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/ Led Zeppelin / In Through The Out Door (1979) / In The Evening guitar tab

IN THE EVENING
Led Zeppelin
"In Through The Out Door"

(Page, Plant, Jones)

The intro thing is just a droning synthesizer and Jimmy playing the open
E-string with a bow.  The overdub is called(I think) a rotovibe which
is a little spinning wheel which when you touch it to the string,
produces that rolling sound.

The main riff is double-tracked and with a little adlibbing is basically:
by the way this is with a strat, or something with a whammy bar:

e-----------------------------------------------------------------------
b---5--5-5--3--3--2\\0//2\\0-------------5-5-5-3-3--2\\0//2-------------
g---4--4-4--2--0--2\\0//2\\0-------------4-4-4-2-0--2\\0//2-------------
d---2--2-2--0--0--2\\0//2\\0----2-5-2----2-2-2-0-0--2\\0//2-------------
a-----------------------------------------------------------------------
E-0-----------------------------------0---------------------------------
                     ^^^Thats a bend down on the whammy bar

The first chorus has something like this:

e---------5--------------------------------------------------------------
b--7--7---5--7---------7--7/8-7----------------5--7-----------7/8--7-----
g--7--7---6--7------7--7--7/9-7---7-7/9-7--7---6--7--------7--7/9--7-----
d--7--7---7--7------7-------------7-7/9-7--7---7--7----7/9-7-------------
a--5--5---7--5--9-9-------------9---------9----7--5--9-------------------
E---------5--------------------------------------------------------------

e--------------------------------------------------------------------------
b------------------7-----------7------------------7------------------------
g---------------6--7------7/9--7--------7------6--7------------------------
d----7/9-7---7--7--7----------------7/9-7------7--7------------------------
a--9-------9----7--5----9---------9------------7--5------------------------
E---------------5------------------------------5---------------------------


The second and fourth choruses  go with this chord sequence:

e---3--3---------3--3---3-------5--5---5--5--------------------------------
b---3--3--7------3--3---3----9--5--5---5--5--9-----------------------------
g---4--4--7------4--4---4----9--6--6---6--6--9-----------------------------
d---5--5--7------5--5---5----9--7--7---7--7--9------4-4-4------------------
a---5--5--5------5--5---5----7--7--7---7--7--7--7---2-2-2------------------
E---3--3---------3--3---3-------5--5---5--5-----5--------------------------

The fourth chorus has this backing line:

e-------------------7\\6//7------------------------7\\6//7--------------
b---------8-----8---8\\7//8--------------8---8-10--8\\7//8--------------
g-------7---7-7------------------------7---7----------------------------
d--9-9-----------------------------9-9----------------------------------
a-----------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------

e----------------------9\\\8//9--------------------9--11-11-11-11-------
b----------10---10-12--10\\9//10-----------10---10----12-12-12-12-------
g--------9----9-------------------------9-----9-------------------------
d-11-11---------------------------11-11---------------------------------
a-----------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------

The chorus before the solo goes like this:

e-----------------------------------------------------------------------
b---7-7-----7-7--------------------7----------7/8--7----------------7---
g---7-7-----7-7----------------6---7-----7-7--7/9--7----7--------6--7---
d---7-7-----7-7--------9-7-----7---7-----7-7------------7-7---7--7--7---
a---5-5-----5-5------9-----9---7---5---9--------------9-----9----7--5---
E------------------------------5---------------------------------5------

e-----------------------------------------------------------------------
b------------7/8-7------------------7--7h8-7------------7-----7---------
g------------7/9-7------------7--6--7--7h9-7------------7---6-7---------
d----7/9--7-----------7/9-7---7--7--7-----------7/9-7---7---7-7---------
a--9----------------9-------9----7--5---------9-------9-----7-5---------
E--------------------------------5--------------------------5-----------

The solo is something like this:
The starting thing is Jimmy holding down the Whammy Bar as hard as he can
and forcefully picking out a E-Chord and letting up on the bar:

e-------0----12----------------12-------------------12---------------12--
b------0--------14----------12----15~------------12----15~---------12----
g-----1---14------14--14^16----------------14^16-------------14^16-------
d----2-------------------------------------------------------------------
a---2--------------------------------------------------------------------
E--0---------------------------------------------------------------------
                                             Repeat this^^^^^^^^^^^ 5 times
                                                   pretty quickly

e--17^19--17-15-17--15^16--------------------21^22--19-18-17------------
b---------------------------17--15\\14//15--------------------19^20-----
g-----------------------------------------------------------------------
d-----------------------------------------------------------------------
a-----------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------


e--17-18-19-------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------19^21--19-17----19-17----19----17---------------------------
g------------------------18-------18----18------------------------------
d-----------------------------------------------------------------------
a-----------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Then do the whammy thing again
e------12----------------------12-----------------------------------
b---------14p12-------------12-----15^17^15--12-10-12---------------
g---------------12^13--14^16--------------------------11^12-9-------
d---0---------------------------------------------------------------
a--0----------------------------------------------------------------
E-0-----------------------------------------------------------------
                repeat ^^^^^this 4
                times quickly

e--12---------------------------------------------------------------------
b---------------------------------------------12--------------------------
g-------12----12--14 14^16--14^16-14^16-14^16------15-14-12-14^15-14-12-14
d----------14-------------------------------------------------------------
a-------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------------
g--12----12-12----------12---------14^15^14--12-15-14-14-12-------------
d-----14--------12--14-----14-------------------------------14-14-------
a-----------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------

e--------------------------12------15^17-(15)^17-(15)^17^15--------------
b-----------------------12----15------------------------------13-13------
g-----------------14^16--------------------------------------------------
d--14-14\\11//14---------------------------------------------------------
a-----------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------

This slowed part is backed with these arpeggiated chords
using a chorus in this series

e----------3----------------0-----------------0----------------------------
b--------5---5------------3---3-------------0---0-------------------------3-
g------4-------4-4------4-------4---------2-------2---2---------0-------0---
d----5----------------4-----------4-----2-----------2---------4-------4-----
a--3----------------2-----------------0---------------------2-------2-------
E-------------------------------------------------------0-0-------0---------

e----------2--------------3----------------2-------------------------------
b--------0---0----------5---5------------3---3-----------------------------
g------2-------2------4-------4--------4-------4---4-------2---------------
d----2--------------5-----------5----4-----------4---4---2---2-------------
a--0--------------3----------------2-------------------0-------0-----------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------

The solo over it goes like this:

e-----------------------------------------------------------------------
b------------------------------------------------8-7---7----------------
g--14-14-14^16------(14)^16^14-----14p12h14----------9---9--9-7---------
d-------------------------------14------------------------------9-7\5-7-
a-----------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------

e-----------------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------------
g----7-7-9-9-------9^11^9---------------9^11^9--------------------------
d--9-------------------------7-7----------------------------------------
a-----------------------------------------------10-10/12----------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------

The outro solo:

e------15-17-17^19-17-15-17-15~--------------------12\\9//12-----------
b---17---------------------------17-15-17-15-17-17------------12\\8//12
g-----------------------------------------------------------------------
d-----------------------------------------------------------------------
a-----------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------



--
Updated: July 9, 1999


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
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