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Black dog riff n' lyrics

by Led Zeppelin · posted by chiewiwi

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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
6    6    6 -5    6  -5   6   6   -7 
Hey, hey, ma-ma, said the way you move 
 
6  6   -8   7   -7     6   6  -7   -7   6 -5 
Gon-na make you sweat, gon-na make you gro-ove. 
 
6   6     6    6  -5    6     6    -7 
Oh, oh, child, way you shake that thing 
 
6   6  -8   7   -7    6   6  -7  -7   -5 
Gon-na make you burn, gon-na make you sting. 
 
6    6    6 -5    6  -5    6    6  -7 
Hey, hey, ba-by, when you walk that way 
 
  6    -8    7    -7     6    -7 -7  6 -5 
Watch heart-ache drip, can't keep a-way -. 
 
  6   5   -8  -7   -8   7  -7 
*Ah yeah, ah yeah, ah, ah, ah. 
 
-8   -7  -8  -7   -8   7  -7 
Ah yeah, ah yeah, ah, ah, ah. 
 
verse 2. 
 
-8 7   7  -7     6      6   -7 
I got-ta roll, can't stand still, 
 
6  6   -8   7  -7      6   -7  -7   6 
Got a flame-in'heart, can't get my fill, 
 
-8    7   -7     6   6   6 
Eyes that shine burn-in' red, 
 
  -8    7  -7  6   -7   7   6 
Dreams of you all thru my head. 
 
-7  6 -7  7 -7  6 -7  7 -7  6 -7  7 -8 
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah. 
 
Chorus- 
 
6    6  5   6   6  5    6   6  6 5 
Hey, ba-by, oh, ba-by, pret-ty ba-by, 
 
7    7    7   -8  -7 -6  -6 
dar-lin' can't you do me now  
 
6  6   5   6  6 5     6  6  6  5 
Hey ba-by, oh ba-by, pret-ty ba-by 
 
  7   7   7   -8  -7 -6 -6 
move me while you do me now 
 
verse 3. 
 
  6  6    6   6    6    -5  6   6   -7 
Did-n't take too long 'fore I found out 
 
  6  -8   7   -7   6  -7  -7   6 -5 
What peo-ple mean by down and out -. 
 
  6    6  6   6    6   6  -7 
Spent my mon-ey, took my car, 
 
  6    6   -8  7   7    -7     6   6   6 -7 -7 -5 
Start-ed tell-in' her friends she gon-na be  a star. 
 
I don't know but I been told 
A big legged wo-man ain't got no soul. 
 
* Chorus 
 
verse 4. 
 
-8  7  7  -7   6  6  -7 
All I ask for all I pray, 
 
-8   7  -7  -7  -7  6   6   6  -7  -7  6 
Stead-y roll-in' wo-man gon-na come my way. 
 
-8  7  6  6   6   6   6   6   6 
Need a wo-man gon-na hold my hand 
 
-8   -8   7 -7  -7     6   6 6  -7 -7  6 
Will tell me no lies, make me a hap-py man. 


Riff:
5 6 6 -6 5 7 -6 -4 5 4 -4 4
-6 -6 4 -6 6 -6 -6 -4 5 4 
Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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