Learn Music: White Summer guitar tab - Led Zeppelin tabs

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  From: marting@qpsx.oz.au (Martin Gregory)
  Subject: Re: REQ: White Summer - Jimmy Page
  
  
     broadhur@annex.com (Mike Broadhurst) wrote:
  >Does anyone have tab for Page's White Summer? I think it's something he 
  >originally wrote back in his Yardbird days. I've heard the tune on some 
  >Zep bootlegs (Knebworth, I think) and it's pretty cool. If memory serves, 
  >Page seques from this open-tuned piece straight into Kashmir. Does this 
  >mean Kashmir is also played in an open tuning, or is it another medley of 
  >tunes Page plays on his double neck?
  
  White Summer leads into Black Mountainside. (On the Remasters, at least).
  
  I posted this about a month ago. 
  
  Enjoy...  Improve!....
  
  Martin
  
  MartinG@qpsx.oz.au
  
                            White Summer
                             Jimmy Page
  
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  Notation:
  
  Above the staff:     *    - harmonic
                           - arpegiate chord downwards (high string to low)
                       /    - arpegiate chord upwards (low string to high)
                      0:12  - the time appearing on my CD player at this point
  
  On the staff:       h     - hammer next note on
                      p     - pull next note off
                      b     - bend up to next note
                      r     - release bend down to next note
                      /     - slide up to next note
                           - slide down to next note
                      ~     - bend note up and back
  
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------   
  
  Tuning:
  
  Tune both E strings down one tone to D
  Tune the B string down one tone to A
  
  
  The introduction....
  
  
    0:00
          *     *     *                 *
  d-|----12-----7-----5--------------------------------0-----------0------------
  a-|----12-----7-----5-----------------------------------------------------3---
  G-|----12-----7-----5--------------0-12--------------0-h2-p0-----0-h2-h4------
  D~|----12-----7-----5-----0-h2-h4-----------------------------4---------------
  A-|----12-----7-----5---------------------------------------------------------
  D-|----12-----7-----5--------------------3-b5-~5------------------------------
  
  
                                                                    0:16
  d-|--0------------------------------------------------------------------------
  a-|-----------------0-----------------------------3--------------0------------
  G-|--4-p2-p0--2-----2--------0-h2-p0-----0-h2-h4-----4-p2--0--2--2--2-p0------
  D~|-----------------0-----------------4--------------------------0--------2-p0
  A-|-----------------0--------------------------------------------0------------
  D-|-----------------0--------------------------------------------0------------
  
  
  
  d-|--------------------------------------------------------4-/5-4-/8-7/1210
  a-|-----------------------2---------------------------------------------------
  G-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  D~|-----2--------4--------------------2--2-h4-p2-h4-p2-----4-/5-4-/8-7/1210
  A-|--3-----3-/5-----5--3--2--------0------------------------------------------
  D-|-----------------------------0---------------------------------------------
  
  0:23
       /
  d-|-----0--0--0---------------------------------------------------------------
  a-|--0--0--------------5-p3-b5-~5-----3-b5-r3-b5-----5-r3---------------------
  G-|--2-----4--5--5--------------------------------------------2--4-b5-r4-b5---
  D~|--0--------------0---------------------------------------------------------
  A-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  D-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  
                                        
  d-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  a-|--------------------3--------------0--------------------------3------------
  G-|--2-p0-----0-h2-h3-----3-p2-p0-h2--2--------------0--0-h2-h4-----3-p2-p0--2
  D~|--------4--------------------------0-----0-h2-h4---------------------------
  A-|-----------------------------------0---------------------------------------
  D-|-----------------------------------0---------------------------------------
  
  
  0:39
                             
  d-|--4-p0-h4-----4-p0-h4-----4-p0-h4--------0--0--0---------------------------
  a-|--0-----------0-----------0-----------0--0--------------5-r3-b5-----3-b5-~5
  G-|--2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----4--5--5------------------------
  D~|--0-----------0-----------0-----------0--------------0---------------------
  A-|--0-----------0-----------0------------------------------------------------
  D-|--0-----------0-----------0------------------------------------------------
  
  
  
  d-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  a-|--5-p3-p2-h3-----5-p3-p2-h3-----5-p3-p2-p3-h5-/7-5-----5-p3-p2--3-p2-p0---
  G-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  D~|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  A-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  D-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
                   0:50                                             
  d-|-----------------------0-----------0-----------0---------------------------
  a-|--------------------------------------------3-----------------0------------
  G-|--4-p2-p0--4-----------0-h2-p0-----0-h2-h4-----4-p2-p0--2-----2------------
  D~|--------------------------------4-----------------------------0------------
  A-|--------------------------------------------------------------0------------
  D-|--------------3-b5-~~-----------------------------------------0------------
  
  
                                                                  *
  d-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  a-|-----------------------------3--------------0-----------------5------------
  G-|-----------0-h2-p0--0-h2-h4-----4-p2-p0-h2--2--------------0--5------------
  D~|--0-h2-h4-----------------------------------0-----0-h2-h4-----5------------
  A-|--------------------------------------------0------------------------------
  D-|--------------------------------------------0--------------------3-h5-~~---
  
  
    1:00                                      
  d-|--0-----------0-----------0------------------------------------------------
  a-|-----------------------3-----------------0---------------------------------
  G-|--0-h2-p0-----0-h2-h4-----4-p2-p0--2-----2---------------------------------
  D~|-----------4-----------------------------0---------------------------------
  A-|-----------------------------------------0---------------------------------
  D-|-----------------------------------------0---------------------------------
  
  
                                                                     1:12
  d-|-----------------------------------------------------------------0---------
  a-|-----------------------------------------------------------------0---------
  G-|--2-p0--------------------------------0--------------------------2---------
  D~|--------2-p0-----2--------4-----5-----9h10-p9--7-h9-p7--5-h7-p5--0---------
  A-|--------------3-----3-/5-----5--5----10--------9--------7--------0---------
  D-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  
  The guts...
  
   (It gets really fast here....
  
  d-|-----------0-----------0-----------0---------------------------------------
  a-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  G-|-----------0-h2--------0-h2--------0--2--------2--0------------------------
  D~|--0-h2-h4--------4-----------4-----------0--0--------2--0-----2-----------4
  A-|-----------------------------------------------------------3-----3--3-/5---
  D-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  
  
  d-|-----------------------
  a-|-----------------------   ...  in fact, so fast that I can't make
  G-|-----------------------        the rest of it out.  :-(  )
  D~|--------------3-/4-----
  A-|--5--3-p2--0-----------
  D-|--------------------0--   
  
  
  
  SO ... if you have a good ear, or some means of slowing this down, I'd
  be extremely grateful for a clue as to how to get started on this next bit!!!
  
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  Transcribed by Martin Gregory (marting@qpsx.oz.au), 21 Mar 1995,
  using tablature-mode.el by Mark R. Rubin.
  
  If you enjoyed this transcription, or have some comments or corrections to it,
  please do let me know!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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