Tabs
Rock And Roll by Led Zeppelin
Amazing song, enjoy!
Submitted by Grätchen
/ and \ mean slide up or down
^ means hammer on or pull off
' means bend 1/2 step (1 fret)
"means bend 1 whole step (two frets)
a number in parenthesis means it should still be ringing from when it was last
played
A augmentedA riff
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|-2--2-----2--5^2--4-----|-----2--4--2--2--2--4--2--|
|-0--0--4--0--0----0--3'-|-(3)-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
D MajorD riff
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|-2--2-----2--5^2--4-----|-----2--4--2--2--2--4--2--|
|-0--0--4--0--0----0--3'-|-(3)-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
E MajorE riff
|---------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|-
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|-2--2-----2--5^2--4-----|-----2--4--2--2--2--4--2--|
|-0--0--4--0--0----0--3'-|-(3)-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
The riff names coorespond to the chord names of a twelve bar blues in A. Since
each riff is two measures long the progression looks like this:
| A augmentedA riff | A augmentedA riff | D MajorD riff | A augmentedA riff | E MajorE riff | A augmentedA riff |
The verse tab also follow the chords of a twelve bar blues like this.
A augmentedA verse riff
|-----------------| |------------------|
|-----------------| |------------------|
|-----2-----------| play 3 |-----2-----2------|
|-----2-----------| times |-----2-----2------|
|-----0-----------| <---- |-----0-----0------|
|--3--------------| |--3-----3-----3^0-|
D MajorD verse riff
|-----------------| |------------------|
|-----3-----------| play 3 |-----3-----3------|
|-----2-----------| times |-----2-----2------|
|-----0-----------| <---- |-----0-----0------|
|--3--------------| |--3-----3-----3^0-|
|-----------------| |------------------|
E MajorE verse riff
|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------|
|--9--9--11-9--9--9--11-9--|--9--9--11-9--9--9--11-9--|--7---------|
|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|--5---------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------|
Rock and Roll
By
Led Zeppelin
Song:
A augmentedA riff
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|-2--2-----2--5^2--4-----|-----2--4--2--2--2--4--2--| repeat 1x
|-0--0--4--0--0----0--3'-|-(3)-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
D MajorD riff
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|-2--2-----2--5^2--4-----|-----2--4--2--2--2--4--2--|
|-0--0--4--0--0----0--3'-|-(3)-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
A augmentedA riff
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|-2--2-----2--5^2--4-----|-----2--4--2--2--2--4--2--|
|-0--0--4--0--0----0--3'-|-(3)-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
E MajorE riff
|---------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|-
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|-2--2-----2--5^2--4-----|-----2--4--2--2--2--4--2--|
|-0--0--4--0--0----0--3'-|-(3)-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
A augmentedA riff
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|-2--2-----2--5^2--4-----|-----2--4--2--2--2--4--2--|
|-0--0--4--0--0----0--3'-|-(3)-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
A augmentedA verse riff
|-----------------| |------------------|
|-----------------| |------------------|
|-----2-----------| play 3 |-----2-----2------|
|-----2-----------| times |-----2-----2------|
|-----0-----------| <---- |-----0-----0------|
|--3--------------| |--3-----3-----3^0-|
Been a long time since I rock and rolled
A augmentedA verse riff
|-----------------| |------------------|
|-----------------| |------------------|
|-----2-----------| play 3 |-----2-----2------|
|-----2-----------| times |-----2-----2------|
|-----0-----------| <---- |-----0-----0------|
|--3--------------| |--3-----3-----3^0-|
Been a long time since I did the stroll.
D MajorD verse riff
|-----------------| |------------------|
|-----3-----------| play 3 |-----3-----3------|
|-----2-----------| times |-----2-----2------|
|-----0-----------| <---- |-----0-----0------|
|--3--------------| |--3-----3-----3^0-|
|-----------------| |------------------|
Let me get back let me get back let me get back, baby where I come
A augmentedA verse riff
|-----------------| |------------------|
|-----------------| |------------------|
|-----2-----------| play 3 |-----2-----2------|
|-----2-----------| times |-----2-----2------|
|-----0-----------| <---- |-----0-----0------|
|--3--------------| |--3-----3-----3^0-|
from.
E MajorE verse riff
|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------|
|--9--9--11-9--9--9--11-9--|--9--9--11-9--9--9--11-9--|--7---------|
|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|--5---------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------|
It's been a long time been a long time been a long lonely lonely lonely lonely
lonely
A augmentedA riff
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|-2--2-----2--5^2--4-----|-----2--4--2--2--2--4--2--| repeat 1x
|-0--0--4--0--0----0--3'-|-(3)-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
time.
That covers the two types of progressions for the verse and chorus. You should
be able to figure out when each is played by the way they sound.
The end is as follows:
free time
A7A7
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--x-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5---------------------------5^7^5-7^5----5------------------------------|
|--4--------3^5^3------3-5/7-------------0-----------------------5---------|
|-------5---------3^5------------------------------------------------------|
THE END
Rock N Roll tab
"Rock and Roll" was released on the famous forth album by Led Zeppelin and on single the following year. The song, as seen in the Led Zeppelin Rock and Roll guitar tabs below, was the opener for all shows between 1972 and 1975. It later ended up as the encore on shows.
The song came to the band when working in the studio. They had some problems with another song and instead started to jam. It took only fifteen minutes from the drummer started a roll to the whole song was ready. Because of this it is one of only a few songs where the whole band shares the composer credit. Check out the Led Zeppelin Rock and roll guitar tabs below for the full song. Ian Stewart from The Rolling Stones is a guest pianist on the song.
