Black Dog by Led Zeppelin guitar tab (text):

Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2002 16:31:09 -0700
Subject: l/led_zeppelin/black_dog.tab

Artist: Led Zeppelin
Track: Black Dog
Album: (untitled fourth album, Atlantic- 1971©)
Original Transcriber: Charles Eric Horowitz.
"Corrections" made by: Tate McCallum.

I thank Charles Eric Horowitz for putting the FULL version of "Black Dog" on 
OLGA.net, thanks a bunch. For a few of the riffs, I have kind of thought of 
my own ways to play a few of the parts. I have just made a few changes to 
Charles' tab.

-Tate McCallum

Triple Tracked Elec plays main riffs:

e---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------5------------------------------------------------------
G-----------5s6----7----5h7p5------5s6--------------------------------------
D---5-6-7-------7--------------7-7------7--5-7-7----------2--2-(2)----------
A-7-------7--------------------------------------5--7-3-5-0--0-(0)----------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------

The last two A5 chords that are played at the end of the main riff, I posted
in parenthesis an extra one- dont play this! Just sure as hell make it ring
out all the way until you play again- dont make it all choppy and well um,
shitty.

After you play the Main Riff(above) three times, you will play this:

e-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------
b-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------
g-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------
d-----------5s6--------------5s6--------------5s6-------------|-------------
a---5-6-7-------7----5-6-7-------7----5-6-7-------7----5-6-7-5|-------------
E-7-------7--------7-------7--------7-------7--------7--------|-------------

Now head back to the main riff.


"Oh yeah! Oh yeah!" riff:

e---------------------------------------------------------------------------
b---------------------------------------------------------------------------
g---2--2-4^6^4p2-4-2-------2--2-4^6^4p2-4-2------------2-2-4^6^4p2----------
d---2----------------------2---------------------2--5--2-----------4-2------
a-3-0------------------3b4-0-----------------3s4-0--3--0--------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------

e---------------------------------------------------------------------------
b---------------------------------------------------------------------------
g---------2-4^6^4p2--4-2--------2-4^6^4p2-4-2----------------2--------------
d------2----------------------2-------------------2--5--2----2--------------
a--3b4-0------------------3b4-0---------------3b4-0--3--0-------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------3b5--------------

On the last verse, the main riff is doubled with this:

e---------------------------------------------------------------------------
b----0-1-2----4^5--2--7-9--5h7p5--2-2--4^5--2--0-2-2------------------------
g--2-0-1-2-2--5^6--2--7-9--5h7p5--2-2--5^6--2--0-2-2--0-2-2-------2-2-------
d--2-------2------------------------------------------0-2-2--2/4--2-2-------
a------------------------------------------------------------3/5--0-0-------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------

"Hey baby, woah baby" riff(also riff for solo):

e-----------------------------------------3---2-----------------------------
b-----------------------------------------3---3-----------------------------
g------2----2------2--5--2------2----2----0---2-----------------------------
d------2----2------2--5--2------2----2----0---0-----------------------------
a------0----0------0--3--0------0----0---(0)--------------------------------
E--3b-----3-----3b----------3b-----3b---------------------------------------

Above, all the bends for the most part are very slight. It just helps get
that dirty sound. I'm sure Charles' verson is much more accurate to the way
that Jimmy plays it, but- I mean- we all grow tired eventually and this is
a bit easier way to play it.


OK, thats it- Everything else I play the same way as Charles. I didnt even 
really need to make those slight changes, but for some people- like me, it 
is a tid bit easier to hit the 5th fret on the B string, then go the 9th 
fret on the G string (during the main riff).


Feel free to email me at tate_ml@hotmail.com to talk about Led Zeppelin,
Jimmy Page, or anything about my tab. And to the original poster, Charles, 
thank you a lot- and sorry for messing with your tab!

-
Tate McCallum


From: bobz@crl.com (Robert Zawalski)
Subject: TAB: Intro of Black Dog solo (Led Zeppelin)

Ok, I've never seen anybody post this eighther, and it plagued me
until I finally (hopefully) figured it out this summer..


E:------------------------5-
B:------------------3^4^5---
G:------------2---2---------
D:--------2-4---4-----------
A:--0-3^4-------------------
E:--------------------------


Incidentally, Page uses this lick at the beggining of his accompanied
solo on 'Heartbreaker'.

Most of the rest of the solo to Black Dog is fairly straight forward..

Dustin Zawalski (14 year old Jimmy Page wanna-be)

bobz@crl.com (postings by Dustin Zawalski are not in any way
associated with the owner of the account, Bob Zawalski.) (my dad)
(though Dustin can be reached at the same email address. :)