Stairway to Heaven
By: Led Zeppelin
For Rhythm Guitar
Tabbed by: Electric Church
Intro: Guitar and/or keyboard/flute
CDFAm
CGAm
Verse 1:
CD
Theres a lady whos sure,
FAm
All that glitters is gold.
CGAm
And shes buying a Stairway to Heaven.
C D
When she gets there she knows,
FAm
If the stores are all closed,
CG Am
With a word she can get what she came for.
CG Am
And shes buying a Stairway to Heaven.
Little part between verses:
CDFAm
CGAm
Verse 2:
CD
Theres a sign on the wall,
F Am
But she wants to be sure.
CGAm
Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings.
CD
In a tree by the brook,
FAm
Theres a songbird who sings,
CGAm
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven.
Bridge 1:
Am7/G Am7 D/E D
And it makes me wonder...
Am7/G Am7 Em-D-C-D
And it makes me wonder...
Verse 3:
C Am7
Theres a feeling I get,
Am
When I look to the West.
CGAm
And my spirit is crying for leaving.
CAm7
In my thoughts I have seen,
Am
Rings of smoke through the trees,
C GAm
And the voices of those who stand looking.
Bridge 1
Verse 4:
CAm7
And its whispered that soon,
Am
If we all call the tune,
C G Am
Then the piper will lead us to reason.
C Am7
And a new day will dawn,
Am
For those who stand long,
CGAm
And the forests will echo with laughter.
Bridge 2:
D/GD
C9
D/GD
C9
Solo:
Over chords: Am G F G
Ad lib
Verse 5:
AmGFG
And as we wind on down the road,
Am GFG
Our shadows taller than our souls,
Am G FG
There walks a lady we all know,
AmGFG
Who shines white light and wants to show,
AmG FG
How everything still turns to gold.
AmGFG
And if you listen very hard,
Am GFG
The tune will come to you at last.
Am GF
To be a rock and not a roll.
N.C.
And shes buying a Stairway to Heaven.
Little finishing-touch solo
NOTE: These are not the same chords a single guitarist will be playing. This was
all done using the harmonics of each chord. So if someone tells you, Youre
playing it wrong, tell them to play along and it will match. I promise.
That should just about do it. If youre a rhythm player and you dont wanna be
left out when the band starts playing this song, then this is for you. I didnt
tab the solos because I play lead guitar and I wouldnt want anybody just copying
my solos. Its not fair to take those from Jimmy Page. Theyre a part of him
and hes a part of them. So Ill leave that to the imagination (after all, its
always improvised anyway).
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