Led Zeppelin - When The Levee Breaks
Some things to remember when playing When the Levee Breaks: 1, wear the slide on the fourth finger. 2, The tuning is, from 6-1, E, A, C, F, A, C. 3, It`s played on a twelve string, but can be played on a six, and now to get on with it. When the Levee Breaks (Page/Plant/Jones/Bonham/Minnie) Half-time drum intro: Guitar 1, 12 sring electric: -------------0--0----------3--0--0-------- -------------3--3----------3--0--0-------- --3p0--0--0--4--4--3p0--0--3--0--0--5--5-- --3p0--0--0--5--5--3p0--0-----------5--5-- ------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ Keep on repeating that riff a bunch of times until the slide part enters: --6/8--8--8--8--8--8/10--10--10--10-----------0--5--3-----0-- --6/8--8--8--8--8--8/10--10--10--10-----------3--5--3-----3-- --6/8--8--8--8--8--8/10--10--10--10--5--3--5--0--5--3--5--0-- --6/8--8--8--8--8--8/10--10--10--10--5--3--5--0--5--3--5--0-- -------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------- After the "It`s got what it takes to make a mountain man leave his home oh well oh well oh well" line, and the slide that is shown above comes this: 12 string -----12--12--7--7--7--5--5--5--7--10--12-- -----12--12--7--7--7--5--5--5--7--10--12-- --7--12--12--0--7--7--0--5--5--7--0---0--- --7--12--12--0--7--7--0--5--5--7--0---0--- ------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ After that another slide guitar enters (six string with regular tuning [EADGBe], with a bit of fuzz or distortion): --1210------12~--75----7~---------5--7--10--12~~~~ ---------12------------8-----87/5------------------ ---------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------
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