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/ Led Zeppelin / Houses Of The Holy (1973) / Dancing Days guitar tab

[two versions]
Explanation:                   Dancing Days
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/ x         Slide up to x
\ x         Slide down to x
(x ^ y)     Bend up, from x to y            if notes are in parenthesises
(x v y)     Bend down, from x to y          they are hit once.
([x] ^ y)   Play y bent, [don't play x]
(x - y)     Pull off from y to x 
(x h y)     Hammer-on from x to y
~~x,y       Trill x and y

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 You need to remember that Jimmy Page has this "terrible" habit of 
 recording a lot of guitar parts all together. I find this a real challenge 
 to play one part that covers everything. Sometimes they are just differant 
 sounds but the same part, or, differant parts combined to make a complex
 score. I think it is possible that all of this (EVERYTHING!) is slide, 
 though I play it just picking. I have simply placed parts and labled them
 so you can put them where they need to be.
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        ------Dancing Days------
             
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               * Basically sliding off the string to open position. 
                       
:Intro         |   *    |  --- Repeat two times---
---------------|--------|--------------------------------------------------
-------(2 /3) 2 (/3\2 - 0)--------------(2 /3) 2 (/3\2 - 0)----------------
---------------|--------|--------------------------------------------------
---------------|--------|--------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------(2 /3)  (2/3\2 -0)--(/7  \5)-----------(2 /3) 2 (/3\2 - 0)----------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------(/7  \5)----------------------------------------
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            I found there many veriations on the hammers and pulls.
:Verse 
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-------0  3  5----- (5 h6) (6 -5)-------(/9 -7)--9 (9 -7)------------------
-------0  3  5-----  5------5------------/6------6  6----------------------
-------0  3  5-----  5------5------------/6------6  6----------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----(/6 -5 h6)--(6 h8)---(5 h6)  5----------------------------------------
------/5----------5--------5------5----------------------------------------
------/5----------5--------5------5------5-7-5-7-5-------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------6     (5 h6) (6 -5)-------(/9 -7)--9 (9 -7)------------------
---------------5      5      5------------/6------6  6----------------------
---------------5      5      5------------/6------6  6----------------------
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----(/6 -5 h6)--(6 h8)---(5 h6)  5----------------------------------------
------/5----------5--------5------5----------------------------------------
------/5----------5--------5------5------5-7-5-7-5-------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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--------------(6 -5)     6  (6 -5)-------(/5 -3)--6--3---5--3--------------
---------------5         5   5------------/3------3--3---3--3--------------
---------------5         5   5------------/3------3--3---3--3--------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------
------(3 -2) -3--2-(3 h5)--(2 h3) -2---------------------------------------
-------2------2--2--2-------2------2---------------------------------------
-------2------2--2--2-------2------2-----2-3-2-3---------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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--------------(6 -5)     6  (6 -5)-------(/5 -3)--6--3---5--3--------------
---------------5         5   5------------/3------3--3---3--3--------------
---------------5         5   5------------/3------3--3---3--3--------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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------(3 -2) -3--2-(3 h5)--(2 h3) -2---------------------------------------
-------2------2--2--2-------2------2---------------------------------------
-------2------2--2--2-------2------2-----2-3-2-3-(or 2-3-2-2-3-2)---------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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:Solo line over Verse
------------------------8------8---/9--(9/11)--\8--------------------------
------------------5--8--8------8---/9--(9/11)--\8--------------------------
---------------5-----------------------------------------------------------
------------5--------------------------------------------------------------
------3-/7-----------------------------------------------------------------
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------------------------8--------------------------------------------------
------------------5--8--8--------------------------------------------------
---------------5------------------(17\15)------(15/17)--14-----------------
------------5---------------------(17\15)------(15/17)--14-----------------
------3-/7-----------------------------------------------------------------
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------------------------8--------------------------------------------------
------------------5--8--8--------------------------------------------------
---------------5------------------(17\15)------(15/17)--14-----------------
------------5---------------------(17\15)------(15/17)--14-----------------
------3-/7-----------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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:Solo
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------0--3--/5------3--0--3--/5--6-----------6-8-(8 ^ 10)--8-8-------------
------0--3--/5------3--0--3--/5--6-----------------------------------------
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------(8 ^ 10)--(8 ^ 10)--8-8-------(8 ^ 10)--(8 ^ 10)-8-8-6-6-8-6-5-------
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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                          ---or---

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------0--3--/5------3--0--3--/5--6-------(6/8) /10--/10--8-8---------------
------0--3--/5------3--0--3--/5--6-------(6/8) /10--/10--8-8---------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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----------------------------------------------------------------8----------
---------------------------------------------------------5---5-8-----------
-----/10--/10--8-8---------/10--/10--8-8-6-(6/8\6)-5----5------------------
-----/10--/10--8-8---------/10--/10--8-8-6-(6/8\6)-5---5-------------------
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------(9/10)--9--(9/10\7)   ( over and over)-------------------------------
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From: ceh1@acpub.duke.edu (Charles Eric Horowitz)

Dancing Days by Led Zeppelin

This song has at least three guitars, tuned with their high E's to D:
EADGBD

The opening rhythm is  played almost exactly the same by two guitars:
With this rhythm figure:      And the slide on the third measure:
d-0----------0---------------------------------------------------------
b-2-3-2--3p2-0---------------------------5/7\5-------------------------
g-0-0-0--0---0---------------------------------------------------------
d-0-0-0--0---0---------------------------5/7\5-------------------------
a----------------------------------------------------------------------
e----------------------------------------------------------------------

During the vocals, one guitar does this Chuck Berry like thing:

d----------------------------------------------------------------------
b----------------------------------------------------------------------
g--5--5--7-7--5---6-6-8-8-6--5-5-7-7-5-5-------------------------------
d--3--3--3-3--3---4-4-4-4-4--3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------------------
a----------------------------------------------------------------------
e----------------------------------------------------------------------

And during the "You know its alright" stuff:
d----------------------------------------------------------------------
b----------------------------------------------------------------------
g-5-5-7-7-5---3-3--5-5--3--2-2-3-3-2--2--------------------------------
d-3-3-3-3-3---1-1--1-1--1--0-0-0-0-0--0--------------------------------
a----------------------------------------------------------------------
e----------------------------------------------------------------------

The other guitar plays this:

d--7--5--7-7--5---8--6--8-8--6---7--5--7--7--5-------------------------
b--6--5--6-6--5---8--6--8-8--6---6--5--6--6--5-------------------------
g--5--5--5-5--5---6--6--6-6--6---5--5--5--5--5-------------------------
d----------------------------------------------------------------------
a----------------------------------------------------------------------
e----------------------------------------------------------------------
And during the "You know its allright" part:

d---7-5--7-7--5---5--3--5--5--3--3-2--3-3---5p3p2----------------------
b---6-5--6-6--5---5--3--5--5--3--3-2--3-3---2--------------------------
g---5-5--5-5--5---3--3--3--3--3--2-2--2-2---2--------------------------
d----------------------------------------------------------------------
a----------------------------------------------------------------------
e----------------------------------------------------------------------

The ascending riff during the vocals is:

d--------------8-----8-8/10---10/11\8----------------------------------
b----------5-8------------------------------17\15----17\14-------------
g--------5----------------------------------17\15----17\14-------------
d------5------------------------------------17\15----17\14-------------
a--5/7-----------------------------------------------------------------
e----------------------------------------------------------------------

The solo goes something like this:
d----------------------------------------------------------------------
b----------------------------------------------------------------------
g---3-0-0-3-0-5-0-6----8/10--8/10--8--8/10--8/10-8--8/10-8/10-8-6-8-8/10
d----------------------------------------------------------------------
a----------------------------------------------------------------------
e----------------------------------------------------------------------

d----------------------------------------------------------------------
b----------------------------------------------------------------------
g-2/5------------------------------------------------------------------
d----------------------------------------------------------------------
a----------------------------------------------------------------------
e----------------------------------------------------------------------

Then just play the rythym riff up here:

d---11--12--11-12p11p9-------------------------------------------------
b----------------------------------------------------------------------
g----------------------------------------------------------------------
d----------------------------------------------------------------------
a----------------------------------------------------------------------
e----------------------------------------------------------------------

That should be enough to get you going.
Enjoy, 
CHUCK



Led Zeppelin albums
1979 In Through The Out Door
1976 Presence
1975 Physical Graffiti
1973 Houses Of The Holy
1971 Led Zeppelin IV
1970 Led Zeppelin III
1969 Led Zeppelin II
1969 Led Zeppelin
Houses Of The Holy tabs
01The Song Remains The Same tabbass tab
02The Rain Song tabbass tab
03Over The Hills And Far Away tabbass tab
04The Crunge tabbass tab
05Dancing Days tabbass tab
06D'yer Mak'er tabbass tab
07No Quarter tabbass tab
08The Ocean tabbass tab

 

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