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WHOLE LOTTA LOVE As recorded by Led Zeppelin (From the 1969 Album LED ZEPPELIN II) Words and Music by Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones & John Bonham Transcribed by Slowhand
x 7 9E 9 9 x x 5 7D 7 7 x x 0 2A 2 2 0
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Jimmy Page - Electric Guitar 1' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Jimmy Page - Electric Guitar 2' Intro Moderately Q=92 E 4/4 Gtr I PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--| H S E a S S +S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |------------------------||-----------------------------------| |------------------------||o----------------------------------| |------------------------||-----------------------------------| |------------------------||--9-------9-------9-------9--------| |--------------5-(5)---5-||o-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-x--| |----------5s7-------7---||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--| 1st Verse PM--| PM| PM PM--| PM| PM S S S S S S S S S S S S +S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S +S S E 8x |----------------------------------||-||-----------------------------------|| |---------------------------------o||-||o---------------------------------o|| |----------------------------------||-||-----------------------------------|| |-9-------9-----9-9----------------||-||--9-------9-----9-9----------------|| |-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-7-7-x---5-(5)---5-o||-||o-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-7-7-x---5-(5)---5-o|| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-------7----||-||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-------7----|| Chorus
PM--| PM| D PM---| PM| S S S S S S S S S E S +S E S S S S S S S S S S E S +S E S 3x |-------------------------------||-----------------------------------|| |-------------------------------||o---------------------------------o|| |-------------------7-7-(7)-7-7-||----------------------7-7-(7)-7-7--|| |-9-------9-----9-9-7-7-(7)-7-7-||--9---------9-----9-9-7-7-(7)-7-7--|| |-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-7-7-5-5-(5)-5-5-||o-7--x--x-x-7-x-x-7-7-5-5-(5)-5-5-o|| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------||--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------||
| | Gtr II | ~~~ | W S H. E S 3x |-------------------------------||-----------------------------------|| |-------------------------------||o---------------------------------o|| |-------------------------------||----12\----------------------------|| |-------------------------------||----12\----------------------------|| |-------------------------------||o---12\---------------------------o|| |-------------------------------||-----------------------------------|| 2nd Verse PM--| PM| PM PM--| PM| PM S S S S S S S S S S S S +S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S +S S E 8x |---------------------------------||------------------------------------|| |---------------------------------||o----------------------------------o|| |---------------------------------||------------------------------------|| |-9-------9-----9-9---------------||--9-------9-----9-9-----------------|| |-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-7-7-x---5-(5)---5-||o-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-7-7-x---5-(5)---5--o|| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-------7---||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-------7-----|| Chorus PM---| PM| PM---| PM| S S S S S S S S S E S +S E S S S S S S S S S S E S +S E S 3x |---------------------------------||-----------------------------------|| |---------------------------------||o---------------------------------o|| |---------------------7-7-(7)-7-7-||----------------------7-7-(7)-7-7--|| |-9---------9-----9-9-7-7-(7)-7-7-||--9---------9-----9-9-7-7-(7)-7-7--|| |-7--x--x-x-7-x-x-7-7-5-5-(5)-5-5-||o-7--x--x-x-7-x-x-7-7-5-5-(5)-5-5-o|| |-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------||--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------|| | | Gtr II | ~~~ ~~~ | S H. E S S H. E S 3x |---------------------------------||-----------------------------------|| |---------------------------------||o---------------------------------o|| |---12\---------------------------||----12\----------------------------|| |---12\---------------------------||----12\----------------------------|| |---12\---------------------------||o---12\---------------------------o|| |---------------------------------||-----------------------------------|| Sound effects
E W +W Wx7 |------------|------------||--------|| |------------|------------||--------|| |--9---------|-(9)--------||--------|| |--9---------|-(9)--------||--------|| |--7---------|-(7)--------||--------|| |--0---------|-(0)--------||--------||
| | ~~~ | W W Wx7 |------------|------------||--------|| |------------|------------||--------|| |-12\--------|------------||--------|| |-12\--------|------------||--------|| |-12\--------|------------||--------|| |------------|------------||--------|| Guitar Solo
EGtr I E S S Q H | | / /
Gtr II |--3--| Q S S S S S S S S S S S S +S |------------------12----------------------------------| |---------------12----15-12----------------------------| |---------14b16-------------14p13p12-14-12-14b16==(14)r| |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------| E S S Q H | | / / ~~~~ |-3-| |-3-| +Q S S S S S S S S S S T T T T T T S |---------------------------------------------| |----------------3----------------------------| |-(14)-------2s4---4s2-0-2p0-0-2p0------------| |----------------------------------2p0-2p0----| |------------------------------------------2--| |---------------------------------------------|
EE S S Q H | | / /
~~~~~ E E S S S S S E S Q |------------------12-------------15--------| |---------------12----15b17-15b17----15b17--| |---------14b16-----------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-0-----------------------------------------| E S S Q H E S S Q H | | | | / / / / ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ |----3-----| Q S E. +E +S T T S E. +E S E E E S E S S S S E |----------------------------------------|-------------19b21-19---18-17-------------| |-------17-20b25==(20)r(20)-------20p17--|-(17)---17--------------------20p17-20-17-| |---------------------------21p18--------|------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------| Gtr I E S S Q E S S +S S E |-----------------------------------------------| |-9---9-----------------------------------------| |-9---9-----------------------------------------| |-9---9-----------------------------------------| |-7---7-----------------------------5-(5)-----5-| |------------------------------7-----------7----| | | Gtr II | ~~~ | Q S S S S S S E S E. |-------------------------------------19--------| |-------17-19---19b21---19b21-19b21-------17----| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| 3rd Verse PM--| PM| PM S S S S S S S S S S S S +S S E 10x ||-----------------------------------|| ||o---------------------------------o|| ||-----------------------------------|| ||--9-------9-----9-9----------------|| ||o-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-7-7-x---5-(5)---5-o|| ||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-------7----|| | | W 10x ||-----------------------------------|| ||o---------------------------------o|| ||-----------------------------------|| ||-----------------------------------|| ||o---------------------------------o|| ||-----------------------------------|| Chorus PM---| PM| S S S S S S S S S E S +S E S 4x W +W ||-----------------------------------||----------------|--------|| ||o---------------------------------o||-9--------------|-(9)----|| ||----------------------7-7-(7)-7-7--||-9--------------|-(9)----|| ||--9---------9-----9-9-7-7-(7)-7-7--||-9--------------|-(9)----|| ||o-7--x--x-x-7-x-x-7-7-5-5-(5)-5-5-o||-7--------------|-(7)----|| ||--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------||-0--------------|-(0)----|| | | ~~~ ~~~ | S H. E S 4x S H. E S W ||-----------------------------------||----------------|--------|| ||o---------------------------------o||----------------|--------|| ||----12\----------------------------||---12\----------|--------|| ||----12\----------------------------||---12\----------|--------|| ||o---12\---------------------------o||---12\----------|--------|| ||-----------------------------------||----------------|--------|| Breakdown (Freetime)
EGtrs AI, II Wx4 H Q Q W +W |------------|------------|----------|--------| |------------|---------9--|-2--------|-(2)----| |------------|---------9--|-2--------|-(2)----| |------------|---------9--|-2--------|-(2)----| |------------|---------7--|-0--------|-(0)----| |------------|------------|----------|--------|
Outro
Gtr I E PM--| PM| PM +W H E S S +S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S +S S E |------------|--------------------||-----------------------------------| |-(2)--------|--------------------||o----------------------------------| |-(2)--------|--------------------||-----------------------------------| |-(2)--------|--------------------||--9-------9-----9-9----------------| |-(0)--------|----------5-(5)---5-||o-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-7-7-x---5-(5)---5--| |------------|--------7-------7---||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-------7----|
| | Gtr II | PM--| PM--| PM | W W S S S S S S S S S S S S +S S E |------------|--------------------||-----------------------------------| |------------|--------------------||o----------------------------------| |------------|--------------------||--9-------9-------9----------------| |------------|--------------------||--9-------9-------9----------------| |------------|--------------------||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---5-(5)---5--| |------------|--------------------||----------------------7-------7----| PM--| PM| PM PM--| PM| PM S S S S S S S S S S S S +S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S +S S E |-----------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-9-------9-----9-9-----------------|-9-------9-----9-9----------------| |-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-7-7-x---5-(5)-----5-|-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-7-7-x---5-(5)---5--| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-------7-----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-------7----| | | PM--| PM--| PM PM--| PM--| PM | S S S S S S S S S S S S +S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S +S S E |-----------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-9-------9-------9-----------------|-9-------9-------9----------------| |-9-------9-------9-----------------|-9-------9-------9----------------| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---5-(5)---/12-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---5-(5)---5--| |---------------------7-------7-----|---------------------7-------7----| PM--| PM| PM S S S S S S S S S S S S +S S E 4x |------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------o|| |------------------------------------|| |-9-------9-----9-9------------------|| |-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-7-7-x---5-(5)-----5-o|| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-------7------|| | | PM--| PM--| PM | S S S S S S S S S S S S +S S E 4x |------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------o|| |-9-------9-------9------------------|| |-9-------9-------9------------------|| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---5-(5)---/12-o|| |---------------------7-------7------|| Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide - natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting \n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip \n - tremolo bar down n/ - tremolo bar up /n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls <> - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths