Going To California - Led Zeppelin

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Tuning: , E A D G B E
Tuning: D A D G B E

[Intro]
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B|------------
G|------------
D| --0---0---0
A|------------
E|0---0---0---

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e|3--2---0----
B|-0---0---0-3
G|--0---0-----
D|----------0-
A|------------
E|5---5---5---

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5---|5---5---5

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 Spent... Smoked...All...
 Made...  Goin'... In...
 Some...  Love...  In...

   ph       hp
e|--1111--10--
B|--3333--3--3
G|--2222------
D|0-----------
A|--------2---
E|------------

h       h
-0--|02---0--0
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(double spaced for double digits...  essentially an Am7 up 9 frets...)

e|--------12--
B|------10----
G|----11------
D|----------0-
A|------------
E|--0---------

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B|----0---3---
G|--0---0---0-
D|---0---0---0
A|------------
E|-5---5---5--

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 Took...  Never... same...
 Sea...   Wonder...day...
 Mount... Chil...  wake...    watch out...   

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B|-6--6---6---
G|---7---7---7
D|-0---0---0--
A|------------
E|------------

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 Seems...       nose...    sinking...
 Throw... Meet...  high...

  [ending]
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e|---20---0---
B|------3---3-
G|---2---2---2
D|------------
A|------------
E|-0---0---0--
 Ahhhhh.....  
 Ahhhhh.....  

0----|--20---0
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    Ahhhhh....
    Ahhhhh....

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.      Ahhhhh.
.      Ahhhhh.

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.... 
....      Fade

20---0---0----|
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 out...

Spent my days with a woman unkind:
Smoked my stuff and drank  all my wine.
Made up my mind, make a new start,
Goin' to California with an achin' in my heart.
Someone told me there's a girl out there
With love in her eyes and flowers in her hair.
Took my chances on a big jet plane.
Never let 'em tell you that they're all the same.
Ah, the Sea was red and the Sky was grey:
I wondered how tomorrow could ever follow today.
The mountains and the canyons start to tremble and shake:
Children of the Sun begin to wake....  [spoken:] watch out
Seems like the wrath of the Gods: got a punch on the nose
and it's startin' to flow, I think I might be sinking.
Throw me a line, if I reach it in time
(I'll) meet you up there where the path runs straight and high.
Find a Queen without a King,
They say she plays guitar and cries and sings: la-la-la-la.
Ride a white mare on the footsteps of Dawn,
Tryin' to find a woman who's never, never, never been born.
Standing on a hill and a mountain of dreams,
Telling myself it's not as hard, hard, hard as it seems....

Ahhhhh..... Ahhhhh..... Ahhhhh..... 
Ahhhhh..... Ahhhhh..... Ahhhhh.....      Fade out...

(Another Version)
Rhythm:  all eighth notes, played in cut time.

[Intro]
(second half of the "D" tab.)

"G" tab
e|------------
B|------------
G|-0-------0--
D|-----0-4----
A|---2-------2
E|------------

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"D" tab
e|------------
B|------------
G|-----0------
D|-4-------4--
A|---0---0---0
E|------------

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"Dm" tab      
e|------------
B|------------
G|*---2---2---
D|*-3---3---2-
A|------------
E|------------

              
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A7 Asus4 A7
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[Verses]
G                                                      D
Spent my days with a woman unkind, smoked my stuff and drank all my wine
G
Made up my mind, going to make a new start, going to California with an aching
        D
        in my heart
(etc. until:)

Dm
Seems that the wrath of the
I hope this helps somewhat.  Also, the song is written in the key of D, if
anyone wants to know.
Hopefully, I'll try to post a few other Zeppelin tabs if I get the chance.



2. Song: Going To California

(This song has two acoustic guitars and a mandolin.
However I only know the guitar parts so just
play with notes for the mandolin stuff.)

(Both guitars are tuned to DGDGBD.)

[Intro on one 
e|-----0------
B|------------
G|------------
D|---------0--
A|------------
E|--0---------

guitar]
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(At the start of the lyrics, still one guitar)

e|---5-------4
B|-------0----
G|-------0----
D|------------
A|---0--------
E|------------

--4---2----0--
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At "all my wine" and at corresponding part in next verse

e|--------4\2-
B|--5/7-----5-
G|------------
D|--------0---
A|------------
E|--0---------

-2---0------7-
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When the second guitar enters is plays this..

e|--3--2--0---
B|------------
G|------------
D|--------0---
A|------------
E|--0---------

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While the second guitar plays this..

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e|d-----0--0--
B|b-----0--0--
G|g-----0--0--
D|d-----------
A|g-----------
E|D--0--------

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At the "wrath of the gods" part.. guitar 1 plays X 4

e|-7----0--5--
B|---6--------
G|------------
D|------------
A|------------
E|-7----------

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And guitar 2 p
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e|----0-------
B|-------5--5-
G|-6----------
D|----------0-
A|------------
E|-7----------

lays
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After that, replay the intro accompanyed by this on guitar 2

e|---------7--
B|------7-----
G|---7--------
D|------------
A|---7--------
E|---------7--

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-7--7---9-----
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7-------------
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e|------------
B|------------
G|--7---9--7--
D|------------
A|--7---7-----
E|------------

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7--9----------
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On the outro both guitar play essentially the same thing.

e|--0----2---2
B|------------
G|------------
D|-----0------
A|-----------0
E|--0---------

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| *  Natural harmonic
| \  Slide down
| /  Slide up
| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
| b  Bend
| g  Grace note

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Going To California - Led Zeppelin
