Black Dog (chromatic)

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

BLACK DOG
By: Jimmy Page, Robert Plant,
    John Paul Jones
Led Zeppelin
Key: A

-7   -7   -7  7   -7   7  -7  -7   8
Hey, hey, ma-ma, said the way you move
-7  -7  10  -9    8
Gon-na make you sweat, 
-7  -7  8    8   -7 7
Gon-na make you groove.

|677*-76|8 -7 -9109-99|-7-78 -7 7-7|
|-7-565-5-7|

-7  -7    -7   -7   7   -7    -7    8
Oh, oh, child, way you shake that thing
-7  -7  10  -9   8
Gon-na make you burn, 
-7  -7  8    8   -7 7
Gon-na make you sting.

|677*-76|8 -7 -9109-99|-7-78 -7 7-7|
|-7-565-5-7|

-7   -7   -7  7   -7   7   -7   -7   8
Hey, hey, ba-by, when you walk that way
  -7   -7  10  -9   8     -7    8  8 -77
Watch your hon-ey drip, can’t keep a-way.

|677*-76|8 -7 -9109-99|-7-78 -7 7-7|
|-7-565-5-7|-7 -4-5-5*6-4|7 6 -4-5-5*6|
|-47 6 -4-5-5*|6-47 6 -4-5|-5*6-5677*-76|
|8 -7 -9109-99|-778 -7 7-7|-7-565-5-7 |-7…6|

-7   -6* -7   -6* 10 -9 8-7
ah, yeah ah, yeah ah ah ah

10 -9 -9  8      -7    -7    8
I got-ta roll, can’t stand still,
-7 -7   10  -9    8     -7    8  8  -7 7
Got a flame-in’ heart, can’t get my fill,

|677*-76|8 -7 -9109-99|-7-78 -7 7-7|
|-7-565-5-7|

 10   -9    8    -7  -7  -7
Eyes that shine burn-ing red,
  10   -9  8  -7    8  8  -7 7
Dreams of you all thru my head.

|677*-76|8 -7 -9109-99|-7-78 -7 7-7|
|-7-565-5-7|

8  -7  8 -9 8  -7  8 -9  8 -7  8 -9 8…
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah.

-7   -7 -6* -7  -7 -6*  -7  -7 -7 -6*
Hey, ba-by, oh, ba-by, pret-ty ba-by,
 -9  -9   -9   10  9 -8 -7-8. 
Darl-in’ can’t ya do me now?

|..-77 |-7 7 ~ -7-7|8 -7 ~ -77|
|-7 7 ~ 11.|.-10* ~ -7 

-7   -7 -6* -7  -7 -6*  -7  -7 -7 -6*
Hey, ba-by, oh, ba-by, pret-ty ba-by,
 -9  -9   -9   10  9 -8 -7-8. 
Darl-in’ can’t ya do me now?

-7  -7   -7  -7   -7  -77 -7  -7    8
Did-n’t take too long fore I found out
 -7  10  9     8  -7   8   8  -77
What peo-ple mean by down and out.

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|-7-565-5-7|

 -7   -7 -7 -7    -7  -7  8
Spent my mon-ey, took my car,
  -7  -7  10  -9  -9   8
Start-ed tell-in her friends 
-7  -7  -7 8  8 -7 7
she gon-na be a star.

|677*-76|8 -7 -9109-99|-7-78 -7 7-7|
|-7-565-5-7|

-7  -7   -7  -7 -7  -7   8
I don’t know but I been told
-7 10 -9  -9   8  -7  -7    8  8  -7 7
A big leg-ged wom-an ain’t got no soul.

|677*-76|8 -7 -9109-99|-7-78 -7 7-7|
|-7-565-5-7|-7 -4-5-5*6-4|7 6 -4-5-5*6|
|-47 6 -4-5-5*|6-47 6 -4-5|-5*6-5677*-76|
|8 -7 -9109-99|-778 -7 7-7|-7-565-5-7 |-7…6|

-7   -6* -7   -6* 10 -9 8-7
ah, yeah ah, yeah ah ah ah

10 -9  8  -7  -7 -7  8 
All I ask for all I pray,
  10 10  -9  -9  8  8  -7  -7  8   8  -77
Stead-y roll-in wom-an gon-na come my way.
 
|677*-76|8 -7 -9109-99|-7-78 -7 7-7|
|-7-565-5-7|

 10 -9  8  -7 -7  -7  -7  -7  -7
Need a wom-an gon-na hold my hand
-7   10  10 -9   8    -7  -7 -7 8  8  -77
And tell me no lies, make me a hap-py man.

|677*-76|8 -7 -9109-99|-7-78 -7 7-7|
|-7-565-5-7|

8  -7  8 -9 8  -7  8 -9  8 -7  8 -9 8…
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah.

-7   -7 -6* -7  -7 -6*  -7  -7 -7 -6*
Hey, ba-by, oh, ba-by, pret-ty ba-by,
 -9  -9   -9   10  9 -8 -7-8. 
Darl-in’ can’t ya do me now?

|..-77 |-7 7 ~ -7-7|8 -7 ~ -77|
|-7 7 ~ 11.|.-10* ~ -7 
-7   -7 -6* -7  -7 -6*  -7  -7 -7 -6*

Hey, ba-by, oh, ba-by, pret-ty ba-by,
 -9  -9   -9   10  9 -8 -7-8. 
Darl-in’ can’t ya do me now?

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