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Thats The Way Bass

(ver. 1)
Led Zeppelin
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                            THAT'S THE WAY (Bassline)
                           As recorded by Led Zeppelin
                     (From the 1970 Album LED ZEPPELIN III)

Words and Music by Jimmy Page & Robert Plant
Arranged by Warner Chappel Music Ltd/International Music Publications Ltd

           D
        x x 0 x

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'John Paul Jones Bass'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Appalachian Dulcimer'

 Intro
  Q=92
  (G)
 4/4
  Gtr II
  Wx99
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|


  H    Q  E. S   E E S S E S S E S S E   S S E S S E S S E S S S S
|--------------|-----------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------|-----------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------|-2-2-----2-----2-----2-|-----2-----2-----2----------|
|------------0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------|
|--------------|-----------------------|-------------------3-3-4-4--|
|--------------|-----------------------|----------------------------|


  S S E S S E S S E E E   E E S S E S S S S S S S S   Q  Q  H
|-----------------------|---------------------------|------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|------------|
|-----------------------|---2-----2-----------------|------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|-0---0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0----------|
|-------------------3-4-|---------------------------|------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|------------|


  Wx3
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|


 Second Phrase
  Q=100
  Wx5
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|


  Gtr I
  W          W          Q    Q    Q    Q
|----------|----------|-------------------|
|----------|----------|-------------------|
|----------|----------|-----------2----3--|
|----------|----------|-3----5------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W          W          E. S E. S E. S Q
|----------|----------|-------------------|
|----------|----------|-------------------|
|----------|----------|-------------------|
|----------|----------|---------0-0--2-2--|
|----------|----------|-2--3-3------------|
|----------|----------|-------------------|


  Q    E E  E  Q       E   E E E S S +E  Q       E   E E E S S  E  Q       E
|------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|------x-----------------|-----5-------------------|-----5-------------------|
|-5------5-----5-------0-|-3-7---3s5-(5)-----------|-3-7---3s5--5------------|
|------------------------|---------------3-------3-|---------------3-------3-|
|
| E. S E E +E  E +S  S E   E E E E   +E  E +S  S E   E E E E   +E  E +S  S E
|------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-4--4-4-4-(4)-4-(4)-4-4-|-5-7-9-4---(4)-5-(5)-5-5-|-5-7-9-4---(4)-5-(5)-5-5-|
|------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|


  E E E S S +E  Q       E   Q     E E  E  E E E   Q  E E E E E  E
|-------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|-----5-------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|-3-7---3s5-(5)-----------|-5-----5-5--5--5-5-3-|-5--5-5-5-5-5--3---|
|---------------3-------3-|---------------------|-------------------|
|
| E E E E   +E  E +S  S E   E S S E E +E  E E E   Q  Q   Q   E.   S
|-------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|-5-7-9-4---(4)-5-(5)-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-|-4--4---4---4------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|-----------------2-|
|-------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|


  Q    Q    Q    Q      Q     E E E Q       E   E E E S S +E  Q       E
|---------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------x---------------|-----5-------------------|
|-----------2----3----|-5-------5---5-------0-|-3-7---3S5-(5)-----------|
|-3----5--------------|-----------------------|---------------3-------3-|
|
| E. S E. S E. S E. S   E S S E E E E +S  S E   E E E E   +E  E +S  S E
|---------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|---------0-0--2-2--4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-(4)-4-4-|-5-7-9-4---(4)-5-(5)-5-5-|
|-2--3-3--------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|


  E E E S S +E  Q       E   E E E S S +E  Q       E   Q     E E  E  E Q
|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-----5-------------------|-----5-------------------|---------------------|
|-3-7---3s5-(5)-----------|-3-7---3s5-(5)-----------|-5-----5-5--5--5-5---|
|---------------3-------3-|---------------3-------3-|---------------------|
|
|                                                             TP TP TP  TP
| E E E E   +E  E +S  S E   E E E E   +E  E +S  S E   E S S E E +E  Q   E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------2-(2)-5---2-|
|-5-7-9-4---(4)-5-(5)-5-5-|-5-7-9-4---(4)-5-(5)-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|


                                 Outro
      |-3-|
  S S e   S E S S E. S a E  e     Q    Q    Q    Q      Q     E E E E  E    E
|-------------------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
|-----7-----7---------------7---|---------------------|------------------------|
|-7s9-----9---9s7-5--5-7s9------|-----------2----3----|-5-----5-5-5-5--5----5--|
|-------------------------------|-3----5--------------|------------------------|
|
| E   S S   Q     Q      E.   S   E. S E. S E. S E. S   E S S E E E E +S  S E
|-------------------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
|-4---4-4---4-------------------|---------0-0--2-2--4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-(4)-4-4--|
|-----------------------------2-|-2--3-3--------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------|------------------------|


  E E E S S +E  Q       E   E E E S S +E  Q       E   E E E S S +E  Q       E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----5-------------------|-----5-------------------|-----5--------------------|
|-3-7---3s5-(5)-----------|-3-7---3s5-(5)-----------|-3-7---3s5-(5)------------|
|---------------3-------3-|---------------3-------3-|---------------3-------3--|
|
| E E E E   +E  E +S  S E   E E E E   +E  E +S  S E   E E E E   +E  E +S  S E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-5-7-9-4---(4)-5-(5)-5-5-|-5-7-9-4---(4)-5-(5)-5-5-|-5-7-9-4---(4)-5-(5)-5-5--|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|


  Q     E S S a  S  E   S E e     a  S  E   S E e a  E E E e   Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------------------------|-------7-----7-7-9s11-9-7-9-|-------------*|
|-------------------7-----7-7---|-7s=9------9----------------|-------------*|
|-5-----5-5-5-7s=9------9-------|----------------------------|-------2--3--*|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|-3--5--------*|
|
|         TP     TP   TP      TP     TP   TP    TP   TP  TPTP
| E S S E E     +E    Q     S S     +E    Q     E    Q   E E   H     Q  Q
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|-------------*|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|-------------*|
|---------------------5-------4-|---(4)---2-----0----2---2---|-0-----0--2--*|
|-4-4-4-4-7-----(7)-------------|--------------------------4-|-------------*|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|-------------*|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|-------------*|


Duration Legend
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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
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 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


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