Black Dog - Led Zeppelin
Tuning: , E A D G B E
Strumming pattern note: The riff begins with a lead in of three 16th notes so that beat 2 in the
pattern above is really beat 1, then apart from the one lead in beat the riff is composed of a bar
of 4/4 and a bar of 5/8. Play an A5 chord with a downstroke just before beat 8, then play another
one at the beginning of a new bar and hold until the next occurrence of the riff; generally, though
not always, for two bars of 4/4, followed by the lead in to the riff again.
[Main Riff] (play in between verse vocal lines, as if you needed to be told)
4
e|---------|--
B|---------|--
G|---------|--
D|-----5-6-|-7
A|---7-----|--
E|---------|--
/4
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--------------
---5b------7-9
-------7------
-7------------
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5/8 (hold chord)
-------------------|---------------------|-----------------
-------------------|---------------------|-----------------
-5h7p5-----5b------|---------------------|-2---------------
-------7-7-----7---|-5-7-7---------2-----|-2---------------
-------------------|-------5-7-3-5-0-----|-0---------------
-------------------|---------------------|-----------------
\ 3 /
b = bend (1/4 tone), h = hammer on, p = pull off
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Hey hey mama,
said the way y
ou move
Gon' make you
sweat, gon' ma
ke you groove
[Verse 2]
Ah ah child, w
ay ya shake th
at thing
Gon' make you
burn, gon' mak
e you sting
[Verse 3]
Hey hey baby,
when you walk
that way
Watch your hon
ey drip, I can
't keep away
[Chorus]
Oh yeah, oh ye
ah ah, ah, ah
ah
Oh yeah, oh ye
ah ah, ah, ah
ah
Oh yeah, oh ye
ah ah, ah, ah
ah
Oh yeah, oh ye
ah ah, ah, ah
ah
[Verse 4]
I gotta roll,
I can't stand
still
Got a flamin'
heart, can't g
et my fill
[Verse 5]
With eyes that
shine, burnin
' red
Dreams of you
all through my
head
[Bridge]
Ah ah ah ah ah
ah
Ah ah ah ah ah
ah ah
Hey baby, whoa
my baby, my p
retty baby
Darlin' makes
'em do it now
Hey baby, oh m
y baby, my pre
tty baby
Move the way y
ou're doin' no
w
[Verse 6]
Didn't take to
o long 'fore I
found out
What people me
an by down and
out
[Verse 7]
Spent my money
, took my car
Started tellin
' her friends
she gon' be a
star
[Verse 8]
I don't know b
ut I been told
A big legged w
oman ain't got
no soul
[Chorus]
Oh yeah, oh ye
ah ah, ah, ah
ah
Oh yeah, oh ye
ah ah, ah, ah
ah
Oh yeah, oh ye
ah ah, ah, ah
ah
Oh yeah, oh ye
ah ah, ah, ah
ah
[Verse 9]
All I ask for,
all I pray
Steady rollin'
woman gon' co
me my way
[Verse 10]
Need a woman g
onna hold my h
and
Won't tell me
no lies, make
me a happy man
[Bridge]
Ah ah ah ah ah
ah
Ah ah ah ah ah
ah ah
[Outro]
(x5)
(Fade out)
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