--3--3--3-|----3-----3-----3-----3-|----3--3-----3--3--6/ 7|
|-X--2--2-----2--2--2--4-|----2-----5-----4-------|----2--2-----2--2--4/ 5|
|-1--1--1-----1--1--1--5-|----5-----5-----5-----1-|----1--1-----1--1--5/ 5|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
 ^lightly        

VERSE:
  | 1  &  2  &  3  &  4  & | 1  &  2  &  3  &  4  & | 1  &  2  &  3  &  4  & |
==============================================================================
|| (7)----7-----7--0--0--0-|----7--7-----7--0--0--5-|----5-----5-----5--5--5-|
|| (6)----6-----6--6--6--6-|----6--6-----6--6--6 3-|----3-----3-----3--3--3-|
||.(4)----4-----4--4--4--3-|----3--3-----3--3--3----|------------------------|
||.(5)----5-----5--5--5--5-|----5--5-----5--5--5 3-|----2-----5-----5--2--3-|
|| ------------------------|------------------------|----------5-----5-------|
|| ------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
   

| 1  &  2  &  3  &  4  & |                          | 1  &  2  &  3  &  4  & |
==============================================================================
|----5-----5--5--5--7/ 8 || repeat last 4 measures |----5-----5--5--5--8---|| 
|----3-----3--3--3--6/ 7 || twice, except on last  |----3-----3--3--3--7 3-||
|-------------------4/ 5.|| pass play the follow-  |-------------------5 2-||
|----2-----5--2--3--5/ 6.|| ing mesaure instead of |----2-----5--2--3--6---||
|----------5------------- || measure 4 ->           |----------5-------------|| 
|------------------------ ||    |------------------------||
       

| 1  &  2  &  3  &  4  & | 1  &  2  &  3  &  4  & | 1  &  2  &  3  &  4  & |
============================================================================
|------------------------|----------------------2-|----2--2-----2--2-------|
|----3--3-----5--5--3--3-|----3--3-----3--3--3--3-|----3--3-----3--3--3--3-|
|----4--4-----4--4--0--2-|----4--4-----4--4--0--2-|----4--4-----4--4--0--2-|
|-------------------0--1-|----1--1-----1--1--1--2-|----2--2-----2--2--2--3-|
|-------------------0----|------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    choke^

| 1  &  2  &  3  &  4  & | 1  &  2  &  3  &  4  & | 1  &  2  &  3  &  4  & |
============================================================================
|------------------------|-5-----5--5--5--5--0--4-|----2--4-----4--0--0----|
|----3--3--5-----3--0--0-|-5-----5--5--5--5--0--3-|----3--3-----3--3--3----|
|----4--4--4-----4--4--0-|-5-----5--5--5--5--0--2-|----2--2-----2--2--2----|
|----3--3--3-----3--3--3-|-5-----5--5--5--5--0----|------------------------|
|------------------------|-5-----5--5--5--5--0----|------------------------|
|------------------------|-5-----5--5--5--5-------|------------------------|


| 1  &  2  &  3   &   4  & | 1  &  2  &  3   &   4  & | 1  &  2  &  3  &  4  & |
================================================================================
|-0--------2--0h2p0--------|-0--------2--0h2p0--------|----2--2-----2--2--2----|
|-1-----------------1------|-1-----------------1----3-|----3--3-----3--3--3----|
|-0-------------------0----|-0-------------------0--2-|----4--4-----4--4--4----|
|-2----------------------0-|-2------------------------|------------------------|
|-2------------------------|-2------------------------|------------------------|
|-0------------------------|-0------------------------|------------------------|
   end of verse

In measure 9 of first verse, there's a slight nuance: 

| 1  &  2  &  3  &  4  & |
==========================
|----7--7-----7--0--0--0-|
|----6--6-----6--6--6--6-|
|----4--4-----4--4--4--3-|
|----5--5-----5--5--5--5-|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|

Return to INTRO for second time, then VERSE for second time, however, there
is a slight nuance of the second verse, measure 5 which is the same as
the above nuance.  Also, measure 8 of the second verse varies slightly:

| 1  &  2  &  3  &  4  & |
==========================
|-5--5-----5--5--5--7/ 8|
|-3--3-----3--3--3--6/ 8| 
|-------------------4/ 5|
|-3--2-----5--2--3--5/ 6|
|----------5-------------|
|------------------------|

Measure 17 of the second verse changes:

| 1  &  2  &  3  &  4  & | 1  &  2  &  3  &  4  & | 1  &  2  &  3  &  4  & |
============================================================================
|-5-----5--5--5--4--2--4-|-------------4--2--4----|-5-----5--5--4--2--2--7-|
|-5-----5--5--3--3--3--3-|----3--3-----3--3--3--3-|-5-----5--5--3--3--3--7-|
|-5-----5--5--2--2--2--2-|----2--2-----2--2--2--2-|-5-----5--5--2--2--2--7-|
|-5-----5--5-------------|------------------------|-5-----5--5-----------7-|
|-5-----5--5-------------|------------------------|-5-----5--5-----------7-|
|-5-----5--5-------------|------------------------|-5-----5--5-----------7-|


| 1  &  2  &  3  &  4  & | 1  &  2  &  3  &  4  & | 1  &  2  &  3  &  4  & |
============================================================================
|-------------4--2-----5-|-------5--5--4--2--2--4-|----0--0-----0-----4--0-|
|----3--3--3--3--3--3--5-|-------5--5--3--3--3--3-|----3--3-----3-----3--3-|
|----2--2--2--2--2--2--5-|-------5--5--2--2--2--2-|----2--2-----2-----2--2-|
|----------------------5-|-------5--5-------------|------------------------|
|----------------------5-|-------5--5-------------|------------------------|
|----------------------5-|-------5--5-------------|------------------------|


| 1  &  2  &  3   &   4  & | 1  &  2  &  3   &   4  & | 1  &  2  &  3  &  4  & |
================================================================================
|-0--------2--0h2p0--------|-0--------2--0h2p0--------|----2--2-----2--2--2----|
|-1-----------------1------|-1-----------------1----3-|----3--3-----3--3--3----|
|-0-------------------0--0-|-0-------------------0--2-|----4--4-----4--4--4----|
|-2------------------------|-2------------------------|------------------------|
|-2------------------------|-2------------------------|------------------------|
|-0------------------------|-0------------------------|------------------------|
end of second verse

Return to INTRO for third time, however measures 5 thru 9 change: 

| 1  &  2  &  3  &  4  & | 1  &  2  &  3  &  4  & | 1  &  2  &  3  &  4  & |
============================================================================
|----2--2--------------9-|-X--7--X-10-----9-------|----7--7-----7--7--7--9-|
|----3--3-----3--5--1--8-|-X--8--X--8-----8-----4/| 5--4--4-----4--4--4--8-|
|----4--4-----4--5--2--7-|-X--7--X--7-----7-----6/| 7--------------------7-|
|------------------------|-X-----X--------------4/| 5--5--5-----5--5--5----|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|


| 1  &  2  &  3  &  4  & | 1  &  2  &  3  &  4  & |
===================================================
|-X--7--X-10-----9-------|----7--7-----7--7--7/ 8|
|-X--8--X--8-----8-----4/| 5--4--4-----4--4--6/ 7| 
|-X--7--X--7-----7-----6/| 7-----------------4/ 5|
|-X-----X--------------4/| 5--5--5-----5--5--5/ 6|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|

Then the 3rd verse continues, however, the first 4 measures of the verse that
are repeated 3 times in the 1st and 2nd verses, are repeated 4 times in the
3rd verse. 

The 24th measure of the 3rd verse starts VERSE PRIME:

VERSE PRIME: 
| 1  &  2  &  3 e & a 4  & | 1  &  2  & a 3  &  4  & | 1  &  2  &  3  &  4 e & |
================================================================================
|-0--------2--0h2p0-------|| 5-----5----5-5--0--0--3-|----3--3--3--3--3--3p0---|
|-1-----------------1-----|| 3-----3----3-3--0--0--1-|----1--1--1--1--1--1---1-|
|-0-------------------0---||.0-----0----0-0--0--0--0-|----0--0--0--0--0--0-----|
|-2-----------------------||.0-----0----0-0--0--0--0-|----3--3--3--3--3--3-----|
|-2-----------------------|| 0-----0----0-0--0--0--0-|----0--0--0--0--0--0-----|
|-0-----------------------|| 5-----5----5-5--5--5--3-|----3--3--3--3--3--3-----|


| 1  &  2  & a 3  &  4  & | 1  &  2  &  3 e & a 4 e & a |
=========================================================
|-5-----5----5-5--------0-|----0--5-----5p0-0-0-0-0-5-0- ||
|-5-----5----5-5--7--5--0-|----3--3-----3---3-5-3-5-3-3- ||
|-5-----5----5-5--0--0--0-|----0--0-----0---0-0-0-0-0-0-.|| 
|-5-----5----5-5--7--5--0-|----0--0-----0---0-0-0-0-0-0-.||
|-5-----5----5-5--------0-|----0--0-----0---0-0-0-0-0-0- ||
|-5-----5----5-5--------5-|----5--5-----5---5-5-5-5-5-5- ||

Repeat the last 4 measures 3 more times, however on the 
last repeat, substitute the following for the last measure:

| 1  & a 2  &  3  &  4  & |
===========================
|----5-5-5--0--5--0--7/ 8|
|----3-3-3--3--3--3--6/ 7|  Then the 4th verse is played, same as the 1st
|--------------------4/ 5|  verse, except the first 4 measures are played 
|--------------------5/ 6|  4 times instead of 3 times as in the 1st verse.
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|

Note about the 4th verse:  the last 2 measures are left off of the 4th
verse and it goes into the coda:

| 1  &  2  &  3 e & a 4  & | 1  &  2  & a 3  &  4  &  | 
=======================================================
|-0--------2--0h2p0--------|/9-----9--9-9-9--7--X-----|
|-1-----------------1------|/8-----8--8-8-8--8--8--10-|
|-0-------------------0----|/7-----7--7-7-7--7--7--10-|
|-2------------------------|-----------------------10-|
|-2------------------------|-----------------------10-|
|-0------------------------|--------------------------|


| 1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &  a | 1  &  2  &  a  3  &  4  & |
=======================================================
|---------------------------|-------------------------4-|
|----8--8-----8--10-10-8--8-|-8-----8--8--8--8--7-----3-|
|----10-10----10-10-10-10-10|-------------------------2-|
|----10-10-12-10-10-10-10-10|-10----10-10-10-10-10-10---|
|----10-10----10-10-10-10-10|-9-----9--9--9--9--9--9--4-|
|---------------------------|-10----10-10-10-10-10-10---|


| 1  &  2  &  3  &  4  & | 1  &  2  &  3  &  4  & | 1  &  2  &  3  &  4  & |
============================================================================
|-------4--2--4--5-----7-|-------7--5--7--8----10-|------10--8-10-12