Tabs
Notation: s=sixteenth note, e=eighth note
Intro/Verses:
s e s e s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s
E MajorE|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D MajorD|---0----0--2-------2-------2--|-------2-------2-------2-------2--|
A augmentedA|-2----2-----------------------|----------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------0-0-0---0-0-0----|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0----|
For the intro, play the whole figure straight through twice. For the verses,
just play the first half.
The low E's are sort of optional -- if it's tough, just play the high E's
by themselves, or kindly ask a bass player to play them.
Chorus: "Wanna Whole Lotta Love?"
s s s s s e (slide)
E MajorE|-------------------|
BB|-------------------|
G+G|-------------------|
D MajorD|-0-0-0-0-0----9\---| play 4 times
A augmentedA|-----------7-------|
E MajorE|-------------------|
Whole Lotta Love (Led Zeppelin)
Main Riff:
e ---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB ---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G -----------------9--------9--------9---------------------------------------|
D MajorD -----------------9--------9--------9---------------------------------------|
A augmentedA --------5----5---7--------7--------7---------------------------------------|
E MajorE --(5)>7----7-------0-0-0----0-0-0------------------------------------------|
Solo:
e -------------12--------------------------------------|
BB ----10/12-------15--12-------------------------------|
G+G ------------------------15p14p12--14p12--14>(16)-----|
D MajorD -----------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA -----------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE -----------------------------------------------------|
/-3--\ /-3--\
e -------------------------------------------------|
BB -------------------------------------------------|
G+G -2/4---4p2--0--2p0-0--2p0------------------------|
D MajorD ---------------------------2p0--2p0--------------|
A augmentedA -------------------------------------2-----------|
E MajorE ---------------------------------------------0---|
e ----------12-10>(12)--12--15--10>(12)-|-12 15>(19)>15--12----15p12-|
BB -10>(12)--12--------------------------|-------------------14-------|
G+G --------------------------------------|----------------------------|
D MajorD --------------------------------------|----------------------------|
A augmentedA --------------------------------------|----------------------------|
E MajorE --------------------------------------|----------------------------|
/------3------\ /---3---\
e ----19>(21)-19---18-17--15-----15-----|---------------------------17-19----|
BB -17------------------------17-----17--|---17-19-19>(21)--19>(21)--------17-|
G+G --------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D MajorD --------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A augmentedA --------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E MajorE --------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
I have just read an interview with Page where he explains how exactly he plays
the riff in "Whole lotta love".
The tablature in the archive is fine, but the original sounds a little differen
t. Here we go :
E--------------|--------------
B--------------|--------------
G--------------|--------------
D----0---0-----|-------------- and repeate.
A----5~--5~-7--|-7-7-7---7-7-7
E--7---7----0--| 0-0-0---0-0-0
~ stands for slight bend, which is the trick here. D MajorD sounds on two strings
simultaniousely.
Whole Lotta Love
Led Zeppelin
"Led Zeppelin II"
Intro + Main Riff:
e------------------|--------------------------- ----
b------------------|--------------------------- ----
g------------------|-9-----------9-----------9- Continue this then -9\-
d-------0----------|-9-----------9-----------9- -9\-
a-------5--------5-|-7-----------7-----------7- -7\-
e--5/7-------7-----|----0--0--0-----0--0--0---- ----
P.M.--- P.M.---
Repeat this over for the verses.
Chorus:
e------------------------------
b------------------------------
g-9-----------9-----------9--7- continue with the 'D'then repeat this figure
d-9-----------9-----------9--7-
a-7-----------7-----------7--5-
e----0--0--0-----0--0--0-------
P.M.--- P.M.---
then repeat the riff, into and during the verse
Chorus
Guitar Solo
The chord repeated throughout this solo is an 
E5E5 at the 7th fret.
e-----------------12----------------------------------|
b------------)-12-----15-12------------------)/\/\/\--|
g----------14----------------15p14p12-12---14---------|
d-----------------------------------------------------|
a-----------------------------------------------------|
e-----------------------------------------------------|
e--------------------------------------------|
b--------------3-----------------------------|
g----------2/4----4\2-0-2p0-0-2p0------------|
d---------------------------------2p0-2p0----|
a------------------------------------------2-|
e--------------------------------------------|
e--------------------------12---)----)---15---)/\/\/\/\-|
b-------------------)--12-----15---15-------15----------|
g-----------------14------------------------------------|
d-------------------------------------------------------|
a-------------------------------------------------------|
e-0-----------------------------------------------------|
2_
e-----------------------------)--(----------------------|
b-----------------17--20--(20)--------------20p17/\/\/\/|
g------------------------------------21p18--------------|
d-------------------------------------------------------|
a-------------------------------------------------------|
e-------------------------------------------------------|
)
e-----------------------19----19---18--17-------------------------|
b-(17)/\/\/\---------17--------------------20p17--20-17/\/\/\/\/\-|
g-----------------------------------------------------------------|
d-----------------------------------------------------------------|
a-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e-----------------------------------------------------------------|
*
e------------------)-----)---)-----19---------------------||
b--------17--19--19----19--19----------17/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\-||
g---------------------------------------------------------|| * = 1 & half
d---------------------------------------------------------||
a---------------------------------------------------------||
e---------------------------------------------------------||
)
14 = a whole bend (if other step then written)
)/\/\/\
14 = the bend + vibrato
__
) (
20 = a whole bend and then release
p = a pull off (Now Don't be rude !)
h = hammer on
After this it goes back to the riff, until the .....
Interlude
During this the band is tacet (Silent), until the 2 end chords which are
an E MajorE at the 7th fret, then an A augmentedA at the 5th fret sustained over a longer
time
Outro:
Well really, you could guess by now. Do the riff until it hurts, and fade out
What a 🏷Legend of a song.
Written out by The Loan Arranger - [email protected]
12/11/96
Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love "bridge" section after all the noises...
starts at around 3:00
This part of the song is not in the original TAB.
Seth McCarus 5/18/99
[email protected]
🏷Legend:
/ slide up
p pick off
h hammer on
b bend up
e ------------12-10---------------------------
BB --------/12-------12-11p10p8-10-8-10b12-----
G+G --9-9---------------------------------------
D MajorD --9-9---------------------------------------
A augmentedA --7-7---------------------------------------
E MajorE --0-0---------------------------------------
e --------------------------------------------
BB --------------------------------------------
G+G --9-9-------5-------------------------------
D MajorD --9-9---5/7---7-5-7p6p5-7p6p5---------------
A augmentedA --7-7-------------------------5-------------
E MajorE --0-0---------------------------------------
e -------------10-12-12-15b16-12--------------
BB -------11h12--------------------------------
G+G --9-9---------------------------------------
D MajorD --9-9---------------------------------------
A augmentedA --7-7---------------------------------------
E MajorE --0-0---------------------------------------
e -------12-15-17b19-14-12-15b16-12-----------
BB --------------------------------------------
G+G --9-9---------------------------------------
D MajorD --9-9---------------------------------------
A augmentedA --7-7---------------------------------------
E MajorE --0-0---------------------------------------
e ----------20b21-19-18-17--------------------
BB -------17----------------20-17-20b21-17-----
G+G --9-9---------------------------------------
D MajorD --9-9---------------------------------------
A augmentedA --7-7---------------------------------------
E MajorE --0-0---------------------------------------
e -------------16b17-16b17-17b19--------------
BB -------17-19-------------------17-----------
G+G --9-9---------------------------------------
D MajorD --7-7---------------------------------------
A augmentedA --7-7---------------------------------------
E MajorE --0-0---------------------------------------
then it goes back into the standard riff,
e--------------|--------------
B--------------|--------------
G--------------|--------------
D----0---0-----|--------------
A----5~--5~-7--|-7-7-7---7-7-7
E--7---7----0--| 0-0-0---0-0-0
This is the first tab I've ever created, and I
*know* it's not totally accurate, but it sounds
pretty good. If anyone wants to fix it up, be
my guest. Thanks to the original posters of
the tab to this song, O so long ago.
Whole Lotta Love tab
Whole lotta love was Led Zeppelins first hit it USA when it was released as a single in 1969 The song was also the opener on their second album «Led Zeppelin II». See the complete Led Zeppelin Whole lotta love guitar tabs here. The band did not do singles at home in England but they enter the top spot in hit-lists in countries like Germany and the Netherlands.
The recording of the song is well documented. The into, a blues inspired riff, is played on a telecaster through a Marshall plexihead amp using distortion from a EL34 output vavlves. The famous riff, as seen in these Whole lotta of love guitar tabs, came to Jimmy Page when improvising on stage during their song «Dazed and confused»
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