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Stairway To Heaven by Led Zeppelin

Bass tab submitted by: greendaypunk
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Performed by:Led Zeppelin
Composers: Jimmy Page, Robert Plant

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Song:Stairway to Heaven
Led Zeppelin
"Led Zeppelin IV"
Tabbed by:greendaypunk

No bass until:

 C      G/B     Am         C   G/B Fmaj7  Am
g--------------|----------|------------|-----------------|
d--------------|----------|------------|-----------------|
a-3------2-----|--------2-|-3----2-----|---------------2-|
e--------------|-5--------|----------1-|---5-------------|
 If there's a bustle in your hedgerow...  

g--------------|---------------------------|-------------|
d--------------|-----7--7-------5--5-------|-------------|
a-3------2-----|-----------5h7-----------2-|-3------2----|
e--------------|-5--------------------5----|-----------1-|

g--------------|-----------|-----------------|---------------------|
d--------------|-----------|-----7-7-7-------|---7-----------------|
a------------2-|-3----2----|------------7--5-|------5--------------|
e-5------5-----|-----------|-5---------------|--------2-2---3--x-5-|

g------------------|-7-----7------------|----------------|
d--------7-------7-|---------7------7---|----------------|
a-----7-----7--5---|-----------5------7-|-----------7--5-|
e-5----------------|--------------------|-5-----5--------|

g-----------------7-----|-------------------|-7----7------------||
d------------4--7---7-7-|-----------------7-|--------7----------||
a------5----------------|-----------7---5---|----------5----7-5-||
e---5-------------------|-5----5------------|-------------------||

 
Next Verse
g---------------|------------------|-------------|---------2----|
d---------------|----------2-------|-------------|------------2-|
a-3----x-x-2----|----------------2-|-3----2------|--------------|
e---------------|-5-----5-----5----|-----------1-|---5----------|
 Your head is humming... 

g---------------|-------------------|------------|---------------|
d---------------|-------5\2---------|------------|---------------|
a-3--------2----|-----------------2-|-3---2------|-------------2-|
e---------------|-5-----------5-----|----------1-|---5---x-3-5---|

g---------------|                 
d---------------|  
a-3--------2----|  
e---------------|    



Interlude 
g--------------|---------------------|    
d--------------|---------------------| 
a-5--------5-5-|-5-----5-5-5-----5-5-|
e--------------|---------------------|
Time Signature Changes During Interlude
  g---------|   g-------|   g---------------|   g---------------------|   g----------|
3 d---------| 4 d-------| 5 d---------------| 4 d---------------------| 7 d----------|
4 a-5--5--5-| 4 a-3-----| 4 a-----------5-5-| 4 a-5-----5-5-5-----5-5-| 8 a-5--5--5--| 
  e---------|   e-------|   e---------------|   e---------------------|   e----------|
       
  g-----------|-------------|
4 d-----------|-------------|
4 a-----------|-2-----------|
  e-----------|-------------|
                          
Bass (During Solo)
g----------------|----------------------------|
d----------------|----------------------------|
a----------------|----------------------------|
e-5----3--3----1-|-1--1----1-0-1-0-1----1-3-0-|

g-----------------|-----------------------------|-------------------|
d-----------------|-----------------------------|-------------------|
a-----------------|-----------------------------|-------------------|
e-5--5----x--3--3-|-1--1-1-1--1-1--0-1-0--1-3-0-|-5--5----3--3----1-|

g------------------------------|-------------------|
d-------3--3p0-----------------|-------------------|
a------------------------------|-------------------|
e-1--1----------1-1-1--1-1-3-0-|-5--5----3--3----1-|

g------------------------------|---------------------|
d--------3-----------3---------|---------------5-----|
a------------------------0-1-1-|-----------------5---|
e-1--1-1---1-1-1-0-1---1-------|-5--5----3-3-------0-|

g---------------------------|----------------------------|
d---------------------------|-------------7--------------|
a---------------------------|---------7-7----------------|
e-1--1--1--1-1-1--1-1-0-3-1-|-5--5----------3--3----3--3-|

g----------------------------|----------------------------|
d----------------------------|---------------------5------|
a----------------------------|---------7---7---------5----|
e-1--1-1----1-1--1-3-1-1-1-3-|-5--5------5---3--3------3--|

g------------------------------|----------------------------|
d---------3------3-3---3-------|----------------------------|
a------------1/3-----3---3-----|---------7-----------5------|
e-1--1---------------------1-3-|-5--5------0-5-3--3-----3-1-|
 
g--------------------------------|---------------------------|
d--------------------------------|---------------------------|
a--------------------------------|---------7-----------5-----|
e-1-1--1--1-x-x-1---1-1--1-x-3-4-|-5--5------5-3--3------3-0-|

g----------------------------|-----------------------------|
d---------------3----3-------|-----------------------5-----|
a-----------0-3----3---3-----|-------------------------5---|
e-1--1-------------------1-3-|-5-0--5----5-x-3--3--------3-|

                                   Chorus
                                   Repeat x 7  
g-------------------------------| |--------------------------|
d-----------------0-2-3---3-3-3-| |*-------------------------|
a---------------3---------------| |*-------------------------|
e-1--1-1-1-1-1------------------| |--5--5-----5-3--3-----0-1-|
                                   And as we  . . 

 
g--------------------------------| |-------------------------|
d-------------------------------*| |-------------------------|
a-------------------------------*| |-------------------------|
e-1---1---1---1---(1--0--3--4-)--| |-5--5-------3--3-------1-|
                  

g-----------------------------|-------------------------|
d-----------------------------|-------------------------|
a-----------------------------|-------------------------|
e---1--1---0-1-1--1---1-0-3-4-|-5--5-------3--3-------1-|

g-----------------------------|-----------------------|
d---------------3-3-----------|------7----------------|
a----------0--3-----3-0-0-----|------------------5----|
e---1--1------------------1-3-|-5-------0--3--3-----1-|
 
g----------------------------|-------------------------|
d--------------3-------------|-------7-----------------|
a----------------------------|----7--------------5-----|
e---1--1---1-1----1--1-1-3p0-|-5----------3-3-3----0h1-|

g----------------------------|-------------------------|
d---------------3----3-------|-------------------------|
a-----------0-3----3---3-----|------------------5------|
e-1--1--1----------------1-3-|-5--0--5----3--3----3-1--|

                               ritard
g-----------------------------|----------------------|
d-----------------3-----3-----|----------------------|
a-----------0-0-3---0-3---3---|----------------------|
e-1--1--1-------------------0-|-5--5--5----3----3----|

g-------------|---------------|---------|
d-------------|---------------|---------|
a-------------|---------------|---------|
e-1-----------|-(1)-----------|-(1)-----|

Long song. Timing is a bit of a bitch. Good Luck!
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Comments on this version of the 'Stairway To Heaven' bass tab

fleateenfleateenUnknown Date
no reall correctoins i would just liketo say to all of u out there that think he is missingsomethink that john paul jones the bassit of led zeppelin if u didnt no his name uses a lot fo fills so that the bro go he did a good job.
RAMONES1RAMONES1Unknown Date
John paul jones plays keyboard in this song
Sirius43Sirius43Unknown Date
ramones1 is right John Paul Jones is playing the organ in this song, so could some one explain where this tab came from?
SuperNothing6SuperNothing6Unknown Date
haha who cares it's who played what it's a tab just play it and shut up
AnDrEwR4113AnDrEwR4113Unknown Date
naw, when they play it live, jones starts to play bass when the drums come in, trust me, i have the live DVD
JohnPaulJones513JohnPaulJones513Unknown Date
actually he plays the bass the whole song, but he plays it on the keyboard. you know you can play bass tabs on the low end of a keyboard
Malbogia87Malbogia87Unknown Date
Whiteguy492 is right about there having no 1-0-1-0 on the E cord during the solo but is wrong about hitting the first fret of the E cord six times, you really hit it only five times, it goes like this





G-----------------------------------


D-----------------------------------


A-----------------------------------


E-33-55-1-1-1-1-1-3-55-33-1-1-1-1-1-etc...





don't get me wrong, everything else about his correction is good.
Malbogia87Malbogia87Unknown Date
Just to anser Bass182nirvana's question.





The little x's mean that you play whats called a dead note, its like a muted note exept not actually a note. It has a kind of low tap/thump sound to it. I'm not exacly shure how to play it but I think it works by breifly tapping a muted string with your thumb.


I hope that helped.
RemDogRemDogUnknown Date
For all those Zeppelin fans out the the true tab for bass for this is _________. Nothing in otherwords. There is no bass line in the original song. John Paul, the bassist for those who don't know decided the bass lines he wrote made the song sound too much like a folk song.
bonedmonkeybonedmonkeyUnknown Date
OMFG. STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN HAS NO BASS!!!!! JOHN PAUL JONES PLAYS KEYBOARD THROUGH THE WHOLE SONG.
liveafterdeathliveafterdeathUnknown Date
all of those people saying that there is no bass in this song are right, all you have to do is watch "the song remains the same" (you can probably rent it at a store) and you will see that jones is on his keyboard.
selftaughtbassistselftaughtbassistUnknown Date
Everyone is complicating things on the bass or no bass. Live he would have done whatever he felt like doing, and on the recording he would have played the keys part on keys and the bass part on bass. Simple as that. It's called studio, figure it out.
mdmetalheadmdmetalheadUnknown Date
Why does every one argue about the easiest riff ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


55555333331111111333shut uuuuuuuuuup
pusciferschildpusciferschildJanuary 25, 2008 at 10:21 pm
JPJ has played this song on both the keyboards and bass guitar. Mostly on keyboard, doing a bassline with one hand. This is a legit tab to a band who doesn't have a keyboard player. And it is spot on good.



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