'Wah Wah Song' by Led Zeppelin - Guitar Tutorial

            

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 Subject: TAB: Wah-wah song (Page/Plant)
 
 Hi.  This is the tab for the famed "wah-wah" song performed in the streets of 
 Marrakech by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, along with some Egyptian musicians. 
 I`ve been pretty busy lately, which is why I didnt post this sooner.  Time 
 permiting, ill get around to posting "Wonderful One" next week sometime maybe 
 after the album comes out. ANyway, heres the song, really, really easy. The 
 trick of course is the coolest tuning you`ll ever see. And here it is...
 
 --C--
 --A--
 --E--
 --A--
 --E--
 --A--
 
 Yep. Thats right. Open A (sorta).  And yes, tune your low E down SEVEN steps, 
 and go from there. Tune your A down five, and so on.  The high strings really 
 dont matter, since Jimmy just uses the first four, but when I play it I like 
 to throw in some ringing open chords.  VERY cool sound, awesdome song.  The 
 three chords are:  
 
 ---    ---   ---     ------------------------
 ---    ---   ---     ------------------------ 
 ---    ---   -0-     -0----------------------
 -7-    -7-   -0-     -0---0-2-4-2-0---7------
 -7-    -9-   -0-     -0---------------7------
 -7-    -7-  -(0)-    (0)--------------7------
 
 Thats it.  get into a campfire/arabian kinda mood, take a string off your 
 friends bass, throw in percussion and jam! I absolutely LOVE playing this 
 song.  email me if you agree, or for other comments.  The words, you ask?
 
 From my island home I feel a chance
 To kiss the tired ghosts of time and circumstance
 So give me peace of mind and let me dance
 and bury all my pain and years beneath the sand 
 On my heel these wings I gladly bear
 and laugh into the face of anger and despair
 
 (Gratuitous wah-wahing throughout song, and have fun with the vocals)
 
 later all,
 
 Otrovati