The Ocean Tab by Led Zeppelin

The Ocean tab by Led Zeppelin

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differs only stylistically.  The main reason for my submission is the solo,
which I had looked for on the internet for a while but couldn't find.  I'd
like to thank Steve Ford for transcribing the essentials of it, which I have
hence flushed out in an intrepretation that I hope others find to be a good
rendering of Jimmy Page's flourish at the end of "The Ocean."


                             "The Ocean"

             from Led Zeppelin's 'Houses of the Holy' album

Signature Riff
|---------------|--------------|---------|
|---------------|--------------|---------|
|---------------|--------------|---------|
|-5h7-5h7-5-----|-----5------7-|---7-----|
|-----------7---|-5h7----5h7---|-4---5---|
|-------------8-|--------------|---------|
  (grace
   notes)

🎸

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Verse/Chorus Riff
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-7777-5555-------5/777-|
|-7777-5555-7-5-7-5/777-|
|-5555-3333-7-5-7-3/555-|
|-----------5-3-5-------|


|-----------|
|-----------|
|-----------| "la la la-la la la..."
|---7---5-7-|
|-4---5-----|
|-----------|


Solo
|-12b-12-10-9---------9---------------|-------------10-|
|-------------12-10-----12-10---12-10-|-10-9-5h7p5~--7-|
|------------------11--------11-------|--------------7-|
|-------------------------------------|----------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------|

|-12b-12-10-9----------------10-10-12-9-|----------------------------
|-------------12-10---10-12b------------|-12-10---12---10h12p10~-----
|------------------11-------------------|------11---11-----------11b-
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------

|----------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-11--11-9--9-11b-11-9-|-------------------|-14-13-11----------------|
|---11----11-----------|-11-9-7------------|----------14-11----------|
|----------------------|--------11-9-7-----|----------------14-11-14-|
|----------------------|---------------9-7-|-------------------------|

|-10-12b-12b&d-12--10---------------|-------------------------10-|
|-10------------------12b-12-10-12b-|-10---12-10--------------10-|
|-11--------------------------------|---11-------11--11-9--9--11-|
|-----------------------------------|--------------11----11------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|

|-12b-12-10----------14b-14-12----16b-16---------|-17p16p12-17p16p12-
|----------10--10-12----------12---------15b-15b-|-------------------
|------------------------------------------------|-------------------
|------------------------------------------------|-------------------
|------------------------------------------------|-------------------
|------------------------------------------------|-------------------

|-17p16p12-17p16p12-|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-14-13-11----------------|
|-------------------|-11-9-7------------|----------14-11----------|
|-------------------|--------11-9-7-----|----------------14-11-14-|
|-------------------|---------------9-7-|-------------------------|

                                                                  x3
|---------------10h12p10----------|--------------12h14p12-----------|
|---------10h12----------12p10----|--------12h14----------14p12-----|
|*-/11-------------------------11-|-/13-------------------------13-*|
|*-----12-------------------------|-----14-------------------------*|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

|------10------10------10------10-|------12------12------12--15b-|
|----10------10------10------10---|----12------12------12--------|
|-12b-----12b-----12b-----12b-----|-14b-----14b-----14b----------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|

|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|-14-13-11----------------|
|-11-9-7------------|----------14-11----------|
|--------11-9-7-----|----------------14-11-14-|
|---------------9-7-|-------------------------|

Tabbed by Peter Schenk: skalder@hotmail.com

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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