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Dancing Days by Led Zeppelin

Dancing Days tab by Led Zeppelin

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[two versions]
Explanation:          Dancing Days
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/ x     Slide up to x
\ x     Slide down to x
(x ^ y)   Bend up, from x to y      if notes are in parenthesises
(x v y)   Bend down, from x to y     they are hit once.
([x] ^ y)  Play y bent, [don't play x]
(x - y)   Pull off from y to x
(x h y)   Hammer-on from x to y
~~x,y    Trill x and y

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 You need to remember that Jimmy Page has this "terrible" habit of
 recording a lot of guitar parts all together. I find this a real challenge
 to play one part that covers everything. Sometimes they are just differant
 sounds but the same part, or, differant parts combined to make a complex
 score. I think it is possible that all of this (EVERYTHING!) is slide,
 though I play it just picking. I have simply placed parts and labled them
 so you can put them where they need to be.
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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

    ------Dancing Days------

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        * Basically sliding off the string to open position.

:Intro     |  *  | --- Repeat two times---
---------------|--------|--------------------------------------------------
-------(2 /3) 2 (/3\2 - 0)--------------(2 /3) 2 (/3\2 - 0)----------------
---------------|--------|--------------------------------------------------
---------------|--------|--------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------(2 /3) (2/3\2 -0)--(/7 \5)-----------(2 /3) 2 (/3\2 - 0)----------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------(/7 \5)----------------------------------------
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      I found there many veriations on the hammers and pulls.
:Verse
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-------0 3 5----- (5 h6) (6 -5)-------(/9 -7)--9 (9 -7)------------------
-------0 3 5----- 5------5------------/6------6 6----------------------
-------0 3 5----- 5------5------------/6------6 6----------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----(/6 -5 h6)--(6 h8)---(5 h6) 5----------------------------------------
------/5----------5--------5------5----------------------------------------
------/5----------5--------5------5------5-7-5-7-5-------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------


---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------6   (5 h6) (6 -5)-------(/9 -7)--9 (9 -7)------------------
---------------5   5   5------------/6------6 6----------------------
---------------5   5   5------------/6------6 6----------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----(/6 -5 h6)--(6 h8)---(5 h6) 5----------------------------------------
------/5----------5--------5------5----------------------------------------
------/5----------5--------5------5------5-7-5-7-5-------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------


---------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------(6 -5)   6 (6 -5)-------(/5 -3)--6--3---5--3--------------
---------------5     5  5------------/3------3--3---3--3--------------
---------------5     5  5------------/3------3--3---3--3--------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------


---------------------------------------------------------------------------
------(3 -2) -3--2-(3 h5)--(2 h3) -2---------------------------------------
-------2------2--2--2-------2------2---------------------------------------
-------2------2--2--2-------2------2-----2-3-2-3---------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------(6 -5)   6 (6 -5)-------(/5 -3)--6--3---5--3--------------
---------------5     5  5------------/3------3--3---3--3--------------
---------------5     5  5------------/3------3--3---3--3--------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------


---------------------------------------------------------------------------
------(3 -2) -3--2-(3 h5)--(2 h3) -2---------------------------------------
-------2------2--2--2-------2------2---------------------------------------
-------2------2--2--2-------2------2-----2-3-2-3-(or 2-3-2-2-3-2)---------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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:Solo line over Verse
------------------------8------8---/9--(9/11)--\8--------------------------
------------------5--8--8------8---/9--(9/11)--\8--------------------------
---------------5-----------------------------------------------------------
------------5--------------------------------------------------------------
------3-/7-----------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------


------------------------8--------------------------------------------------
------------------5--8--8--------------------------------------------------
---------------5------------------(17\15)------(15/17)--14-----------------
------------5---------------------(17\15)------(15/17)--14-----------------
------3-/7-----------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------


------------------------8--------------------------------------------------
------------------5--8--8--------------------------------------------------
---------------5------------------(17\15)------(15/17)--14-----------------
------------5---------------------(17\15)------(15/17)--14-----------------
------3-/7-----------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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:Solo
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------0--3--/5------3--0--3--/5--6-----------6-8-(8 ^ 10)--8-8-------------
------0--3--/5------3--0--3--/5--6-----------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
------(8 ^ 10)--(8 ^ 10)--8-8-------(8 ^ 10)--(8 ^ 10)-8-8-6-6-8-6-5-------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

             ---or---

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
------0--3--/5------3--0--3--/5--6-------(6/8) /10--/10--8-8---------------
------0--3--/5------3--0--3--/5--6-------(6/8) /10--/10--8-8---------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------


----------------------------------------------------------------8----------
---------------------------------------------------------5---5-8-----------
-----/10--/10--8-8---------/10--/10--8-8-6-(6/8\6)-5----5------------------
-----/10--/10--8-8---------/10--/10--8-8-6-(6/8\6)-5---5-------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------


------(9/10)--9--(9/10\7)  (over and over)-------------------------------
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Dancing Days by Led Zeppelin

This song has at least three guitars, tuned with their high E's to D:
EADGBD

The opening rhythm is played almost exactly the same by two guitars:
With this rhythm figure:   And the slide on the third measure:
d-0----------0---------------------------------------------------------
b-2-3-2--3p2-0---------------------------5/7\5-------------------------
g-0-0-0--0---0---------------------------------------------------------
d-0-0-0--0---0---------------------------5/7\5-------------------------
a----------------------------------------------------------------------
e----------------------------------------------------------------------

During the vocals, one guitar does this Chuck Berry like thing:

d----------------------------------------------------------------------
b----------------------------------------------------------------------
g--5--5--7-7--5---6-6-8-8-6--5-5-7-7-5-5-------------------------------
d--3--3--3-3--3---4-4-4-4-4--3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------------------
a----------------------------------------------------------------------
e----------------------------------------------------------------------

And during the "You know its alright" stuff:
d----------------------------------------------------------------------
b----------------------------------------------------------------------
g-5-5-7-7-5---3-3--5-5--3--2-2-3-3-2--2--------------------------------
d-3-3-3-3-3---1-1--1-1--1--0-0-0-0-0--0--------------------------------
a----------------------------------------------------------------------
e----------------------------------------------------------------------

The other guitar plays this:

d--7--5--7-7--5---8--6--8-8--6---7--5--7--7--5-------------------------
b--6--5--6-6--5---8--6--8-8--6---6--5--6--6--5-------------------------
g--5--5--5-5--5---6--6--6-6--6---5--5--5--5--5-------------------------
d----------------------------------------------------------------------
a----------------------------------------------------------------------
e----------------------------------------------------------------------
And during the "You know its allright" part:

d---7-5--7-7--5---5--3--5--5--3--3-2--3-3---5p3p2----------------------
b---6-5--6-6--5---5--3--5--5--3--3-2--3-3---2--------------------------
g---5-5--5-5--5---3--3--3--3--3--2-2--2-2---2--------------------------
d----------------------------------------------------------------------
a----------------------------------------------------------------------
e----------------------------------------------------------------------

The ascending riff during the vocals is:

d--------------8-----8-8/10---10/11\8----------------------------------
b----------5-8------------------------------17\15----17\14-------------
g--------5----------------------------------17\15----17\14-------------
d------5------------------------------------17\15----17\14-------------
a--5/7-----------------------------------------------------------------
e----------------------------------------------------------------------

The solo goes something like this:
d----------------------------------------------------------------------
b----------------------------------------------------------------------
g---3-0-0-3-0-5-0-6----8/10--8/10--8--8/10--8/10-8--8/10-8/10-8-6-8-8/10
d----------------------------------------------------------------------
a----------------------------------------------------------------------
e----------------------------------------------------------------------

d----------------------------------------------------------------------
b----------------------------------------------------------------------
g-2/5------------------------------------------------------------------
d----------------------------------------------------------------------
a----------------------------------------------------------------------
e----------------------------------------------------------------------

Then just play the rythym riff up here:

d---11--12--11-12p11p9-------------------------------------------------
b----------------------------------------------------------------------
g----------------------------------------------------------------------
d----------------------------------------------------------------------
a----------------------------------------------------------------------
e----------------------------------------------------------------------

That should be enough to get you going.
Enjoy,
CHUCK

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