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BTAB: Stairway To Heaven
Artist: Led Zeppelin
Album: Led Zeppelin 4
Author: Rattman (jratt0@hotmail.com)

Ok I've had tons of requests for this amazing song, and I finally
sat down to
tab the whole stinking thing out!! I've included basslines for
the parts with
no bass for those of you who can't sit still and not play for 2
minutes. They
are marked with a aterix (*). Just follow the low guitar parts.

Drop D Tuning

*Intro:
G---------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------
A-------------------------0-0-(0-7/8\7)-
D-7---6--5--4--3--3--3--5---------------

*Change:
G------------------------------------
D--------0~-3~-------------0~--------
A-0-2-3~-------0~---0-2-3~-------0-0-
D------------------------------5-----


(really quiet at first)

Bass First enters at about 2:15 in the "It makes me wonder" part:
G----------------------------------------------
D------------0----0----------------0-----0-----
A-0---0---0---------0----0----0--0---------0---
D---------------------0----------------------0-

"Theres a feeling..."
G------------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-0-2-3-2-0~---0-2-3-2---0-0~--------------------------------------------
D----------------------5-------------------------------------------------

Keep your bass very low through this part. These 2 patterns above
continue
until the drums enter at 4:19. Here the bass really kicks in louder.

"If theres a bustle..."
G------------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-3~-2~-0--0-0--0-2-3~-2~---0~-------------------------------------------
D-------------------------5----------------------------------------------

"Makes me wonder..." part.
G------------------------------------------------------------------------
D----0---------------0---------------------------------------------------
A-0----0---------------0----(0)------------------------------------------
D----------0----0-0------0------(4-5-7)----------------------------------

^ last time through

also its played like this sometimes

G------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------0------------------------------------------------------
A-0--0--------------0----------------------------------------------------
D------3-0---0--0-----0-0--0---------------------------------------------


Break (5:50):
"ooooooowoooah..."
G-------|-----------------------------------------------------------------
D-------|-----------------------------------------------------------------
A-------|-5-5-5~----5-5-5~---5-5-5--5--5----5--3~--------------------------
D-0~----|-0-0-0~----0-0-0~---0-0-0--0--0----0------------------------------
 ^repaeats

Guitar Solo(5:57):

G-----------------------------------
D-----------------------------------
A-0--0------------------------------
D-------5--5--5-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-5-


When the loud rythm guitar and screamed vocals come in, switch to
this more
structured riff:

"And as we wind on..."
G---------------------------
D---------------------------
A---------------------------
D-7-7---5-5--3--3--3--3-3-5-

This continues until the end. End if you dont have a hundred guitar
players to
spare you can help them out by playing this little lead at the
end of the riff.

G-----------------
D-----------2-0---
A-----0-0-3-----3-
D-3-3-------------


Thats all. End on low D-3-.
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