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Moby Dick tab by Led Zeppelin

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Led Zeppelin - Moby Dick

        From the CD 'Led Zeppelin II'
                Written by Bonham/Jones/Page
                Atlantic Records  82633-2

        This song is in 4/4, dropped-D tuning. It has been tabbed by many
people, including Simon Chiplin (scc92@ecs.soton.ac.uk), Joel Bruner
(brunej@rpi.edu), and myself from rand@ingress.com last year, but I had
it wrong too. Here is the correct version. The key is C.

Jimmy Pena - jimmy@walrus.com

| = not a standard bar line; just used to separate music
~ = vibrato or held note
h = hammer on
p = pull off
s = slide
b = bend string up to indicated pitch/fret
r = release bend to indicated string/fret
/ = slide up from infinity
\ = slide down into infinity
o  \_
o  /   repeat sign (always look for these!)
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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
[x35553] = fret box; this is a C chord - this is the same as standard
  tablature, only turned on its side. Tilt your head clockwise to read.

      Don't forget: Dropped-D tuning = [DADGBe] (low to high)

[Riff 1]

e:-------------------------------|
B:-------------------------------|
G:o-----------------------------o|
D:o-----------------------------o|
A:----5--5--3--------------------|
E:-0-----------5--3~-5--3--5--3--|

[Riff 2]

e:-------------------------------|
B:-------------------------------|
G:o-----------------------------o|
D:o--5--5--3--0-----------------o|
A:---------------1~-3--1--3--1---|
E:-5-----------------------------|

[Riff 3]

e:--------------------------------------------------------------|
B:--------------------------------------------------------------|
G:-------------------------------------------5(b7)--5--2--------|
D:---7--7p5-----7--7---5--7-0-5-5-5-5-5--3---------------5--3---|
A:-----------7-------7---------------------5--------------------|
E:-7------------------------------------------------------------|

Song progression:

[Riff 1] x4
[Riff 2] x2
[Riff 1] x2
[Riff 3] x1
[Riff 1] x3

[Solo 1]:

  e:-----------10----------------------------------------------------|
  B:--------10------------------------------------------12--10\------|
  G:-12b14---------12b14r12-10----12-10-----------------12--10\------|
  D:---------------------------12--------12~--12-10-12---------------|
  A:-----------------------------------------------------------------|
  E:-----------------------------------------------------------------|

[Riff 1] x1

[Solo 2]:

  e:----------------------------------------------------------13b15----|
  B:--------13b15~13b15~13b15~13b15~13b15~13b15~13b15------------------|
  G:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
  D:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
  A:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
  E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
                   hold bend and strike

     **             **
  e:-10----13b15----10-------------------------------------------------|
  B:--10-------------10------------------------------------------------|
  G:---12-------------12-----------------------------------------------|
  D:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
  A:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
  E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
  (** rake these very quickly)

[Riff 2] x1

[Solo 3]:
  e:-3p1p0--------------------3p1p0------------------------------------|
  B:-------3p1p0--------------------3p1p0------------------------------|
  G:-------------4p2p0--------------------4p2p0------------------------|
  D:-------------------3p2p0--------------------3p2p0------------------|
  A:--------------------------------------------------3p2p0------------|
  E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                                  faster

[Riff 1] x1

[Solo 4]:

  e:-----------------------------------10------------------------------|
  B:----------------------------10-12-----13b15--13b15~~~\-------------|
  G:-----------------7-7-7-9s11----------------------------------------|
  D:-----------7-9-----------------------------------------------------|
  A:-5-5-5-7s9---------------------------------------------------------|
  E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Riff 3] x1   ;end on a D5 chord [xx023x]

[Drum solo]

[Riff 1] x1
[Riff 2] x1
[Riff 3] x1

 Then play D [x5777x], C [x3555x], A [x0222x]

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