Ramble On

Led Zeppelin

RAMBLE ON
As recorded by Led Zeppelin
(From the 1969 Album LED ZEPPELIN II)


Words and Music by Jimmy Page & Robert Plant

A13 x 0 2 0 2 0
A13sus4 x 0 4 0 3 0
Em x 0 5 0 5 0

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Jimmy Page - Rhythm steel string acoustic'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Jimmy Page - Lead w/light dist'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Jimmy Page - Lead w/light dist'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Jimmy Page - Lead w/light dist'

Intro
Q=98
4/4
Gtr I
S  S  S  S  E  S  S  S  S S S S S E   a E S S S S S S S S S S S S E  4x
||---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-----|-----0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------||
||o--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-----|-3s5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0---o||
||--13-13-13-13-13-11-11-11-11-9-9-9-----|-4s6-6h7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-0-6--||
||--14-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-12-7-7-7-0-0-|-5s7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-7--||
||o-14-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-12-9-9-9-0-0-|---0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---7-o||
||---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|--------------------------------||
|-Rhy Fig 1                                                end Rhy Fig 1-|

Verse
Rhy Fig 1 x8


Pre-Chorus
$
Gtr II
S      +E    T T +T  S.   E   +S  E   a  S Q
||---0------------0------------0---(0)----------------|
||o-----------------0-(0)--------------0--------0-----|
||--11pb12r(11)-----------9----------------9h11-------|
||----------------------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------|
|
|   Gtr I
|    E          S S    S     S S S  E    E      S S E
||----------------------------------------------------|
||o--------------------------------------7------7-7---|
||---1-------------------------6---------4------4-4---|
||---2-----------------------------------4------4-4-0-|
||o--2-------------------------4---------6------6-6---|
||---0----------0-0----0-----0---0--0-----------------|


S    +E    S +E  S S +S  E.    S  S E
|-----------------------------------------||
|------------0-(0)---------0-------------o||
|-6pb7r(6)---------6p4-(4)-------2p=1-----||
|-------------------------------------2---||
|----------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------------||
|
| E        S S  E  E    S  S  E +E    E
|-0---------------------------0-(0)-------||
|-5---------------------------0-(0)------o||
|-6----------------6----------1-(1)-------||
|-7---------------------------2-(2)-------||
|-0----------------4----------2-(2)------o||
|----------0-0--0-------0--0--0-(0)---0---||


Chorus
To Coda
S S S S E E +E     E   Q         S E   S S E   S +S  e   S E e   4x
||---------------------------------|-----------------------------3---||
||o-9-9-9-9------------------------|-3s5-----------3-(3)------------o||
||--9-9-9-9-7-9-(9)---------------|-------0-------------0-----2-----||
||--9-9-9-9-7----------------------|-5s7-----7-5---------0---0-------||
||o-7-7-7-7---9-(9)---------------|--------------------------------o||
||--0-0-0-0------------------------|---------------------------------||
||-Rhy Fig 2A                                         end Rhy Fig 2A-|
|
|   S S S S E E  S   S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S  S  S S S E e   4x
||---------------0---0-0-0-0-0-----|---------------------------2-2---||
||o-9-9-9-9------x---x-x-x-x-x-----|-3s5-5-5-5s3-3-3--3--------3-3--o||
||--9-9-9-9-7-9--x---x-x-x-x-x-0-0-|-0---0-0-0---0-0--0--0-0-0-2-2---||
||--9-9-9-9-7----x---x-x-x-x-x-0-0-|-5s7-7-7-7s5-5-5--5--0-0-0-0-0---||
||o-7-7-7-7---9--x---x-x-x-x-x-0-0-|--------------------------------o||
||--0-0-0-0------x---x-x-x-x-x-----|---------------------------------||
|-Rhy Fig 2                                           end Rhy Fig 2-|


Verse
w/Rhy Fig 1
>
W                                       W
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--0-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|


Rhy Fig 1 x3


Interlude
w/Rhy Fig 1 x4
Gtrs III, IV
<
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
W
|--------------------------------------|
|-15-----------------------------------|
|-16-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|


~~~~~~~~~~
+E   +S   S  E    +S   S  E    +S   S  E    E
||---------------------------------------------------|
||o---(15)-(15)p14h15---(15)p14h15---(15)p14h15---17-|
||----(16)-(16)p14h16---(16)p14h16---(16)p14h16---18-|
||---------------------------------------------------|
||o--------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------|


1.,2.
~~~~~~~~~~
S  S  E     +H.
|-----------------------------------------||
|-15p14h15----(15)-----------------------o||
|-16p14h16----(16)------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------------||


3.
~~~~~~~~~~
S  S  E     +H.                           W
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|--15p14h15----(15)-----------------------|----------------------------------||
|--16p14h16----(16)-----------------------|----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||


Chorus
Rhy Fig 2 + 2A x4


Interlude
|-Rhy Fig 3
A13            A13sus4
Gtr I
Q           E  E    +E     E  E     E
|           |  |     |     |  |     |
/           /  /     /     /  /     /

Gtr III
S  S  S  S  e  S  S  S  S  e  S  S  e
|----------------------------------------|
|-17-15-14-------17-15-14-------17-15-14-|
|----------16-14----------16-14----------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-Riff A
|
| Gtr IV
|  S  S  S  S  e  S  S  S  S  e  S  S  e
|--9--7-----------9--7-----------9--7----|
|-------10--7----------10--7----------10-|
|--------------9--------------9----------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-Riff B
|
| Gtr II
|  H                    H
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|--0-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|

end Rhy Fig 3-|
Em              A13sus4
E.        S  E  E  +H
|         |  |  |   |
/         /  /  /   /

~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~
S   S  S  S  e  E  +S   S  E  +S   S  E
|------------------------------------------|
|-17--15----------14-(14)----14-(14)----14-|
|--------14-16-14---------16---------16----|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|                               end Riff A-|
|
|                  ~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~
|  S   S  S  S  e  E  +S   S  E  +S   S  E
|--9---7-----------------------------------|
|--------10--7----10-(10)--7-10-(10)--7-10-|
|---------------9--------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|                               end Riff B-|
|
|  W
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|


w/Rhy Fig 3 + Riff A + B
S  S  Q.              H
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|--7s=9-----------------------------------|
|-------11--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|


Em              A13sus4
E.        S  E  E  +H
|         |  |  |   |
/         /  /  /   /
S  S  Q.            Q          Q
|------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------||
|--8s=9------------------------------------||
|-------11-------------9---------11--------||
|------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------||


Verse
w/Rhy Fig 1
Gtrs III, IV
~~~
W
|------------------------------------------|
|-12---------------------------------------|
|-13---------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
|  S  S  E    +E   E    +E      Q.
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|--------9----(9)--------------------------|
|--9h11------------9----(9)----11----------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-Riff C

W
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|
|   S  E   S  E   S S S S E   E   E
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|----------9----------7-7------------|
|---9h11-----11---7h9-----9---6---7--|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
end Riff C-|


Rhy Fig 1 + Riff C x7 -> D.S. al Coda




Outro
&
Rhy Fig 3 + 3A repeat to fade

source: tabsrus.nl

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composer: Jimmy Page; Robert Plant
Language: english