Stairway To Heaven guitar tab by Led Zeppelin

Stairway To Heaven guitar tab

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Author/Artist: Led Zeppelin
Title: Stairway to Heaven (100% correct!!)
Album: Led Zeppelin IV  (untitled)
Transcribed by: Ryan Bache
Email: dragon_o0o@yahoo.com

Alright, as most of you know, there is a BIG problem with
incorrect tabs found on the internet. Well I got sick of 
finding tabs on the internet (especially Led Zepp.) that 
weren't correct at all. So I bought a book covering his 
first 5 albums. I intend to tab out most of the songs in here
overtime (and by request of course). So anyway, as far 
as I know, this is the first 100% correct version of Stairway
to Heaven out there. And don't email me telling me that 
anything i've tabbed out in here is wrong, unless you are 
POSITIVE it is a mistake, in which case i'll gladly change 
it. There is one bad thing though. My book doesn't include
solo's (or most of them atleast), but some help is more 
than none, right? Also, when you come to the part where
he's singing "If there's a bustle in your hedgerow...." that
part and "Yes, there are two paths you can go by..." are 
played with the same tabbs, so I put the first verse words 
in CAPS and the second verse with a capitalized letter in 
the beginning and end of each word. I'll have phrases 
from each verse in a different form of capitalization. 
Understand? If you still don't get it, then email me, i'll
explain. One last thing before i get started that you should 
know: this song had normal tuning and the beginning is 
played slowly (as wellas most of the song). Well, here 
goes: 

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                                 ------  There's a la - dy   sure      all    

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 gliters    gold        buy - ing  stairwayto heav-en.  gets    she           

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 if stores      closed     word  she     what she came for.            Ooh,   

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              ooh,             and    buy - ing   stairway   heav-en.         

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 sign      wall           wants       sure       know        words   two me-  

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 anings. In a  tree   by    brook    song - bird   sings       all            

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  mis - giv-en.                                                               

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 (all upcoming strokes are down unless noted) U    (i play this part w/o...)  

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    U (..the open..) U  (..A's + D's) wonder.                Ooh,             

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                         U             U                                      

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 There's        I  get   when       to     west       spir - it cry-ing  for  

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 leav-in. In my            seen  rings      through trees   the voic-es       

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     standlook-ing.                                   U                Ooh,   

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       wonderU       U        U                                 Ooh, U        

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          wonder  U             U                         And         soon    

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      call  tune    piper       rea-son.         day     dawn         those   

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  stand    for-ests echo   ter.                                  U            

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          Wo wo wo  wo   U      U         U                                   

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         IF YeS      BUSTLE  CaN gO bY     ALARMED            There'SPRING    

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  MAY QUEEN                                   U                               

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  andU        Uwonder U                                              U        

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              Oh,.......    U      U        U                                 

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                Your    hum-ming    won't     case   know           pip-er's  

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          join-him     Dear lady            wind blow                     st  

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 airway            wind?                  Oh,........... (Sorry, no solo!)    

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 (after solo)  (Am) D D  [rest](G)D D  [rest](F)D U  U D  U(G)D D   (you      

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 will need to play that part 7 times and then this comes) (Am) D D [rest] (G) 

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 D D(Fmaj7)D  D D  U D U D D U D (Am)D D [rest] D D(Fmaj7)U D D U D U D D U   

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 D (<---earlier: to be a rock and not to roll....) (outro stuff)(Am)D D  D  ( 

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 (Freely)   And she's buy - ing a stair - way     to heav - en.               

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             Alright, that's it! Enjoi!  Tab#1.....next tab: Black Dog        

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