'Four Sticks' by Led Zeppelin - Guitar Tutorial

            

From: Les Paul ([email protected])
 To: [email protected]
 Subject: Four Sticks
 
 
 b = Bend
 v = Downstroke
 
          For the main Riff (get a pen, It`s so complex, you`ll need to 
         write this down), Jimmy Page uses a guitar on distortion. For 
         the Riff 2, Page uses an acoustic 6 string. And for the part 
         played with the synthesizer, he plays both an acoustic and an
         electric.
 
 
 ****************************** Four Sticks ***********************************
                              Led Zeppelin IV
 
 Main Riff (Repeat as nessecery for verse)
 
 e----------------------------------------------------------------
 b----------------------------------------------------------------
 g----------------------------------------------------------------
 d5b-----------5b-----------5b-----------5b----------7-------5----
 a|--4--5--7--0---4--5--7--0---4--5--7--0---4--5--7--0---4--5----7-------5----
 E|--0--0--0------0--0--0------0--0--0------0--0--0------0--0----5-------3----
 
 
 e------------------------------|
 b------------------------------|
 g------------------------------|
 d5b-----------5b----7-------5--|
 a|--4--5--7--0---4--5--7--0-----7-------5--|
 E|--0--0--0------0--0--0--------5-------3--|
 
 
 Riff 2 (When the owls cry in the night)
 
 e---0---------------0---------------0----------------0--------0--
 b---0---------------0---------------0----------------0--------0--
 g----------------------------------------------------------------
 d|--7--7--7--7------9--9--9--9--------7-----------------------7--------7-----
 a----------------------------------------------------------------
 E|--5--5--5--5------7--7--7--7--------9-----------------------9--------9-----
 
 
 e---0---------------0---------------0----------------0--------0--
 b---0---------------0---------------0----------------0--------0--
 g----------------------------------------------------------------
 d|--7--7--7--7------5--5--5--5--------4-----------------------4--------4-----
 a----------------------------------------------------------------
 E|--5--5--5--5------3--3--3--3--------2-----------------------2--------2-----
 
 
 Riff 3: (guitar played in sync with sythesizer)
 
 e--------------------------------------|
 b--------------------------------------|
 g----------------5-----7-----9-----11--|
 d|--9-----7-----5-----9------3-----5-----7-----9---|
 a|--7-----5-----3-----7----------------------------|
 E--------------------------------------|
 
 
 Lyrics:
 
 Oh, baby, it`s crying time                                       (Riff 1)
 Oh, baby, I`ve got to fly
 Got to try to find a way
 Got to try to get away
 Cause you know I got to get away from you babe
 Oh, baby, the river`s red
 Ah, baby, in my head
 There`s a funny feeling going on
 I don`t think I can hold out long
 
 And when the owls cry in the night                               (Riff 2)
 Oh, baby, when the pines begin to cry
 Baby, baby, how do you feel?
 If the rivers run dry, baby, how would you feel?
 
                                                                  (Riff 1)
 Craze, baby, rainbow`s end 
 Oh, baby, it`s just a den for those who hide
 Who hide their love to the depths of life
 And ruin dreams that we all knew so babe
 
 And when the owls cry in the night                               (Riff 2)
 Oh, baby, when the pines begin to cry
 Baby, baby, how do you feel?
 If the rivers run dry, baby, how would you feel?
 Ah, baby how do you feel
                                                                  (Riff 3)
 
 Oh, brave I endure                                               (Riff 1)
 Ooh, yeah, strong sheilds of love
 They can hold the wrath of those who walk
 And the boots of those who march
 Baby, through the Roads of Time so long ago                      (Riff 1)
                                                                  Fade out