LED ZEPPELIN - "Carouselambra" Tablature

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Zeppelin - Carouselambra

From the CD 'In Through the Out Door'
Written by Jones/Page/Plant
Swan Song 16002 and/or Atlantic 92443-2

This file is mostly chords. The song is in C, the part I tabbed
out is in D, and the end is in G. Most of it is synth and/or keyboard, so
I have that here too. You can figure out which is keys and which is
guitar. Enjoy.

Jimmy Pena - jimmy@walrus.com


Progression:

G A A G A A G A A G A A B C#

Repeat this 8 times:

[x00231] [x02220]
Dm/A A

With verse: [x33211] [x30210]

F/C C
Sisters by the wayside bide their time in quiet peace,
await their place within the ring of calm.

Dm/A A
Still stand to turn in seconds of release,
await the call they know may never come.

F/C C
In times of lightness no intruder dared upon
to jeopardize the course, upset the run.

Dm/A A
All was joy and hands were raised towards the sun,
as love in halls of plenty overrun.

[xx0233] [xx0232]
Dsus4 D
Ah, ah, ah, ah.

Then 4 times in the same pattern:

[113331] [133211]
Bb/F F

4 times:
Dm/A A


F/C C
Still in their bliss unchallenged mighty feast,
unending dances shadowed on the day.

Dm/A A
Within the wall their dauting formless keep,
preserved their joy and kept their doubts at bay.

F/C C
Faceless legions stood in readiness to weep,
just turn a coin, bring order to the fray.

Dm/A A
And everything is soon no sooner thought than deed,
but no-one seemed to question anyway.

Dsus4 D
Ah, ah, ah, ah.

4 times:

Bb/F F

Then the keyboard does a little roll which kinda goes like this:

|: A~ F G :| [Play it four times]

F/C C
How keen the soaring hunter's eye prevails upon the land,
to seek the unsuspecting and the weak.

Dm/A A
And powerless the fabled sat, too slow to lift a hand,
toward the foe that threatened them from the deep.

F/C C
Who cares to dry the cheeks of those who saddened stand,
adrift upon the sea of futile speech?

Dm/A A
Wha??


Dsus4 D
Ah, ah, ah, ah.

4 times:

Bb/F F


Then the keyboard does that little roll again:

|: A~ F G :| [Play it four times]


The keyboard does another thing but I'll list the chords here:

|: F G Em :| [Play it three times]

|: A~ F G :| [two times]

|: F G Em :| [Play it three times]

|: A~ F G :| [two times]

|: F G Em :| [Play it three times]


[This is in D]:

[Riff 1] - play it once initially

Em D A G C D
e:--7------5~-----5------5~------3------0------0------2~-------------|
B:----8------7------7------5-------3------1------1----3~-------------|
G:------9------7~-----7------6~------4------0---------2~-------------|
D:----------------------------------------------------0~-------------|
A:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|

e:--7------5~-----5------5~------3------0------0---------------------|
B:----8------7------7------5-------3------1------1-------------------|
G:------9------7~-----7------6~------4------0------------------------|
D:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Back to the key of C]:

[Riff 2]:
A Cmaj7
e:--0~---------------0~----------------------------------------------|
B:--2~---------------0~----------------------------------------------|
G:--2~---------------0~----------------------------------------------|
D:--2~---------4-----2~----------------------------------------------|
A:--0~-------0---0---3~----------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Riff 2] x2

[Riff 2] with lyrics:

Where was your word, where did you go?
Where was your helping, where was your bow? Bow.

[Riff 1] x1

[Riff 2] w/ lyrics:

Dull is the armour, cold is the day.
Hard was your journey, dark was the way. Way.

[Riff 1] x1

[Riff 2] w/ lyrics:

I heard the word, I couldn't stay, oh.
I couldn't stand it another day. Another day, ay, another day,
Another day.

Keyboard bangs out an A chord, then it plays a G for four measures [final
key switch to G], then A again for four measures.

Play G:
Touched by the timely coming, roused from the keeper's sleep,
Play A:
release the grip, throw down the key.
Play D:
Held now within the knowing, rest now within the peace,
Play A:
Take of the fruit, but guard the seed.

Play D for four measures, then:

[x04442]
|: A A B/A~ :| [Play this four times]

Play G for four measures, then A for four measures.

Play G:
Held now within the knowing, rest now within the beat,
take of the fruit but guard the seed.

Play D for four measures, then:

Play A:
Take of the fruit but guard the seed.

Play D for four measures, then:

|: A A B/A~ :| [Play this three times]

Repeat until fadeout:
[x05553]
|: A A B/A~ C/A B/A :|

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