LED ZEPPELIN - "Bring It On Home" Tablature

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Led Zeppelin - Bring It On Home

From the CD 'Led Zeppelin II'
Written by Page/Plant (Willie Dixon)
Atlantic Records 82633-2

Original transcriptions by Jeffrey F. Blank
(jfblank@major.cs.mtu.edu), Marcelo Melero G. (mmelero@ranco.ing.puc.cl),
and Bret D. Weinraub (bret@tfd.com). The song is in E.

Jimmy Pena - jimmy@walrus.com

| = not a standard bar line; just used to separate music
~ = vibrato or held note
. = staccato; mute the note immediately after striking it
x = percussive note with no pitch; muted note
h = hammer on
p = pull off
s = slide
b = bend string up to indicated pitch/fret
r = release bend to indicated string/fret
/ = slide up from infinity
\ = slide down into infinity
PM = Palm Mute; lightly touch the strings at the bridge with the edge of
the fret hand

[Riff 1]

e:-----------------------------|
B:-----------------------------|
G:-----------------------------|
D:-----------------------------|
A:--2--2--4--4--2---------2----|
E:--0--0--0--0--0--0--3h4------|
PM ------------------------|

[Riff 2]

e:--------------------------------|
B:--------------------------------|
G:--------------------------------|
D:--2--2--4--4--2---------2-------|
A:--0--0--0--0--0--0--3h4---------|
E:--------------------------------|
PM ------------------------|

[Riff 3] [Riff 3a]

e:----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B:----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G:----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D:--4--4--6--6--4--4--6--6----|---2-2--4-4--2-2--4------------------|
A:--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2----|---0-0--0-0--0-0--0---2--------------|
E:----------------------------|----------------------0--------------|
PM -----------------------| PM ---------------------|

[Riff 4] - with distortion

e:----------------------------------|--------------------------|
B:----------------------------------|--------------------------|
G:-------------2b4r2p1---2p1--------|-------------2b4r2p1--2~--|
D:-----0h2--------------------2~----|------0h2-----------------|
A:-0h2------------------------------|--0h2---------------------|
E:---------0------------------------|----------0---------------|

[Riff 5] - with distortion

e:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D:---------------7b9r7p6--7p6------|--------------7b9r7p6--7~--------|
A:------5h7---------------------7~-|-------5h7-----------------------|
E:--5h7------0---------------------|---5h7-----0---------------------|

[Riff 6] - with distortion ________________________________
|1. |2.
e:---------------------------|-------------|----------------|
B:---3--x-x--2--x-x--0h1--x--|-------------|----------------|
G:o--4--x-x--2--x-x----------|------------o|----------------|
D:o--------------------------|------------o|----------------|
A:---------------------------|-------------|----------------|
E:---------------------------|--3--3b--5---|--3--3b---0.----|

[Riff 7]

e:------------------------------|
B:------------------------------|
G:------------------------------|
D:------------------------------|
A:--2--2--4--4--2---------------|
E:--0--0--0--0--0---4.-5.-------|
PM ----------------------|

[Riff 8]

e:----------------------------------------------------------|
B:-------12--14-----14b15r14p12---14p12---------------------|
G:-12-13--------13----------------------13------------------|
D:----------------------------------------------------------|
A:----------------------------------------------------------|
E:----------------------------------------------------------|

e:---------------------------------------|
B:-------12-14----14b15r14p12---14~------|
G:-12-13-------13------------------------|
D:---------------------------------------|
A:---------------------------------------|
E:---------------------------------------|

[Riff 9]

e:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:------------------14b16r14p13---14p13------------------------------|
D:--------12-14-------------------------14---------------------------|
A:--12-14------------------------------------------------------------|
E:--------------12---------------------------------------------------|

[Fill 1] - played with octave/fuzz

e:---12----12-12--12-------------------------------------------------|
B:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:----9-----9--9---9-------------------------------------------------|
D:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Song progression:

[Riff 1] 35 times

On the 16th time:

Ba - by,
Ba - by,
I'm gonna bring it on home to you.
I've got my ticket, I've got that load.
Got up, gone higher, all aboard.

With [Riff 2] 4 times

Take my seat, right way back.

With [Riff 1] 4 times

Watch this train roll down the track.

With [Riff 3] 1 time

I'm gonna bring it on home,

Play Half of [Riff 2]

bring it on home to you.

With [Riff 1] 2 times

Watch out, watch out, make room.

Play [Riff 3] and then [Riff 3a] .....

[Riff 4] + [Riff 5] + [Riff 9] 4 times, On third time enter [Riff 8] and
cut [Riff 9] out.

With [Riff 6]:

Try to tell you baby,
What you tryin' to do?
Tryin' to love me baby,
Love some other man too.
Bring it on home,
Bring it on home.

Went a little walk downtown,
Messed and got back late.
Found a note there waiting
It said "Daddy, I just can't wait."
Bring it on home,
Bring it on home,
Bring it back home,
Bring it back home to me baby.

[Riff 4] + [Riff 5] + [Riff 9] 4 times, On third time enter [Riff 8] and
cut [Riff 9] out.

With [Riff 6]:

Tell you pretty baby,
You love to mess me 'roun'.
I'm gonna give you lovin', baby.
Gonna move you outta town.
Bring it on home,
Bring it on home.

(Add [Fill 1] 8 times here:)

Sweetest little baby
Daddy ever saw
I'm gonna give you lovin' baby,
I'm gonna give you more.
Bring it on home,
Bring it on home,
Bring it on home,
Alright.

[Riff 4] + [Riff 5] + [Riff 9] 4 times, On third time enter [Riff 8] and
cut [Riff 9] out.

[Riff 4] x1

Then:

[Riff 3] x1

Bring it on home,

[Riff 2] x1

Bring it on home to you.

[Riff 1] x1
[Riff 7] x1

[Riff 3] x1
[Riff 3a] x1

[Outro]:

D#7 E7
e:----------------12---------12----------12---------------------|
B:-------------9------9--10------10--11-----11--12\-------------|
G:-------------------------------------------------------6----7-|
D:-------------9------9--10------10--11-----11--12\------5----6-|
A:-------------------------------------------------------6----7-|
E:--0~~~~----------------------------------------------0----0---|

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