Tabs
b = Bend
v = Downstroke
For the main Riff (get a pen, It's so complex, you'll need to
write this down), Jimmy Page uses a guitar on distortion. For
the Riff 2, Page uses an acoustic 6 string. And for the part
played with the synthesizer, he plays both an acoustic and an
electric.
****************************** Four Sticks ***********************************
Led Zeppelin IV
Main Riff (Repeat as nessecery for verse)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
b|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
g|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
d|-----------5b-----------5b-----------5b-----------5b----------7-------5----
a|--4--5--7--0---4--5--7--0---4--5--7--0---4--5--7--0---4--5----7-------5----
E MajorE|--0--0--0------0--0--0------0--0--0------0--0--0------0--0----5-------3----
e|-----------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------|
g|-----------------------------------------|
d|-----------5b-----------5b----7-------5--|
a|--4--5--7--0---4--5--7--0-----7-------5--|
E MajorE|--0--0--0------0--0--0--------5-------3--|
Riff 2 (When the owls cry in the night)
e|--------------0---------------0---------------0----------------0--------0--
b|--------------0---------------0---------------0----------------0--------0--
g|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
d|--7--7--7--7------9--9--9--9--------7-----------------------7--------7-----
a|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE|--5--5--5--5------7--7--7--7--------9-----------------------9--------9-----
e|--------------0---------------0---------------0----------------0--------0--
b|--------------0---------------0---------------0----------------0--------0--
g|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
d|--7--7--7--7------5--5--5--5--------4-----------------------4--------4-----
a|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE|--5--5--5--5------3--3--3--3--------2-----------------------2--------2-----
Riff 3: (guitar played in sync with sythesizer)
e|-------------------------------------------------|
b|-------------------------------------------------|
g|---------------------------5-----7-----9-----11--|
d|--9-----7-----5-----9------3-----5-----7-----9---|
a|--7-----5-----3-----7----------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------|
Lyrics:
Oh, baby, it's ....(Riff 1)
And when the owls ...(Riff 2)
(Riff 1)
Craze, baby, ...
And when the owls cry .......(Riff 2)
Ah, baby how d...
(Riff 3)
Oh, brave ......(Riff 1)
Baby, through the Roads of .....(Riff 1)
Fade out