The Song Remains The Same - Led Zeppelin ---------------------------------------------------- From the live album of the same name Transcribed by Howard Wright hakwright (at) gmail (dot) com Although this is based on the live version, it applies pretty well to the studio version of the song. On the live version it's easier to work out what's happening since there is only one guitar. On the studio track there are one or two guitar parts doing the same kind of thing as this live version, but there are others in normal tuning doing other bits, so it's not easy to pick 'em out. Anyway it's nice to have a version which works well for just one guitar. The tuning for it is the same as for "The Rain Song" which they play just before TSRTS on the live album. From low to high : DGCGCD In 'Joni Mitchell' tuning notation this : D 5 5 7 5 2 which means start with the low string at D, then fret this at the 5th fret and tune the next string to this. Fret this string at the 5th fret and repeat with 7,5 and 2. Get the idea ? (Standard tuning written in this way is : E 5 5 5 4 5 ) One other thing - Jimmy Page uses a 12 string on the live track, so it sounds even more chimey and powerful. INTRO : ------- This is the only bit which differs significantly from the studio version. I'll tab the live version first, then the studio version. ^ ^ D-----------------------2-------------------------3---------- C---0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0--0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0---------- G---5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-0--5--5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-2---------- C---0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0--0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0---------- G------------------------------------------------------------ D------------------------------------------------------------ ^ ^ D------------------------9-------------------------12--------- C---0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0--7--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----10--------- G---5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5--7--10-10-10-10-10-10-10---10--------- C---0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-----0--0--0--0--0--0--0----0--------- G------------------------------------------------------------ D------------------------------------------------------------ D--14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14------------------------------------- C--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--etc--------------------------------- G--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-------------------------------------- C--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-------------------------------------- G------------------------------------------------------------ D------------------------------------------------------------ D---0-0-0--------2-2-2-------0-0-0-------2-2-2--------------------------- C---0-0-0--------0-0-0-------0-0-0-------0-0-0--------------------------- G---5-5-5--------0-0-0-------5-5-5-------0-0-0--------------------------- C---5-5-5--------2-2-2-------5-5-5-------2-2-2--------------------------- G---0-0-0--------0-0-0-------0-0-0-------0-0-0--------------------------- D------------------------------------------------------------ D---0-0-0--------2-2-2-------0-0-0-------2-2-2--------------------------- C---0-0-0--------0-0-0-------0-0-0-------0-0-0--------------------------- G---5-5-5--------0-0-0-------5-5-5-------0-0-0--------------------------- C---5-5-5--------2-2-2-------5-5-5-------2-2-2--------------------------- G---0-0-0--------0-0-0-------0-0-0-------0-0-0--------------------------- D------------------------------------------------------------ D---2--2-2-----2---2---3--3-3----/5--3---------------- C---0--0-0-----0---0---0--0-0----/4--2---------------- G---0--0-0-----0---0---0--0-0-----0--0---------------- Repeat this line C---0--0-0-----0---0---2--2-2------------------------- 3 times G----------------------0--0-0------------------------- D----------------------------------------------------- D------------------------------------------------------------ C------3---3---3---3---3---3-----3---------3---3---3-------- G--2/3---3---3---2---2---2---3-5---5---3-5---2---2---------- C--0-------------0-----------0------------------------------- G------------------------------------------------------------ D------------------------------------------------------------ D----------------2-2-2-------0-0-0-------2-2-2--------------- C----------------0-0-0-------0-0-0-------0-0-0--------------- G---5-5-5--------0-0-0-------5-5-5-------0-0-0--------------- C---5-5-5--------2-2-2-------5-5-5-------2-2-2--------------- G---0-0-0--------0-0-0-------0-0-0-------0-0-0-------------- D------------------------------------------------------------ D--------------3-------------2------------2-------------2---------- C--------------0-------------0------------0-------------0---------- G--------------0-------------0------------0-------------0---------- C--------------2-------------2------------2-------------2---------- G-----------0--------------0------------0-------------0------------ D--3b5-3b5---------3b5-3b5------3b5-3b5-------3b5-3b5------3b5-3b5- Play this line using a picking style rather than strumming : D---2--2-2-----2---2---3--3-3----/5--3---------------- C---0--0-0-----0---0---0--0-0----/4--2---------------- G---0--0-0-----0---0---0--0-0-----0--0---------------- Repeat this line C---0--0-0-----0---0---2--2-2------------------------- 3 times G----------------------0--0-0------------------------- D----------------------------------------------------- D--3--5--8----8-8-------3--5--8----8-8---------------------- C--2--3--7----7-7-------2--3--7----7-7---------------------- G--3--5--8----8-8-------3--5--8----8-8---------------------- C--0--0--0----0-0-------0--0--0----0-0---------------------- Repeat this G------------------------------------------------------------ line once D------------------------------------------------------------ Play this next line with a more choppy, funky feel to get the sound of the live version. D--3--5--8-7-8--x-x-x---3--5--8-7-8--x-x-x---3--5--8-7-8----- C--2--3--7-6-7--x-x-x---2--3--7-6-7--x-x-x---2--3--7-6-7----- G--3--5--8-7-8--x-x-x---3--5--8-7-8--x-x-x---3--5--8-7-8----- C--0--0--0-0-0--x-x-x---0--0--0-0-0--x-x-x---0--0--0-0-0----- G------------------------------------------------------------ D------------------------------------------------------------ let last chord sustain D--3--5---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--8------- C--2--3---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-------- G--3--5---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--8-------- C--0--0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--------- G------------------------------------------------------- D------------------------------------------------------- I had a dream D---2--2-2-----2---2---3--3-3-----3---5---8----8-8----- C---0--0-0-----0---0---0--0-0-----2---3---7----7-7----- G---0--0-0-----0---0---0--0-0-----3---5---8----8-8----- C---0--0-0-----0---0---2--2-2-----0---0---0----0-0----- G----------------------0--0-0-------------------------- D------------------------------------------------------ D--3--5--8----8-8-------3--5--8----8-8-------3--5--8----8-8-- C--2--3--7----7-7-------2--3--7----7-7-------2--3--7----7-7-- G--3--5--8----8-8-------3--5--8----8-8-------3--5--8----8-8-- C--0--0--0----0-0-------0--0--0----0-0-------0--0--0----0-0-- G------------------------------------------------------------ D------------------------------------------------------------ D--3--5--8----8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--------- C--2--3--7----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------- G--3--5--8----8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---------- C--0--0--0----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------- G------------------------------------------------------- D------------------------------------------------------- alternative bit : D--3--5--8----8-8-------3--5--8----8-8-------3--5--8----8-8-- C--2--3--7----7-7-------2--3--7----7-7-------2--3--7----7-7-- G--3--5--8----8-8-------3--5--8----8-8-------3--5--8----8-8-- C--0--0--0----0-0-------0--0--0----0-0-------0--0--0----0-0-- G------------------------------------------------------------ D------------------------------------------------------------ D--3--5----8--8--8---7--7--7---10-10-10--8--8--8---12-12-12---------- C--2--3----7--7--7---5--5--5---9--9--9---7--7--7---10-10-10---------- G--3--5----8--8--8---7--7--7---10-10-10--8--8--8---12-12-12---- C--0--0----0--0--0---0--0--0---0--0--0---0--0--0---0--0--0----- G------------------------------------------------------------ D------------------------------------------------------------ D---14--------------------------------------------------------- C---12--------------------------------------------------------- G---14--------------------------------------------------------- C---0--------------------------------------------------------- G------------------------------------------------------------ D------------------------------------------------------------ D------------------------------------------------------------ C------------------------------------------------------------ G------------------------------------------------------------ C------------------------------------------------------------ G------------------------------------------------------------ D------------------------------------------------------------ D------------------------------------------------------------ C------------------------------------------------------------ G------------------------------------------------------------ C------------------------------------------------------------ G------------------------------------------------------------ D------------------------------------------------------------ D------------------------------------------------------------ C------------------------------------------------------------ G------------------------------------------------------------ C------------------------------------------------------------ G------------------------------------------------------------ D------------------------------------------------------------ D------------------------------------------------------------ C------------------------------------------------------------ G------------------------------------------------------------ C------------------------------------------------------------ G------------------------------------------------------------ D------------------------------------------------------------