Guitar tab for Travelling Riverside Blues (var.17) by Led Zeppelin free download and read or play online: file .txt, 5.2 kb has 193 views and 0 downloads.
The type font I used is Lucida Console on the notepad program.
This information will prove useful if nothing lines up properly in this tab.
Open G tuning: Low to high DGDGBD
Okay, so, skipping the intro and going straight to the riff . . .
1 e a u 2ea u 3 e a u4 e au 1 e a u 2 e a u 3 e a u 4 e au
E --/12-12-12-12-12--------0-0-3/5-----3-0----:----0-----0-----0-----0-----0---------------
B --/12-12-12-12-12--------0-0-3/5-----3-0----:------0-----0-----0-----0-----3-------------
G --/12-12-12-12-12--------0-0-3/5-----3-0----:-10-----9-----7-----5-----4-----------------
D ---------------------------------------------:--------------------------------------------
A ---------------------------------------------:--------------------------------------------
E ---------------------------------------------:--------------------------------------------
w/ slide w/ pick and fingers
So, the first measure you use the slide, but the second measure you don't.
However, I think he plays that second measure with his pick, index, and middle fingers.
Do this riff many times before going to the twelve bar blues section below.
1e a u 2e a u 3e a u 4 ea u Repeat x3
E ---0----x-x---x---x-x---x---x-x--x-0----0--:--------------------
B ---3----x-x---5---x-x---6---x-x--5-3----3--:----------/---------
G ---4----x-x---4---x-x---4---x-x--4-4----4--:-----*---/----------
D -------------------------------------------:--------/---*-------
A -------------------------------------------:-------/------------
E -------------------------------------------:--------------------
1e a u 2 e au 3e au 4eau 1e au2 e au 3e au 4eau
E --x--10-10--------------------------:-------------------------------------------------
B --x--11-11--11-11-11--10--10--11----:-----11---11--11---10--10--10--------------------
G --x--12-12--12-12-12--12--12--12----:-----12---12--12---12--12--12--------------------
D -----10-10--10-10-10--10--10--10----:-10--10---10--10---10--10--10--------------------
A ------------------------------------:-------------------------------------------------
E ------------------------------------:-------------------------------------------------
Note: you could probably ignore the notes on the high E string in the measure above.
I think Page hit those on accident, as I can't hear him hitting them in the rest of the song.
They did, however, provide me with the clue I needed to identify the correct chord inversion,
which is why I put them in the tab.
1e a u 2e a u 3e a u 4 ea u Repeat once
E ---0----x-x---x---x-x---x---x-x--x-0----0--:-------------------------------------------------------
B ---3----x-x---5---x-x---6---x-x--5-3----3--:--------------------------------/----------------------
G ---4----x-x---4---x-x---4---x-x--4-4----4--:---------------------------*---/-----------------------
D -------------------------------------------:------------------------------/---*--------------------
A -------------------------------------------:-----------------------------/-------------------------
E -------------------------------------------:-------------------------------------------------------
1e a u 2 e au 3e au 4eau 1e au2 e au 3e au 4e au
E ------------------------------------:-----/-8----8--8---8------------------------------------
B --x--13-13--13-13-13--12--12--13----:-----/-8----8--8---8------------------------------------
G --x--14-14--14-14-14--14--14--14----:----sl-------------------0---/3--/3---------------------
D -----12-12--12-12-12--12--12--12----:------------------------------sl---sl-------------------
A ------------------------------------:--------------------------------------------------------
E ------------------------------------:--------------------------------------------------------
1e au 2 e au 3 e au 4 e au 1e a u 2e au3e au 4e au
E --------0-------0-------0------0----:--------0------0---------0---0---------------------
B ------------------------------------:---------------------------------------------------
G ----0--------10---10--9---9--8---8--:--7--7-----7---------7-----------------------------
D ------------------------------------:---------------------------------------------------
A ------------------------------------:---------------------------------------------------
E ------------------------------------:---------------------------------------------------
Alternate between the riff and the twelve bar blues section for the whole song.
There's some variations on what is written here, as Page would improvise a bit around
the general idea for songs, especially an impromptu jam such as this one probably was.
My apologies if this comes out crooked or not lined up properly; this is my first time posting a tab.
I suggest copying and pasting to the Notepad program and deselecting the Word Wrap function under the Edit menu.
Please feel free to email me with any questions.
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