Fool In The Rain bass tab by Led Zeppelin

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

FOOL IN THE RAIN (Bassline)
As recorded by Led Zeppelin
(From the 1979 Album IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR)

Words and Music by John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page & Robert Plant

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'John Paul Jones - Bass'

 Intro & Interlude
 Q=198
 12/8
 Gtr I
  Q E +E Q Q E Q E  +E Q Q.  H.
G|-----------------------|-------------------|
D|----------2--3----7--5-|-(5)---------------|
A|-3--5-(5)--------------|-------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----3-------------|

  Q E +E Q Q E Q E  +E E E Q.  H.
G|-----------------------|--------------------|
D|----------2--3----3--5-|-(5)----------------|
A|-3--5-(5)--------------|--------------------|
E|-----------------------|--------------------|


 Segno $
  Q E +E Q Q E Q E  +E Q Q.  H.
G|-----------------------|---------------------|
D|----------2--3----7--5-|-(5)-----------------|
A|-3--5-(5)--------------|---------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----3---------------|


  Q E +E Q Q E Q E  +E E E Q.  Q.  E E E
G|-----------------------|----------------------------||
D|----------2--3----3--5-|-(5)------------------------||
A|-3--5-(5)--------------|-----------------------2----||
E|-----------------------|---------------------5------||


 Verses 1 & 3
  Q E +E Q Q E Q E  +E Q Q.  H.    Q E +E Q Q E Q E
G|-----------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
D|----------2--3----7--5-|-(5)-----------------|----------2--3----3--5--|
A|-3--5-(5)--------------|---------------------|-3--5-(5)---------------|
E|-----------------------|-----3---------------|------------------------|


  +E E E Q.  H.    Q E +E Q Q E Q E  +E Q Q.  H.
G|----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
D|-(5)------------------|----------2--3----7--5-|-(5)---------------|
A|----------------------|-3--5-(5)--------------|-------------------|
E|----------------------|-----------------------|-----3-------------|


  Q E +E Q Q E Q E  +E E E Q.  H.    Q E +E Q Q E Q E
G|-----------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
D|----------2--3----3--5-|-(5)------------------|----------2--3----7--5--|
A|-3--5-(5)--------------|----------------------|-3--5-(5)---------------|
E|-----------------------|----------------------|------------------------|


                                 To Coda
  +E Q Q.  H.    Q E +E Q Q E Q E  +E E E Q.  Q.  E E E
G|---------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------||
D|-(5)-----------------|----------2--3----3--5-|-(5)----------------------||
A|---------------------|-3--5-(5)--------------|---------------------0-2--||
E|-----3---------------|-----------------------|-------------------3------||


  Q E +E Q Q E Q E  +E Q Q.  H.    Q E +E Q Q E Q E
G|-----------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
D|----------2--3----7--5-|-(5)-----------------|----------2--3----3--5--|
A|-3--5-(5)--------------|---------------------|-3--5-(5)---------------|
E|-----------------------|-----3---------------|------------------------|


  +E E E Q.  H.    Q E +E Q Q E Q E  +E Q Q.  H.
G|----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
D|-(5)------------------|----------2--3----7--5-|-(5)---------------|
A|----------------------|-3--5-(5)--------------|-------------------|
E|----------------------|-----------------------|-----3-------------|


  Q E +E Q Q E Q E  +E E E Q.  Q.  E E E
G|-----------------------|-------------------------||
D|----------2--3----3--5-|-(5)---------------3-2-0-||
A|-3--5-(5)--------------|-------------------------||
E|-----------------------|-------------------------||


  Q E +E Q Q E Q E  +E Q Q.  H.
G|-----------------------|---------------------|
D|----------2--3----7--5-|-(5)-----------------|
A|-3--5-(5)--------------|---------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----3---------------|


  Q E +E Q Q E Q E  +E E E Q.  H.
G|-----------------------|--------------------|
D|----------2--3----3--5-|-(5)----------------|
A|-3--5-(5)--------------|--------------------|
E|-----------------------|--------------------|


 Verse 2
   Q E +E Q Q E Q E  +E Q Q.  H.
G||------------------------|---------------------|
D||o----------2--3----7--5-|-(5)-----------------|
A||o-3--5-(5)--------------|---------------------|
E||------------------------|-----3---------------|


  Q E +E Q Q E Q E  +E E E Q.  H.
G|-----------------------|--------------------|
D|----------2--3----3--5-|-(5)----------------|
A|-3--5-(5)--------------|--------------------|
E|-----------------------|--------------------|


  Q E +E Q Q E Q E  +E Q Q.  H.    Q E +E Q Q E Q E
G|-----------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
D|----------2--3----7--5-|-(5)-----------------|----------2--3----3--5--|
A|-3--5-(5)--------------|---------------------|-3--5-(5)---------------|
E|-----------------------|-----3---------------|------------------------|


  +E E E Q.  Q.  E E E  Q E +E Q Q E +E Q  Q E Q.  E E E E E E
G|-------------------------|----------------2-(2)-5--|-4---------4-0-2--------|
D|-(5)---------------------|----2-(2)-5--3-----------|----5------------5-3-2--|
A|---------------------0-2-|-3-----------------------|------------------------|
E|-------------------3-----|-------------------------|------------------------|


  Q E +E Q Q E +E Q  Q E Q.  E E E E E E
G|----------------2-(2)-5--|-4---------4-0-2-------|
D|----2-(2)-5--3-----------|----5------------5-3-2-|
A|-3-----------------------|-----------------------|
E|-------------------------|-----------------------|


  Q E +E Q Q E +E Q  Q E Q.  E E E E E E  Q E +E Q Q E +E Q
G|----------------2-(2)-5--|-4---------4-0-2-------|----------------2-(2)-5---|
D|----2-(2)-5--3-----------|----5------------5-3-2-|----2-(2)-5--3------------|
A|-3-----------------------|-----------------------|-3------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|


  Q E Q.  E E E E E E  Q E +E Q Q S S Q E  +E Q Q.  H.
G|-4---------4-0-2-------|-------------------------|-------------------|
D|----5------------5-3-2-|----------2--3-----------|-------------------|
A|-----------------------|-3--5-(5)----------------|-------------------|
E|-----------------------|------------------3-1--3-|-(3)-3-------------|


  Q E +E Q Q E Q E  +E E E Q.  Q.  Q E  Q E +E Q Q S S Q E
G|-----------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
D|----------2--3----3--5-|-(5)--------------------|----------2--3----7-5--5-|
A|-3--5-(5)--------------|------------------------|-3--5-(5)----------------|
E|-----------------------|----------------------3-|-------------------------|


                        1.
  +E Q Q.  H.    Q E +E Q Q E Q E  +E E E Q.  Q.  Q E
G|---------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------||
D|-(5)-----------------|----------2--3----3--5-|-(5)------------------5--o||
A|---------------------|-3--5-(5)--------------|-------------------------o||
E|-----3---------------|-----------------------|--------------------------||


 2.
  H.   +H   +E E
G|----------------------||
D|-5-------(5)----(5)---||
A|----------------------||
E|----------------------||


 Interlude
 Q=250
 2/2
  W     W   3x
G||-----------|-------||
D||o----------|------o||
A||o----------|------o||
E||-----------|-------||


   Q Q +E Q E  +E Q E +Q  Q 28x
G||-----------------|-----2--2-(2)--0---||
D||o----2--(2)-3--3-|-(3)--------------o||
A||o-3--------------|------------------o||
E||-----------------|-------------------||


  H  H   H  H   H  H   H  Q Q
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
D|------3----|-5----3----|------3----|-5----3-----|
A|-3---------|-----------|-3---------|---------5--|
E|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|


  H  H   H  H   H  Q.  E  +E Q E Q Q
G|-----------|-----------|-------------|----------------|
D|------3----|-5----3----|------3----5-|-(5)-5--5-3--3--|
A|-3---------|-----------|-3-----------|----------------|
E|-----------|-----------|-------------|----------------|


  H  H   H  H   H  H   Q.  E Q Q
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------------|
D|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------------|
A|-3---------|-----------|-3---------|--------------|
E|------1----|-3----1----|------1----|-3----0-1--3--|



  H  H   Q.  E H   H  H   W
G|-----------|-------------|-----------|------|
D|-----------|-------------|-----------|------|
A|-3---------|-------------|-3---------|------|
E|------1----|-3----0-1----|------1----|-3----|


 Guitar/Synth Solo
 Q=198
 12/8
  Q E +E Q Q S S Q E  +E Q Q.  Q.  E E E  Q E +E Q Q E Q E
G|-------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D|----------2--3----7-5--5-|-(5)--------------------|----------2--3----7--5--|
A|-3--5-(5)----------------|--------------------0-2-|-3--5-(5)---------------|
E|-------------------------|-----3------------3-----|------------------------|


  +E E E Q.  Q.  E E E  Q E +E Q Q S S Q E  +E Q Q.  H.
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
D|-(5)---------------------|----------2--3----7-5--5-|-(5)---------------|
A|---------------------0-2-|-3--5-(5)----------------|-------------------|
E|-------------------3-----|-------------------------|-----3-------------|


  Q E +E Q Q S S Q E  +E Q Q.  H  E E  Q E +E Q Q S S Q E
G|-------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|
D|----------2--3-----------|----------------------|----------2--3----7-5--5--|
A|-3--5-(5)----------------|------------------0-2-|-3--5-(5)-----------------|
E|------------------3-1--3-|-(3)-3----------------|--------------------------|


  +E Q Q.  Q.  Q E  Q E +E Q Q E Q E  +E E E Q.  H.
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
D|-(5)-------------------|----------2--3----7--5-|-(5)----------------|
A|-----------------------|-3--5-(5)--------------|--------------------|
E|-----3---------------3-|-----------------------|--------------------|


  Q E +E Q Q S S Q E  +E Q Q.  Q.  E E E  Q E +E Q Q E Q E
G|-------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
D|----------2--3----7-5--5-|-(5)--------------------|----------2--3----3--5-|
A|-3--5-(5)----------------|--------------------0-2-|-3--5-(5)--------------|
E|-------------------------|-----3------------3-----|-----------------------|


  +E E E Q.  H.    Q E +E Q Q S S Q E  +E Q Q.  H.
G|----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
D|-(5)------------------|----------2--3----7-5--5-|-(5)---------------|
A|----------------------|-3--5-(5)----------------|-------------------|
E|----------------------|-------------------------|-----3-------------|


  Q E +E Q Q E Q E  +E E E Q.  Q.  E E E  Q E +E Q Q S S Q E
G|-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|----------2--3----3--5-|-(5)---------------------|----------2--3----7-5--5-|
A|-3--5-(5)--------------|---------------------0-2-|-3--5-(5)----------------|
E|-----------------------|-------------------3-----|-------------------------|


  +E Q Q.  Q.  Q E  Q E +E Q Q E Q E  +E E E Q.  H.
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
D|-(5)-------------------|----------2--3----3--5-|-(5)----------------|
A|-----------------------|-3--5-(5)--------------|--------------------|
E|-----3---------------3-|-----------------------|--------------------|


  Q E +E Q Q S S Q E  +E Q Q.  Q.  Q E  Q E +E Q Q E E E E
G|-------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
D|----------2--3----7-5--5-|-(5)-------------------|----------2--3----3-2-0-|
A|-3--5-(5)----------------|-----------------------|-3--5-(5)---------------|
E|-------------------------|-----3---------------3-|------------------------|


  +E E E Q.  H.    Q E +E Q Q S S Q E  +E Q Q.  H.
G|----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
D|-(0)------------------|----------2--3----7-5--5-|-(5)---------------|
A|----------------------|-3--5-(5)----------------|-------------------|
E|----------------------|-------------------------|-----3-------------|


  Q E +E Q Q S S Q E  +E Q.  H  E E E E  Q E +E Q Q S S Q E
G|-------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
D|----------2--3-----------|-----------------------|----------2--3----7-5--5--|
A|-3--5-(5)----------------|---------------0-3-3-0-|-3--5-(5)-----------------|
E|------------------3-1--3-|-(3)-------------------|--------------------------|


  +E Q Q.  H.    Q E +E Q Q E Q E  +E E E Q.  H.
G|---------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
D|-(5)-----------------|----------2--3----3--5-|-(5)----------------|
A|---------------------|-3--5-(5)--------------|--------------------|
E|-----3---------------|-----------------------|--------------------|


  Q E +E Q Q S S Q E  +E Q Q.  H.
G|-------------------------|---------------------|
D|----------2--3----7-5--5-|-(5)-----------------|
A|-3--5-(5)----------------|---------------------|
E|-------------------------|-----3---------------|


                  Dal Segno al Coda
  Q E +E Q Q E Q E  +E E E Q.  Q.  E E E
G|-----------------------|---------------------------||
D|----------2--3----3--5-|-(5)-----------------------||
A|-3--5-(5)--------------|---------------------0-2---||
E|-----------------------|---------------------------||


 Outro
 Coda &
   Q E +E Q Q E +E E E  Q E Q E E E E E E E 11x
G||-----------------2-(2)-4-5-|-4--2-0------2-0---------||
D||o----2-(2)-5--3------------|---------3-2-----3-2-0--o||
A||o-3------------------------|------------------------o||
E||---------------------------|-------------------------||


  Q Q Q Q S S Q E  +Q.  Q.  H.
G|----------------------|------------------*|
D|----2--5--3-----------|------------------*|
A|-3--------------------|------------------*|
E|---------------3-1--3-|-(3)--------------*|

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Duration 🏷Legend

W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).

| +()  - note tied to previous
|  |  - bar
|  ||  - double bar
| ||o  - repeat start
| o||  - repeat end
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