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Whole Lotta Love Tab

by Led Zeppelin
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WHOLE LOTTA LOVE
 
As recorded by Led Zeppelin
(From the 1969 Album LED ZEPPELIN II)
 
Words and Music by Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones & John Bonham
 
Transcribed by Slowhand
 
 
           E                    D                    A
      x 7 9 9 9 x          x 5 7 7 7 x          x 0 2 2 2 0
 
 
 
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Jimmy Page  - Electric Guitar 1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Jimmy Page - Electric Guitar 2'
 
 
 Intro
  Moderately Q=92
                             E
 4/4
  Gtr I
                               PM--|   PM--|   PM--|   PM--|
  H    S E a S S +S  S S     S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------||-----------------------------------|
|------------------------||o----------------------------------|
|------------------------||-----------------------------------|
|------------------------||--9-------9-------9-------9--------|
|--------------5-(5)---5-||o-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-x--|
|----------5s7-------7---||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
 
 
                                     1st Verse
    PM--|   PM|     PM                      PM--|   PM|     PM
  S S S S S S S S S S S S +S  S E         S S S S S S S S S S S S +S  S E  8x
|----------------------------------||-||-----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------o||-||o---------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------||-||-----------------------------------||
|-9-------9-----9-9----------------||-||--9-------9-----9-9----------------||
|-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-7-7-x---5-(5)---5-o||-||o-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-7-7-x---5-(5)---5-o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-------7----||-||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-------7----||
 
 
                                   Chorus
                    D
    PM--|   PM|                        PM---|   PM|
  S S S S S S S S S E S +S  E S     S  S  S S S S S S S E S +S  E S  3x
|-------------------------------||-----------------------------------||
|-------------------------------||o---------------------------------o||
|-------------------7-7-(7)-7-7-||----------------------7-7-(7)-7-7--||
|-9-------9-----9-9-7-7-(7)-7-7-||--9---------9-----9-9-7-7-(7)-7-7--||
|-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-7-7-5-5-(5)-5-5-||o-7--x--x-x-7-x-x-7-7-5-5-(5)-5-5-o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------||--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------||
|
|                                   Gtr II
|                                      ~~~
| W                                 S  H.                       E S  3x
|-------------------------------||-----------------------------------||
|-------------------------------||o---------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------||----12\----------------------------||
|-------------------------------||----12\----------------------------||
|-------------------------------||o---12\---------------------------o||
|-------------------------------||-----------------------------------||
 
 
                                     2nd Verse
    PM--|   PM|     PM                  PM--|   PM|     PM
  S S S S S S S S S S S S +S  S E     S S S S S S S S S S S S +S  S E   8x
|---------------------------------||------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------||o----------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------||------------------------------------||
|-9-------9-----9-9---------------||--9-------9-----9-9-----------------||
|-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-7-7-x---5-(5)---5-||o-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-7-7-x---5-(5)---5--o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-------7---||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-------7-----||
 
 
                                     Chorus
     PM---|   PM|                        PM---|   PM|
  S  S  S S S S S S S E S +S  E S     S  S  S S S S S S S E S +S  E S  3x
|---------------------------------||-----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------||o---------------------------------o||
|---------------------7-7-(7)-7-7-||----------------------7-7-(7)-7-7--||
|-9---------9-----9-9-7-7-(7)-7-7-||--9---------9-----9-9-7-7-(7)-7-7--||
|-7--x--x-x-7-x-x-7-7-5-5-(5)-5-5-||o-7--x--x-x-7-x-x-7-7-5-5-(5)-5-5-o||
|-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------||--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------||
|
| Gtr II
|    ~~~                                 ~~~
| S  H.                       E S     S  H.                       E S  3x
|---------------------------------||-----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------||o---------------------------------o||
|---12\---------------------------||----12\----------------------------||
|---12\---------------------------||----12\----------------------------||
|---12\---------------------------||o---12\---------------------------o||
|---------------------------------||-----------------------------------||
 
 
                            Sound effects
  E
   W           +W            Wx7
|------------|------------||--------||
|------------|------------||--------||
|--9---------|-(9)--------||--------||
|--9---------|-(9)--------||--------||
|--7---------|-(7)--------||--------||
|--0---------|-(0)--------||--------||
|
|  ~~~
|  W            W            Wx7
|------------|------------||--------||
|------------|------------||--------||
|-12\--------|------------||--------||
|-12\--------|------------||--------||
|-12\--------|------------||--------||
|------------|------------||--------||
 
 
 Guitar Solo
  E
  Gtr I
  E S S Q              H
  |   |
  /   /
 
  Gtr II
                             |--3--|
  Q     S  S     S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S      +S
|------------------12----------------------------------|
|---------------12----15-12----------------------------|
|---------14b16-------------14p13p12-14-12-14b16==(14)r|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
    E  S S Q       H
    |    |
    /    /
 
    ~~~~
                   |-3-| |-3-|
   +Q      S S S S S S S S S S T T T T T T S
|---------------------------------------------|
|----------------3----------------------------|
|-(14)-------2s4---4s2-0-2p0-0-2p0------------|
|----------------------------------2p0-2p0----|
|------------------------------------------2--|
|---------------------------------------------|
 
 
  E
  E S S Q              H
  |   |
  /   /
 
                                      ~~~~~
  E E   S  S     S  S  S     E     S  Q
|------------------12-------------15--------|
|---------------12----15b17-15b17----15b17--|
|---------14b16-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-0-----------------------------------------|
 
 
  E S S  Q          H                        E  S  S Q             H
  |   |                                      |     |
  /   /                                      /     /
 
                                      ~~~~~~~~~~                                  ~~
                                                   |----3-----|
  Q      S  E.     +E   +S   T  T  S  E.    +E  S  E    E     E S  E  S  S  S  S  E
|----------------------------------------|-------------19b21-19---18-17-------------|
|-------17-20b25==(20)r(20)-------20p17--|-(17)---17--------------------20p17-20-17-|
|---------------------------21p18--------|------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
 
 
  Gtr I
  E S S  Q            E        S    S +S   S  E
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-9---9-----------------------------------------|
|-9---9-----------------------------------------|
|-9---9-----------------------------------------|
|-7---7-----------------------------5-(5)-----5-|
|------------------------------7-----------7----|
|
| Gtr II
|                                          ~~~
| Q      S  S S  S    S  S     E       S   E.
|-------------------------------------19--------|
|-------17-19---19b21---19b21-19b21-------17----|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
 
 
   3rd Verse
      PM--|   PM|     PM
    S S S S S S S S S S S S +S  S E 10x
||-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------o||
||-----------------------------------||
||--9-------9-----9-9----------------||
||o-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-7-7-x---5-(5)---5-o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-------7----||
|
|   W                               10x
||-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------o||
||-----------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------o||
||-----------------------------------||
 
 
   Chorus
       PM---|   PM|
    S  S  S S S S S S S E S +S  E S  4x W                +W
||-----------------------------------||----------------|--------||
||o---------------------------------o||-9--------------|-(9)----||
||----------------------7-7-(7)-7-7--||-9--------------|-(9)----||
||--9---------9-----9-9-7-7-(7)-7-7--||-9--------------|-(9)----||
||o-7--x--x-x-7-x-x-7-7-5-5-(5)-5-5-o||-7--------------|-(7)----||
||--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------||-0--------------|-(0)----||
|
|      ~~~                                 ~~~
|   S  H.                       E S  4x S  H.      E S    W
||-----------------------------------||----------------|--------||
||o---------------------------------o||----------------|--------||
||----12\----------------------------||---12\----------|--------||
||----12\----------------------------||---12\----------|--------||
||o---12\---------------------------o||---12\----------|--------||
||-----------------------------------||----------------|--------||
 
 
 Breakdown (Freetime)
                       E    A
                       Gtrs I, II
  Wx4          H    Q  Q    W          +W
|------------|------------|----------|--------|
|------------|---------9--|-2--------|-(2)----|
|------------|---------9--|-2--------|-(2)----|
|------------|---------9--|-2--------|-(2)----|
|------------|---------7--|-0--------|-(0)----|
|------------|------------|----------|--------|
 
 
                                     Outro
                                      E
               Gtr I
                                        PM--|   PM|     PM
  +W           H    E S S +S  S E     S S S S S S S S S S S S +S  S E
|------------|--------------------||-----------------------------------|
|-(2)--------|--------------------||o----------------------------------|
|-(2)--------|--------------------||-----------------------------------|
|-(2)--------|--------------------||--9-------9-----9-9----------------|
|-(0)--------|----------5-(5)---5-||o-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-7-7-x---5-(5)---5--|
|------------|--------7-------7---||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-------7----|
|
|                                 Gtr II
|                                       PM--|   PM--|   PM
|  W           W                      S S S S S S S S S S S S +S  S E
|------------|--------------------||-----------------------------------|
|------------|--------------------||o----------------------------------|
|------------|--------------------||--9-------9-------9----------------|
|------------|--------------------||--9-------9-------9----------------|
|------------|--------------------||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---5-(5)---5--|
|------------|--------------------||----------------------7-------7----|
 
 
    PM--|   PM|     PM                  PM--|   PM|     PM
  S S S S S S S S S S S S +S  S   E   S S S S S S S S S S S S +S  S E
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-9-------9-----9-9-----------------|-9-------9-----9-9----------------|
|-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-7-7-x---5-(5)-----5-|-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-7-7-x---5-(5)---5--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-------7-----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-------7----|
|
|   PM--|   PM--|   PM                  PM--|   PM--|   PM
| S S S S S S S S S S S S +S  S   E   S S S S S S S S S S S S +S  S E
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-9-------9-------9-----------------|-9-------9-------9----------------|
|-9-------9-------9-----------------|-9-------9-------9----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---5-(5)---/12-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---5-(5)---5--|
|---------------------7-------7-----|---------------------7-------7----|
 
 
    PM--|   PM|     PM
  S S S S S S S S S S S S +S  S   E  4x
|------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------||
|-9-------9-----9-9------------------||
|-7-x-x-x-7-x-x-7-7-x---5-(5)-----5-o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-------7------||
|
|   PM--|   PM--|   PM
| S S S S S S S S S S S S +S  S   E  4x
|------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------o||
|-9-------9-------9------------------||
|-9-------9-------9------------------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---5-(5)---/12-o||
|---------------------7-------7------||
 
 
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff
 
Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
 
Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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holysimon
First complete tab that sounds good! Thank you!
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Shayne_Rex
Now I don't even need to look at the ones with a million downloads 👍 Working my way through all the Zep dvds this week...
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