Stairway To Heaven by Led Zeppelin

Stairway to heaven
Led Zeppeling

 
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                                                               Intro end.
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                                                               Theres a
 
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 lady whos         glitter            buying a          heaven When she
 
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  gets there        stores are       ord she can get    came for
 
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  Oooh              oooh           and shes buying a          heaven   Theres
 
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  sign on     she  wants         you   know         two   meanings    In a
 
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  tree    theres a song        times all of our    mis  given
 
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                      Oooh it makes me wonder
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   oooh               makes me wonder                                theres a
 
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feeling      when  look to             my    spirit          leaving  in my
whispered          all call the tune then the piper will      to  reason  &
 
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thoughts I        smoke through         voices of       looking  [goto %]
new day           those who             forests will  laugh - ter
 
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If theres a bust   'edge row dont            its just a           Queen
Yes there are       go by but                 and theres still     your on
 
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                                          and it    won  der
 
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                                oooh
 
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Your head is        wont go                  the pipers           him
Dear lady can        blow                     your stairw     whispering wind
 
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Ok this is where the solo starts.                  Am     - x02210
I'll include the chords to play over               Am7    - x02010
it they sound pretty open I think                  Fmaj7  - xx3210
its a 12 string.
 
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|----------5---------------|------------------8--8-|
|------------8-5-----------|-------------8b10------|
|---7b9----------7-5---7p5-|-----------------------|
|--------------------7-----|-7p5-------------------|
|--------------------------|----8------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
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|--8b10---8--5  -----8--10-|-8-----------------------5-------|
|---------------8b10-------|---10-8----8h10------------8-5---|
|--------------------------|--------10-----------7b9-------7-|
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|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
  Am             Am7          Fmaj7
|----------------------------|----5------------------------|
|----------------------------|------8-5--------------------|
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|---7-----7-5---5-7----7-----|-5------------7----7p5-7p5---|
|-------------7--------------|---------------------------8-|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
 
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|---------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------13-|
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|------10----12-10----10-12/14----14----------|
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|---------------------------------------------|
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 Fmaj7
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                  * this slide riff is another guitar and
                  is actually played on the 1st string
                  ------8/7---8/5----
                   /
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|--------------------|--------------------------------|--------------|
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|--------------------|--------------------------------|--------------|
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|-----------------------------------|----------8/7--8/5--|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------|
|-10b14----10b12b10-9-7----7--------|-7-9-7--------------|
|-----------------------10----10----|-------10-7---------|
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|----20-p17------20-p17------20-p17------20-p17------20-p17-----20b22-|
|-17--------17----------17----------17----------17----------17--------|
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The two guitars continue into this section. Walloping (a technical term
meaning hit very hard &) the strings using the full barre sounds pretty
good. The lead basically follows the bass. You can do both (like you
can tweak the slide riff with one guitar)
 
I think i can probably tabascii the bass now, ive listened to it enough.
But ive had it for this song!! unless someone really needs it please dont
ask just yet.. Ive gotten transfixed by a few other zepplin tracks
that where on the album, their slower more melodic stuff like no quarter
down by the seaside etc..
 
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|-7------------5----------------|-3--5-|-7------------5-------------|--3--5-|
|-5------------3----------------|-1--4-|-5------------3-------------|--1--4-|
 And as we   wind on down the road       Our shadows taller than our  soul
 
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|-7------------5-------------|-3--5--|-7------------5----------|
|-7------------5-------------|-3--5--|-7------------5----------|
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 there walks a lady we all know         who shines w' light and to
 
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--3-----------------------5--|-------------------------------|
--3----------3--5h7--5--3-5--|-------------------------------|
--1----1-3h5--------------3--|-5---5--------3--3-------------|
  show                          how everything still turns to
 
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|---------------------5------------3-------------|-1--3--|-5------3----------|
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|-------3--5h7--5--3--7------------5-------------|-3--5--|-7------5----------|
|-1-3h5---------------5------------3-------------|-1--4--|-5-5----3--3-------|
 gold                and if you listen very hard the tune will   come to u at
 
 
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|--3----------3--5h7--5--3--|------------|---------------|
|--1----1-3h5---------------|-5-5--3-3-1-|-1----------5-5|
  last                        when   all __  yeah
 
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|-----------3-|-3-3-3-0------|-----------------|---------------------3---|
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  to be a rock  roll__
 
 
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 Fmaj7
|-----------------------------------------|
|-13------12-------13------15-------------|
|_17---14b16----15b17---17b19-------------|
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slow
Am        Am7/G         Fmaj7
|----------------------|-0---------------------------------------------|
|----13------12-----15-|-1----13---------------------------------------|
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                                  And shes buying a stairway to heaven
 
@SONG: Stairway To Heaven
 
 
There's a lady who's sure
All that glitters is gold
And she's buying a stairway to heaven.
When she gets there she knows
If the stores are all closed
With a word she can get what she came for.
Ooh, ooh, and she's buying a stairway to heaven.
 
There's a sign on the wall
But she wants to be sure
'Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings.
In a tree by the brook
There's a songbird who sings,
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven.
Ooh, it makes me wonder,
Ooh, it makes me wonder.
 
There's a feeling I get
When I look to the west,
And my spirit is crying for leaving.
In my thoughts I have seen
Rings of smoke through the trees,
And the voices of those who standing looking.
Ooh, it makes me wonder,
Ooh, it really makes me wonder.
 
And it's whispered that soon
If we all call the tune
Then the piper will lead us to reason.
And a new day will dawn
For those who stand long
And the forests will echo with laughter.
 
If there's a bustle in your hedgerow
Don't be alarmed now,
It's just a spring clean for the May queen.
Yes, there are two paths you can go by
But in the long run
There's still time to change the road you're on.
And it makes me wonder.
 
Your head is humming and it won't go
In case you don't know,
The piper's calling you to join him,
Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow,
And did you know
Your stairway lies on the whispering wind.
 
And as we wind on down the road
Our shadows taller than our soul.
There walks a lady we all know
Who shines white light and wants to show
How ev'rything still turns to gold.
And if you listen very hard
The tune will come to you at last.
When all are one and one is all
To be a rock and not to roll.
 
And she's buying a stairway to heaven.