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Stairway To Heaven

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Led Zeppelin was an English rock band originally formed in 1968 by guitarist Jimmy Page under the name "The New Yardbirds", based on Page's previous band, The Yardbirds. The band formed when Jimmy Page (guitar) recruited Robert Plant (vocals, harmonica), John Paul Jones (bass guitar, keyboards, mandolin), and John Bonham (drums). With their heavy, guitar-driven blues-rock sound, Led Zeppelin are regularly cited as one of the progenitors of heavy metal and hard rock music.

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Stairway to Heaven
By: Led Zeppelin
For Rhythm Guitar
Tabbed by: Electric Church

[Intro]
(Guitar and/or keyboard/flute)
Am Ammaj9 Am7 D/F# Fmaj7 G Am
Am Ammaj9 Am7 D/F# Fmaj7 G Am
C D Fmaj7 Am C G D
C D Fmaj7 Am
C D D
Fmaj7

[Verse 1]
Am Ammaj9
There’s a lady who’s sure,
Am7 D/F#
All that glitters is gold.
Fmaj7 G Am
And she’s buying a Stairway to Heaven.
Am Ammaj9
When she gets there she knows,
Am7 D/F#
If the stores are all closed,
Fmaj7 G Am
With a word she can get what she came for.
C D/F# C G D
And she’s buying a Stairway to Heaven.

[Verse 2]
C D
There’s a sign on the wall,
Fmaj7 Am
But she wants to be sure.
C D Fmaj7
‘Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings.
Am Ammaj9
In a tree by the brook,
Am D/F#
There’s a songbird who sings,
Fmaj7 G Am
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven.

[Bridge 1]
Am7 D Am7 Em/D D C/D D
And it makes me wonder...
Am7 D Am7 Em/D D C/D D
And it makes me wonder...

[Verse 3]
C G
There’s a feeling I get,
Am
When I look to the West.
C G Fmaj7 Am
And my spirit is crying for leaving.
C G
In my thoughts I have seen,
Am
Rings of smoke through the trees,
C G Fmaj7 Am C G
And the voices of those who stand looking.

[Bridge 1]
Am7 D Am7 Em/D D C/D D
And it makes me wonder...
Am7 D Am7 Em/D D C/D D
And it makes me wonder...

[Verse 4]
C G
And it’s whispered that soon,
Am
If we all call the tune,
C G Fmaj7 Am
Then the piper will lead us to reason.
C Am7
And a new day will dawn,
Am
For those who stand long,
C G Fmaj7 Am C G
And the forests will echo with laughter.

[Bridge 3]
Am7 D Am7 Em/D D C/D D
Am7 D Am7 Em/D D C/D D

[Verse 5]
Am G F
And as we wind on down the road,
Am G F
Our shadows taller than our souls,
Am G F
There walks a lady we all know,
Am G F
Who shines white light and wants to show,
Am G F
How everything still turns to gold.
Am G F
And if you listen very hard,
Am G F
The tune will come to you at last.
Am G F
When all are one and one is all
Am G F
To be a rock and not a roll.

N.C.
And she’s buying a Stairway to Heaven.

NOTE: These are not the same chords a single guitarist will be playing. This was
all done using the harmonics of each chord. So if someone tells you, “You’re
playing it wrong,” tell them to play along and it will match. I promise.
That should just about do it. If you’re a rhythm player and you don’t wanna be
left out when the band starts playing this song, then this is for you. I didn’t
tab the solos because I play lead guitar and I wouldn’t want anybody just copying
my solos. It’s not fair to take those from Jimmy Page. They’re a part of him
and he’s a part of them. So I’ll leave that to the imagination (after all, it’s
always improvised anyway).
Questions, comments, prayer requests, snide remarks? (ha, ha) E-mail me at [email protected]