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GOING TO CALIFORNIA - LED ZEPPELIN transcribed by Robb Anagnostis (11-07-02) Tuning: D A D G B D Intro: |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |-3-3-3---3-3-3--|-3-3-3---3-3-3--|-3-3-3---3-3-3--|-3-3-3---3-3-3--| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---| Mandolin E(D)|--7-7-7-7-7-7-0-| B|-7-8-7-------7--| G|-------9-7-9----| |5--4---0---0----|5--4---0---0----|2--2---0---0----|5--5---0---0----| |-0---0---5---0--|-0---0---5---0--|-3---3---3---3--|-7---7---5---0--| |--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|----------------|--------------0-| |----------------|----------------|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0-----| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |5---5---5---5---|5---5---5---5---|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---| Spent... Smoked... All... Made... Goin'... In... Some... Love... In... ("After verse part") p hp p hp |3--3---0-0020--2|---0---0---5-4--|3--3---0-0020--2|---0---0---5-4--| |-5---5-------0--|-3---3--232-----|-5---5-------0--|-3---3--232-----| |--5---5--00---0-|----------------|--5---5--00---0-|----------------| |0-----0--00-----|--0---0---0---0-|0-----0--00-----|--0---0---0---0-| |----0---2-------|----------------|----0---2-------|----------------| |----------------|0---0---0---0---|----------------|0---0---0---0---| (double spaced for double digits... essentially a D chord at 14th fret) | - - - 14- - - 14- - - 14- - - 14| - - - 14- - - 14- - - 14- - - 14| | - - 15- - - 15- - - 15- - - 15- | - - 15- - - 15- - - 15- - - 15- | | - 14- - - 14- - - 14- - - 14- - | - 14- - - 14- - - 14- - - 14- - | | - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - | - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - | | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | | 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - | 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - | |5--4---0---0----|5--4---0---0----|2--2---0---0----|5--5---0---0----| |-0---0---5---0--|-0---0---5---0--|-3---3---3---3--|-7---7---5---0--| |--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|----------------|--------------0-| |----------------|----------------|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |5---5---5---5---|5---5---5---5---|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---| Took... Never... same... Sea... Wonder... day... Mount... Chil... wake... watch out... |---5-------5----|---5-------5----|---0-------0----|---0-------0----| |6--5-6--6--5-6--|6--5-6--6--5-6--|--2--2-2--2---2-|--2---2---2---2-| |--7---7---7---7-|--7---7---7---7-|-----2---2---2-2|-2---2-2-2---2-2| |-7-----7-7-----7|-7-----7-7-----7|--2---2---2---2-|--2---2---2---2-| |0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---| |----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----------------|----------------| Seems... nose... sinking... Throw... Meet... high... like intro |----------------|----------------| |-3-3-3---3-3-3--|-3-3-3---3-3-3--| |----------------|----------------| |--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-| |----------------|----------------| |0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---| Mandolin line after Bridge E(D)|--7i--7i--7i--7i--7p--7p--7p|--7p--7p--7p--7p--7p--7p--7p--7p----| B|7i--8m--7i----------5i--7r--|----------------5i--7r------5i--7r--| G|------------9r--7r----------|----4i--6m--7r----------7m----------| D|----------------------------|7m----------------------------------| (OR play it this way) | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -| | - 10- 10- 10- 10- 10- 10- 10-| - 10- 10- 10- 10- 10- 10- 10- 10- -| | 11- 12- 11- 9 - - - 9 - 11- -| - - - - - - - - 9 - 11- - - 9 - 11-| | - - - - - - - - 12- - - - - -| - - 9 - 11- 12- - - - - 12- - - - -| | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -| 12- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -| | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -| |5--4---0---0----|5--4---0---0----|2--2---0---0----|5--5---0---0----| |-0---0---5---0--|-0---0---5---0--|-3---3---3---3--|-7---7---5---0--| |--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|----------------|--------------0-| |----------------|----------------|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |5---5---5---5---|5---5---5---5---|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---| Find... they... sings... Ride... tryin... born... Standing... telling... seems... (play "After verse part" - see above) Mandolin line D|- 17 15 14- - - - -| - 14 19 17 14 - - - -|- - | played over 2nd half B|- - - - - -15 13- -|15 - - - - - - 15- - -|- - | of "after verse" G|- - - - - - - - - -| - - - - - - - - 14- -|- - | part D|- - - - - - - - - -| - - - - - - - - - 17-|16- | ending: plain |---2---0---2---0|---2---0---2---0|---2---0---2---0|---2---0---2---0| |-3---3---3---3--|-3---3---3---3--|-3---3---3---3--|-3---3---3---3--| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---| ending: Fancier (from a Live version) s s s s |5--0---0---0----|5--0---0---0----|5--0---0---0----|5--0---0---0----| |-7---5--53---3--|-7---5--53---3--|-7---5--53---3--|-7---5--53---3--| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---| Ahhhhh..... Ahhhhh..... Ahhhhh..... Ahhhhh..... Ahhhhh..... Ahhhhh..... Fade out... Spent my days with a woman unkind: Smoked my stuff and drank all my wine. Made up my mind, make a new start, Goin' to California with an achin' in my heart. Someone told me there's a girl out there With love in her eyes and flowers in her hair. Took my chances on a big jet plane. Never let 'em tell you that they're all the same. Ah, the Sea was red and the Sky was grey: I wondered how tomorrow could ever follow today. The mountains and the canyons start to tremble and shake: Children of the Sun begin to wake.... [spoken:] watch out Seems like the wrath of the Gods got a punch on the nose and it's startin' to flow, I think I might be sinking. Throw me a line, if I reach it in time (I'll) meet you up there where the path runs straight and high. Find a Queen without a King, They say she plays guitar and cries and sings: la-la-la-la. Ride a white mare in the footsteps of Dawn, Tryin' to find a woman who's never, never, never been born. Standing on a hill and a mountain of dreams, Telling myself it's not as hard, hard, hard as it seems.... Ahhhhh..... Ahhhhh..... Ahhhhh..... Ahhhhh..... Ahhhhh..... Ahhhhh..... Fade out...
GOING TO CALIFORNIA - LED ZEPPELIN transcribed by Robb Anagnostis (11-07-02) Tuning: D A D G B D Intro: |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |-3-3-3---3-3-3--|-3-3-3---3-3-3--|-3-3-3---3-3-3--|-3-3-3---3-3-3--| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---| Mandolin E(D)|--7-7-7-7-7-7-0-| B|-7-8-7-------7--| G|-------9-7-9----| |5--4---0---0----|5--4---0---0----|2--2---0---0----|5--5---0---0----| |-0---0---5---0--|-0---0---5---0--|-3---3---3---3--|-7---7---5---0--| |--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|----------------|--------------0-| |----------------|----------------|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0-----| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |5---5---5---5---|5---5---5---5---|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---| Spent... Smoked... All... Made... Goin'... In... Some... Love... In... ("After verse part") p hp p hp |3--3---0-0020--2|---0---0---5-4--|3--3---0-0020--2|---0---0---5-4--| |-5---5-------0--|-3---3--232-----|-5---5-------0--|-3---3--232-----| |--5---5--00---0-|----------------|--5---5--00---0-|----------------| |0-----0--00-----|--0---0---0---0-|0-----0--00-----|--0---0---0---0-| |----0---2-------|----------------|----0---2-------|----------------| |----------------|0---0---0---0---|----------------|0---0---0---0---| (double spaced for double digits... essentially a D chord at 14th fret) | - - - 14- - - 14- - - 14- - - 14| - - - 14- - - 14- - - 14- - - 14| | - - 15- - - 15- - - 15- - - 15- | - - 15- - - 15- - - 15- - - 15- | | - 14- - - 14- - - 14- - - 14- - | - 14- - - 14- - - 14- - - 14- - | | - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - | - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - | | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | | 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - | 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - | |5--4---0---0----|5--4---0---0----|2--2---0---0----|5--5---0---0----| |-0---0---5---0--|-0---0---5---0--|-3---3---3---3--|-7---7---5---0--| |--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|----------------|--------------0-| |----------------|----------------|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |5---5---5---5---|5---5---5---5---|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---| Took... Never... same... Sea... Wonder... day... Mount... Chil... wake... watch out... |---5-------5----|---5-------5----|---0-------0----|---0-------0----| |6--5-6--6--5-6--|6--5-6--6--5-6--|--2--2-2--2---2-|--2---2---2---2-| |--7---7---7---7-|--7---7---7---7-|-----2---2---2-2|-2---2-2-2---2-2| |-7-----7-7-----7|-7-----7-7-----7|--2---2---2---2-|--2---2---2---2-| |0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---| |----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----------------|----------------| Seems... nose... sinking... Throw... Meet... high... like intro |----------------|----------------| |-3-3-3---3-3-3--|-3-3-3---3-3-3--| |----------------|----------------| |--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-| |----------------|----------------| |0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---| Mandolin line after Bridge E(D)|--7i--7i--7i--7i--7p--7p--7p|--7p--7p--7p--7p--7p--7p--7p--7p----| B|7i--8m--7i----------5i--7r--|----------------5i--7r------5i--7r--| G|------------9r--7r----------|----4i--6m--7r----------7m----------| D|----------------------------|7m----------------------------------| (OR play it this way) | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -| | - 10- 10- 10- 10- 10- 10- 10-| - 10- 10- 10- 10- 10- 10- 10- 10- -| | 11- 12- 11- 9 - - - 9 - 11- -| - - - - - - - - 9 - 11- - - 9 - 11-| | - - - - - - - - 12- - - - - -| - - 9 - 11- 12- - - - - 12- - - - -| | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -| 12- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -| | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -| |5--4---0---0----|5--4---0---0----|2--2---0---0----|5--5---0---0----| |-0---0---5---0--|-0---0---5---0--|-3---3---3---3--|-7---7---5---0--| |--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|----------------|--------------0-| |----------------|----------------|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |5---5---5---5---|5---5---5---5---|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---| Find... they... sings... Ride... tryin... born... Standing... telling... seems... (play "After verse part" - see above) Mandolin line D|- 17 15 14- - - - -| - 14 19 17 14 - - - -|- - | played over 2nd half B|- - - - - -15 13- -|15 - - - - - - 15- - -|- - | of "after verse" G|- - - - - - - - - -| - - - - - - - - 14- -|- - | part D|- - - - - - - - - -| - - - - - - - - - 17-|16- | ending: plain |---2---0---2---0|---2---0---2---0|---2---0---2---0|---2---0---2---0| |-3---3---3---3--|-3---3---3---3--|-3---3---3---3--|-3---3---3---3--| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---| ending: Fancier (from a Live version) s s s s |5--0---0---0----|5--0---0---0----|5--0---0---0----|5--0---0---0----| |-7---5--53---3--|-7---5--53---3--|-7---5--53---3--|-7---5--53---3--| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---| Ahhhhh..... Ahhhhh..... Ahhhhh..... Ahhhhh..... Ahhhhh..... Ahhhhh..... Fade out... Spent my days with a woman unkind: Smoked my stuff and drank all my wine. Made up my mind, make a new start, Goin' to California with an achin' in my heart. Someone told me there's a girl out there With love in her eyes and flowers in her hair. Took my chances on a big jet plane. Never let 'em tell you that they're all the same. Ah, the Sea was red and the Sky was grey: I wondered how tomorrow could ever follow today. The mountains and the canyons start to tremble and shake: Children of the Sun begin to wake.... [spoken:] watch out Seems like the wrath of the Gods got a punch on the nose and it's startin' to flow, I think I might be sinking. Throw me a line, if I reach it in time (I'll) meet you up there where the path runs straight and high. Find a Queen without a King, They say she plays guitar and cries and sings: la-la-la-la. Ride a white mare in the footsteps of Dawn, Tryin' to find a woman who's never, never, never been born. Standing on a hill and a mountain of dreams, Telling myself it's not as hard, hard, hard as it seems.... Ahhhhh..... Ahhhhh..... Ahhhhh..... Ahhhhh..... Ahhhhh..... Ahhhhh..... Fade out...
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