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Song: The Lemon Song Artist: Led Zeppelin Album: Led Zeppelin II Bass Player: John Paul Jones Tabbed by: John Prather (jnprather@aol.com) Member of the Bass Tab Archive Tabbing Army ~ http://www.basstabarchive.com This song is one i've always told myself i'd learn, and i've screwed around with bits a pieces of it here and there, but i've never *really* learned it. When I saw a request for this song, I suddenly found an excuse to sit down and try to figure the whole darned thing out. This is in my opinion an absolute masterpiece of blues bass. John Paul Jones lets it fly, using all of his signature licks in this one. The progression is your standard 12-bar blues in E. Normally i'd shy away from transcribing a "blues" bassline (because I think with blues it's more important to focus on playing a "progression" than it is to play a specific bassline), but Jones' bass playing on this song is an absolute goldmine of things to learn. I've really tried and get this as accurate as I possibly can. With blues in a hey like E, it's always hard to tell if, for example, the bass player is playing an A on the fifth fret of the E string or is playing the A string open. I've tried my best to decipher when he does each but there has to be a few mistakes. Overall i'd like to think this is pretty accurate. Also, Jones' use of ghost notes is tricky, because it's often hard to tell when a note is a true ghost note or just a quick semi-muted useage of a normal fretted (or open) note. i'm sure there are certain notes i've specified as a ghost (x) that are actually fretted and vice versa. Alot of the open notes I notated could probably be interpreted as a ghost. Play it however sounds right to you. I've spent *ALOT* of time on this song, and I hope it helps some people out. If you have any comments feel free to email me, otherwise, GOOD LUCK! P.S.: There is a minor update to my first Lemon Song transcription. I saw a transcription of a small portion of this song which was done by Jones. What I had was 99% accurate, however, all but one of the ghost notes I had notated were in fact notated as open string notes by JPJ himself. I have updated this transcription as such, and I'll try to go through, update it again and convert most of the ghost notes when I have some time. Enjoy! Intro/Verse Riff (rest 3 measures then): G|--7---7--7-------------------------------------------------7-----| D|----x---------------------------------------------------9-----9--| A|-------------7--7------------------------7---x--7----------------| E|-------------------4--4--5--5--6--6--7---------------------------| G|-----------------------------------9------------7-----7--7-------| D|--------------------------------------------9------9----------9--| A|---7--7-------------------------7-----7--------------------------| E|---------x--4--4--5--5--6--7-------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------9--7-----------------| D|--------------------------------------------------9--0--7--9-----| A|---7--7------------------------7---7--7--------------------------| E|---------x--4--4--5--5--6--7-------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------9----------------9------------| D|----------------------------------------------8--9------9--------| A|---7--7------------------------7------7--------------------------| E|---------x--4--4--5--5--6--7-------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|---7---------------------------7------7-------5------------------| A|---------0--4--4--5--5--6--7-------------------------5-----6-----| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------9-----------------------------------| D|----------6--6--7--7--8--9------9------------6----7----8---------| A|---7---7---------------------------7-----7-----------------------| E|--------------------------------------7--------------------------| G|---------------11------------------------------------------------| D|---9---9--x-9------9-----------------------5----7--5-------------| A|----------------------9--------4--5--6--7-----7-------7--5--6----| E|-------------------------7--5------------------------------------| 0:50 : G|-------9----9--7-------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------9--x--7--9--5h6--------------5------------------| A|---7------------------------------7--5--6--7-----7--5-------5----| E|------------------------------------------------------5-6-7---7--| G|----------------------------------------------9-----9--7---------| D|---------------------------------------------------------9-------| A|---------------------------------x--5--6--7------7---------------| E|---0---0---4---x--5--x--5--6--7-----------------------------7----| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|---7-------------------------7--5---7--5---7--5--------7---------| E|-------0---4--4--5--5--6--7-------7------7-------7--6-----6------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 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e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| Up Tempo (1:27): G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------6--x-7--x-8--9-------------6--6--7--7---x-8--9----------| A|---7--7-------------------5---7--7-------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------7--8--9--9--7--x-----------------------| D|-------x--6---7--7--8--9-------------------9---x--7--6-----------| A|---7----------------------------------------------------7--------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------7-----| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------5--7--7--5-------------------------| A|-----------4---x-5---x-6--7----------------x--7--6--5--4--5------| E|---5---5---------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------7--9--9--7-------------------------| 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E|---------------------------------------------x--7--5---3h4--0----| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------5--x--5--6--x--6--7--7----| A|---------------------------------7--7--------------------------7-| E|----0---0---4--x--5--x--5--6--7----------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|----7---7---5-----------------------------------------------5h6--| A|----------------x---7---x--5-3h4-----------4--x--5--x--6--7------| E|----------------------------------5--5--5------------------------| G|---------------------------------7--9--9--x-7--------------------| D|------------6--x--7--x--8--x--9----------------9--x--6--7--8-----| A|----7---7--------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|------------8---x-9---x-10-11-----------6--x--7--x--8--9---------| D|----9---9----------------------9--7--7--------------------7------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|--------9--7--x-6--6--5---x--------------------------------------| D|----9------------------------9--9--7--7--7--8--9-----------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------7-------------| G|---------------------------------9---7---------------------------| D|------------6---x--7---x--8---9---------9-----6--6---7---9-------| A|----7---7----------------------------------7---------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|----9------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------9------6---7---8------------------------------------------| A|----------7------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------0---4---4---5---5---6---7------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------7--7---x--5------------------| A|-------------4---4---5---5---6---7---------------x-7--x--4-5-6---| E|-----5---5-------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------9--x-9-----9----7----9----------| D|-------------6---6---7--7--8--9----------7----8----9-------------| A|-----7---7-------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----9---9---7---x-----------------------------------------------| A|--------------------9---x---7--5------------4-x-5-x-5---6--6-----| E|----------------------------------7---5--5-----------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------6--6---x-7--7---8--8--9-----------------------------| A|-----7---7-------------------------------------------4--5--6-----| E|--------------------------------------7--7--7--7--7--------------| Slower Tempo (2:30): G|-----------------------------------------------------9--7--------| D|-------------6---6--6--7--7--8--9--------------------------9-----| A|-----7---7-------------------------x--7---x--7-------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------9--8--7------------------------------| D|-------x--6--6--7--7--8--9-----------9--x--7--6---------------5/-| A|----7-------------------------------------------7--8--5--6--7----| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------5--6--7---------------------------------| A|----0---4---x-5--x-6--7-------------------4---5---6--------------| 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A|----7-------------------------7--5-------------------------------| E|------------------------------------7--5--3--2--0--0--4--7-------| G|-----------9--7----------------------------7--9------------------| D|-----------------9--7-------------6--7--9------------------------| A|----7------------------7---7---7---------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------9--9--9--9--9--9--7------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------9---------4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-| A|----7----------------------------7-7-7-7-------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------------5/6----------------------------------------------| D|-----7--5-------------7--5--7--5-------------------------5-------| A|------------7--------------------7--0--0--0--4--5--6-0-7--7-5--6-| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|--------9--7-----------------------------------------------------| D|-------------9--7--5h6-------------5-----7-5---------------------| A|----7------------------7--5--6--7---7-5-----5-5-6-7-5-5-6-7------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------5-5-6-| G|-------------------11--------------------------------------------| D|----------------9------9----------------------2------------------| A|-------------9------------9----9----------2h4---4-2-----4--------| E|----7---7--------------------7---7--6--5------------5-5----------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------6--6--7--7--8--8--9--9-------------------------------| A|----7---7--------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------/7---------------------| Up Tempo (5:36): G|--------------------------------------------------------7--------| D|----------6--x--7--x--8--9------------6--6-7--x--8--9------------| A|----7--7------------------------7--7-----------------------------| E|-----------------------------7-----------------------------------| G|----9---9--------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------x--9--x--7--5h6-------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------7--7--5---------------------------| E|----------------------------------------0--7--0--5--3--4---------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------5--7--7--5-------------------------| A|------------4--x--5--x--6--7--------------x--7--x--5--4--5-------| E|----5---5--------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------7--9--9--7----------------------------| D|----------6--x-7--x--8--9--------------0--9--x--7--6--7----------| A|----7--7---------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------8--8-9--9-10--11--------------6--x-7-x--7--8--8-------| D|----9---9--------------------x--9--7--7--------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|----9--9--7--7--7-6--6--5--5-5--x--------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------9--9--8-8--8--7--7--8--9------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|----7--7--5------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------0-7--x-5--3h4--0--0--4--x--5--x--5--6--7------------| G|---------------------------7--9--9--9--7-------------------------| D|----------6--x-7--x--8--9-----------------x-9--x-7--5h6----------| A|----7--7------------------------------------------------7--------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------4--x-5--x-6--7--7-----------------| A|----------4--x--5--x--6--7--7---------------------4--5-----------| E|----5--5---------------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------7---9---9---7--------------------------| D|--------6--x--7--x--8--9-----------------x--9---7--6--7----------| A|----7------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|----9---7--------------------------------------------------------| A|------------9--8--7---5------------------------7-----------------| E|--------------------------7--6--5--------------------------------| Whew!
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VERY GOOD WORK MAN! I tried figuring it out by ear and we agree on most of it, except i couldn't get some of the dead note stuff under the guitar, and u did that perfectly. Well done.
An extremely hard song to tab. Some notes were played in the wrong place, but other than that good job.
sweet tab dude zeppeln rule
best band ever to grace our green earth