LED ZEPPELIN - "Stairway To Heaven (All Guitars)" Tablature

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Stairway To Heaven
(All Guitars)
Transcribed by
Josh
All standard tuning: EADGBe
Guitar 1: Steel-string Acoustic (fingerstyle)
Guitar 2: 12-string Electric (clean)
Guitar 3: Overdriven Distorted Electric
Guitar 4: Jazz Electric (clean)

h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
x = muted string
/ = legato slide
~ = vibrato (the more ~, more intense vibrato)
||o---o|| = repeat measure
7b = full step bend




GTR 1
Am E5+/G# C/G D/F# Fmaj7
E||-----------5--7--------7--|--8--------8--2--------2--|--0-------------0--------|
B||--------5--------5--------|-----5-----------3--------|-----1-----1-------1-----|
G||-----5--------------5-----|--------5-----------2-----|--------2-------------2--|
D||--7-----------6-----------|--5-----------4-----------|--3----------------------|
A||--------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
E||--------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|

G/B Am E5+/G# C/G D/F#
------------------------|--------------7--------7--|--8--------8--2--------2--|
--0--1--1---------------|-----------5-----5--------|-----5-----------3--------|
--0--2--2------2--------|--------5-----------5-----|--------5-----------2-----|
------------------------|-----7--------6-----------|--5-----------4-----------|
--2--0--0------0/-8--7--|--0-----------------------|--------------------------|
------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|

Fmaj7 G/B Am C D
--0-------------0--------|-----------------------|----------0--2--------2--|
-----1-----1-------1-----|--0--1--1--------------|----------------3--------|
--------2-------------2--|--0--2--2--------------|-------0-----------2-----|
--3----------------------|-----------------------|----2--------0-----------|
-------------------------|--2--0--0--------0--2--|3------------------------|
-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|

Fmaj7 Am C G Dsus4 D
--0--------0--------------|--------------3--------3--|--3p2-2--2--------------|
-----1--------0-----------|--1--------1-----0--------|------3--3--------------|
--------2--------2--------|-----0--------------0-----|------2--2--------------|
--3-----------------------|--------2-----------------|--0---0--0--------------|
--------------0-----0--2--|--3-----------------------|------------------0--2--|
--------------------------|--------------3-----------|------------------------|


--------------2--------2--|--0--------0--------------|-----------------------2--|
-----------1-----3--------|-----1--------0-----------|-----------1--------3-----|
--------0-----------2-----|--------2--------2--------|--------0--------2--------|
-----2--------0-----------|--3-----------------------|-----2--------0-----------|
--3-----------------------|--------------0-----0--2--|--3-----------------------|
--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|

(0:52)
There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold and
--0--0--0------------|-----------5--7--------7--|--8--------8--2--------2--|
--1--1--1------------|--------5--------5--------|-----5-----------3--------|
--2--2--2------------|-----5--------------5-----|--------5-----------2-----|
--3--3--3------------|--7-----------6-----------|--5-----------4-----------|
---------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
---------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|

she's buying a Stairway to Heaven When she get's their she knows
--0-------------0--------|---------------------|-----------5--7--------7--|
-----1-----1-------1-----|--0--1--1------------|--------5--------5--------|
--------2-------------2--|--0--2--2------------|-----5--------------5-----|
--3----------------------|---------------------|--7-----------6-----------|
-------------------------|--2--0--0------------|--------------------------|
-------------------------|---------------------|--------------------------|
if the stores are all closed With a word.. ..what she came for
--8--------8--2--------2--|--0-------------0--------|-----------------------|
-----5-----------3--------|-----1-----1-------1-----|--0--1--1--------------|
--------5-----------2-----|--------2-------------2--|--0--2--2--------------|
--5-----------4-----------|--3----------------------|-----------------------|
--------------------------|-------------------------|--2--0--0--------0--2--|
--------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|

Ooh-Ooh-Ooh Ooh-Ooh-Ooh Ooh-Ooh and she's buying a Stairway to
--------------2--------2--|--0--------0----------------|--------------3--------3--|
-----------1-----3--------|-----1-------1--0-----------|--1--------1-----0--------|
--------0-----------2-----|--------2----------2-----0--|-----0--------------0-----|
-----2--------0-----------|--3-------------------------|--------2-----------------|
--3-----------------------|----------------0-----0--2--|--3-----------------------|
--------------------------|----------------------------|--------------3-----------|

Heaven There's a sign on the wall but she wants to be sure 'Cause you know
--3p2-2--2--------------|--------------2--------2--|--0--------0--------------|
------3--3--------------|-----------1-----3--------|-----1--------0-----------|
------2--2--------------|--------0-----------2-----|--------2--------2-----0--|
--0---0--0--------------|-----2--------0-----------|--3-----------------------|
------------------0--2--|--3-----------------------|--------------------0--2--|
------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|

sometimes word have two meanings In a tree by the brook there's a
--------------2--------2--|--0--0--0------------|-----------5--7--------7--|
--1--------1-----3--------|--1--1--1------------|--------5--------5--------|
-----0--------------2-----|--2--2--2------------|-----5--------------5-----|
--------2-----0-----------|--3--3--3------------|--7-----------6-----------|
--3-----------------------|---------------------|--------------------------|
--------------------------|---------------------|--------------------------|

songbird that sings sometimes all of our thoughts are misgven
--8--------8--2--------2--|--0-------------0--------|------------------------|
-----5-----------3--------|-----1-----1-------1-----|--0--1--1---------------|
--------5-----------2-----|--------2-------------2--|--0--2--2---------------|
--5-----------4-----------|--3----------------------|------------------------|
--------------------------|-------------------------|--2--0--0------0/-8--7--|
--------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|


-----------5--7-------7-------|--------8--------------2--------|
----------------5---5---5-----|------5---5----------3---3------|
--------5---------5-------5---|----5-------5------2-------2----|
-----7--------6-------------x-|--5-----------5--4-----------4--|
--0---------------------------|--------------------------------|
------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Fmaj7 G/B Am (2:13; GTR 1 and GTR 2)
--------0-------------0--------|---------------||-----||
------1----1--------1---1------|--------1------||--3--||
----2--------2----2-------2----|--0--2--2------||--0--||
--3-------------3-----------3--|---------------||--0--||
-------------------------------|--2--0--0------||--2--||
-------------------------------|---------------||-----||

GTR 1 and GTR 2
Ooh________makes me wonder
Am7 A7sus D Am7 Em D C D
||----3--333-3---0----3----2-------2--222----|--3--333-3--0----7---5---3---5----||
||o---1--111-1---1----3----3-------3--333-0--|--1--111-1--1----8---7---5---7---o||
||----0--000-0---0----0----2-------2--222-0--|--0--000-0--0----9---7---5---7----||
||----2--222-2---2----2----0----0---------0--|--2--222-2--2----0----------------||
||o-0-0---------------0---------0---------0--|--0------------------------------o||
||-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
*two times*

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
(2:38);(3:30);(4:19)
GTR 1
C G/B Am C G/B Fmaj7 Am
There's a feelin I get when I look to the west and my spirit is crying for leaving
And it's whisper that.. if we all call the jewel then the piper will lead.. reason
If there's a bustle in you hedgerow don't be alarmed now it's a spring.... May Queen

||---------------------------------------------------------------------------0---0-||
||-----------1-----------3----0h1-------------1------------------1-----------1---1-||
||--------0-----------0-----------2--------2------------------0-----------0--2---2-||
||-----2-----------0--------------------2------------------2-----------0-----3---2-||
||0h3-----------2--------------------0------------0--2--3-----------2--------3---0-||
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------1-----||
GTR 2 (Should be slightly louder than GTR 1, and gets alitte louder on each repeat)
||--------3-----------3--------------------5------------------3-----------3------0-||
||-----5-----------3-----3--------------5-----1------------5-----------3-----1---1-||
||4/5--------5--4-------------4/5-2--2------------2--4--5--------5--4--------2---2-||
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------3-----||
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||

GTR 1
In my thoughts I.....rings of smoke through the trees and the voices...stand looking
And a new day will dawn for who those stand long and the forests will echo.. laughter
Yes, there are two paths you can go back but in the long run..change the road your on
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------0---0-||
||-------------1-----------3----0h1-------------1------------------1-----------1---1-||
||----------0-----------0-----------2--------2------------------0-----------0--2---2-||
||-------2-----------0--------------------2------------------2-----------0-----3---2-||
||0-2-3-----------2--------------------0------------0--2--3-----------2--------3---0-||
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------1-----||
GTR 2
||----------3-----------3--------------------5------------------3-----------3------0-||
||-------5-----------3-----3--------------5-----1------------5-----------3-----1---1-||
||2-4/5--------5--4-------------4/5-2--2------------2--4--5--------5--4--------2---2-||
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------3-----||
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||

GTR 1
||------------------------------------||
||---------------------1-----------3--||
||------------------0-----------0-----||
||---------------2-----------0--------||
||----0--2----3-----------2-----------||
||------------------------------------||
GTR 2
||------------------3-----------3-----||
||---------------5-----------3-----3--||
||----2--4-4/-5--------5--4-----------||
||------------------------------------||
||------------------------------------||
||------------------------------------||

GTR 1
Ooh___makes me wonder
||--3--333-3---0----3----2-------2--222----|--3--333-3--0----7---5---3---5----||
||--1--111-1---1----3----3-------3--333-0--|--1--111-1--1----8---7---5---7----||
||--0--000-0---0----0----2-------2--222-0--|--0--000-0--0----9---7---5---7----||
||--2--222-2---2----2----0----0---------0--|--2--222-2--2----0----------------||
||--0---------------0---------0---------0--|--0-------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
GTR 2
||-------------------------------2--222----|--3--333-3--0----7---5---3---5----||
||--5----------------------------3--333-0--|--1--111-1--1----8---7---5---7----||
||--2----------------------------2--222-0--|--0--000-0--0----9---7---5---7----||
||--0-----------------------------------0--|--2--222-2--2----0----------------||
||--------------------------------------0--|--0-------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
Let Ring_____________________]

GTR 1 and GTR 2
Ooh__________it really makes me wonder
||----3--333-3---0----3----2-------2--222----|--3--333-3--0----7---5---3---5----||
||----1--111-1---1----3----3-------3--333-0--|--1--111-1--1----8---7---5---7----||
||----0--000-0---0----0----2-------2--222-0--|--0--000-0--0----9---7---5---7----||
||----2--222-2---2----2----0----0---------0--|--2--222-2--2----0----------------||
||-0--0---------------0---------0---------0--|--0-------------------------------||
||-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------||

repeat measures between $$$ 3 times then go to next measure

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
(5:07)
Your head is humming and it won't go in case you don't know the piper's..to join him
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------0---0-||
||-----------1-----------3----0h1-------------1------------------1-----------1---1-||
||--------0-----------0-----------2--------2------------------0-----------0--2---2-||
||-----2-----------0--------------------2------------------2-----------0-----3---2-||
||0h3-----------2--------------------0------------0--2--3-----------2--------3---0-||
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------1-----||
GTR 2
||--------3-----------3--------------------5------------------3-----------3------0-||
||-----5-----------3-----3--------------5-----1------------5-----------3-----1---1-||
||4/5--------5--4-------------4/5-2--2------------2--4--5--------5--4--------2---2-||
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------3-----||
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||


GTR 1
Dear lady can you hear the wind blow and...your Stairway lies on the wispering wind__
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------0---0-||
||-------------1-----------3----0h1-------------1------------------1-----------1---1-||
||----------0-----------0-----------2--------2------------------0-----------0--2---2-||
||-------2-----------0--------------------2------------------2-----------0-----3---2-||
||0-2-3-----------2--------------------0------------0--2--3-----------2--------3---0-||
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------1-----||
GTR 2
||----------3-----------3--------------------5------------------3-----------3------0-||
||-------5-----------3-----3--------------5-----1------------5-----------3-----1---1-||
||2-4/5--------5--4-------------4/5-2--2------------2--4--5--------5--4--------2---2-||
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------3-----||
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||

(5:29)
GTR 1
||------------------------------------2---||
||---------------------1-----------3--3---||
||------------------0-----------0-----2---||
||---------------2-----------0--------0---||
||----0--2----3-----------2---------------||
||----------------------------------------||
GTR 2
||------------------3-----------3-----5---||
||---------------5-----------3-----3--7---||
||----2--4-4/-5--------5--4-----------7---||
||----------------------------------------||
||----------------------------------------||
||----------------------------------------||
Let ring

(5:35)
GTR 1 and 2
||------003---003---003--3--2--|
||------333---333---333--3--3--|
||------222---222---222--2--2--|
||------000---000---000--0--0--|
||-----------------------------|
||-----------------------------|

GTR 1
|-----------------------------------|
|--3---3--33-3----3--3-3---33--3--3-| then both play:
|--0---0--00-0----0--0-0---00--0--0-| |023---003---003--3--2-|
|--2---2--22-2----2--2-2---22--2--2-| |333---333---333--3--3-|
|--3---3--33-3----3--3-----33--3--3-| |222---222---222--2--2-|
|-----------------------------------| |000---000---000--0--0-|
GTR 2 |----------------------|
|--0---2--22-0-0-------2---22--0--0-| |----------------------|
|--3---3--33-3-3--3--3-3---33--3--3-|
|--5---5--55-5-5--5--5-5---55--5--5-|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|


GTR 1
Cadd Cadd9#11 Cadd9 G/B Gmaj7/B
|----------2---2-2--0-------|------------2----2--------||
|--3-------3---3-3----3-----|--3----3----3----3--------||
|--2-------0---0-0-------0--|--0----0----0----0--------||
|--0------------------------|--0----0----0----0--------||
|--3-------3---3-3----------|--2----2----2----2--------||
|---------------------------|--------------------------||
GTR 2
|----------2---2-2--0-------|-------0-----2------------||
|--3-------3---3-3-----3----|--3-------3-----3---------||
|--5-------5----------------|--4----------------4p2----||
|---------------------------|-----------------------5--||
|---------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------|--------------------------||

Solo
GTR 1 exits;
GTR 3 enters: (5:56)
5:59 6:05
|--------5--------------------------|-------------------------------10----------------|
|----------8-5----------------------|-----13-13-13b--13-10----10-13---13-10p8----8/10-|
|--7b~~~~------7p5---7-5------------|-12b-----------------/12-----------------10------|
|------------------7-----7-5-3~~~~~-|-------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
GTR 2: Am Am7/G Fmaj7 (*repeat until 6:44*)
||--0----0--0-0-0--0--0--0-0-|--0----0--0-0--0-0--0--0-0--||
||o-1----1--1-1-1--1--1--1-1-|--1----1--1-1--1-1--1--1-1-o||
||--2----2--2-2-0--0--0--0-0-|--2----2--2-2--2-2--2--2-2--||
||--2----2--2-2-2--2--2--2-2-|--3----3--3-3--3-3--3--3-3--||
||o-0----0--0-0-x--x--x--x-x-|--3----3--3-3--3-3--3--3-3-o||
||--------------3--3--3--3-3-|--1----1--1-1--1-1--1--1-1--||
6:10 6:12
----5---------------------------------------5-------------------------------------------
------8-5-------------------------------------8-5-------------------------5------------8
-7b-------7-5---7-5------------5---5-5------------7-5---7-5-------------5---7-5---5-7/9-
--------------7-----7-5---5-7----7-----5-3------------7-----7-5-7-5--/7---------7-------
------------------------7-------------------------------------------8-------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

6:15 repeat 7x
|-----------------------------15b-15-12-----------|-----------------||--------15hb^^-|
|------13-15b--15-13-15-13-13-----------15b-15-13-|o----13-15brp*13o||-----13--------|
|12-14--------------------------------------------|--14-------------||--14-----------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------||---------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|o---------------o||---------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------||---------------|
*bend, release bend, pull off;^^hold bend
6:22 [ GTR 4 ]
|-12-15-12-----------------------------15----------------------------|
|----------15-13----13-15-13----13-15b----15brp*13-[13/12-----13/10]-|
|----------------14----------14-------------------14~~~~~~~~---------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
6:27 [ GTR 4 ]
|-----15-17-15------------------------------------------|
|-15b----------15-13-15-13----13-15b~~[13/12-----13/10]-|
|--------------------------14---------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
6:32 [ GTR 4 ]
|--------------------------------------------|
|-11b---11b-10----10-------[13/12-----13/10]-|
|--------------12----12b~~~~~~~~~~~~---------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
6:37 [ GTR 4 ]
|--------------------------------------------|
|-8b_____------------------[13/12-----13/10]-|
|---------7b*---5-7-5-7/9\7-5----------------|
|------------------------------7~~~~~--------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
____gradual bend, *pre-bend release
6:42
|-------20p17----20p17----20p17----20p17----20p17----20b^^^^^|
|----17-------17-------17-------17-------17-------17---------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
(6:44)
GTR 2

And as we wind on down the road
Our shadow's taller than our soul
There walks a lady we all know
||--5--5--xx-xx-3--3--xx-xx-|--1-x-1-x-1-x-1-x-1--3--||
||o-5--5--xx-xx-3--3--xx-xx-|--1-x-1-x-1-x-1-x-1--3-o||
||--5--5--xx-xx-4--4--xx-xx-|--2-x-2-x-2-x-2-x-2--4--||
||--7--7--xx-xx-5--5--xx-xx-|--3-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3--5--|| repeat 3 times
||o-7--7--xx-xx-5--5--xx-xx-|--3-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3--5-o||
||--5--5--xx-xx-3--3--xx-xx-|--1-x-1-x-1-x-1-x-1--3--||

then

GTR 2
Who shines white light and wants to show
How everthing still turns to gold
And if you listen very hard
The tune will come to you at last
|--5--5--x-x---3--3---x-x--|--1-x-1-x-1-x-1-x-1--3--||
|o-5--5--x-x---3--3---x-x--|--1-x-1-x-1-x-1-x-1--3-o||
|--5--5--x-x---4--4---x-x--|--2-x-2-x-2-x-2-x-2--4--||
|--7--7--x-x---5--5---x-x--|--3-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3--5--||
|o-7--7--x-x---5--5---x-x--|--3-x-3-x-3-x-3-x-3--5-o||
|--5--5--x-x---3--3---x-x--|--1-x-1-x-1-x-1-x-1--3--||
GTR 3 (7:02-7:20)
||------------------------|--------------------------||
||------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-----------------------|-------------------------o||<~repeat 4 times
||------------------------|--------------------------|| with GTR 2
||o---------3/--7---5-----|--7--7--------5--5-------o|| in alignment
||--1/--5--------------8--|--5--5--------3--3--------||


then

GTR 2
When all is one and one is all______________________
|--5--5--------3--3--------|--0----0----0-0-0-0--3--|
|--5--5--------3--3--------|--1----1----1-1-1-1--3--|
|--5--5--------4--4--------|--2----2----2-2-2-2--4--|
|--7--7--------5--5--------|--3----3----3-3-3-3--5--|
|--7--7--------5--5--------|--3----3----3-3-3-3--5--|
|--5--5--------3--3--------|--1----1----1-1-1-1--3--|

To be a rock and not to roll______________________________
|--5--5--------3--3----0---|-------0------0------1-1-0-0-|
|--5--5--------3--3----1---|-------1--1-1-1--1-1-1-1-0-0-|
|--5--5--------4--4----2---|-------2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-0-|
|--7--7--------5--5----3---|-------3--3-3-3--3-3---------|
|--7--7--------5--5----3---|-------3------3--------------|
|--5--5--------3--3----1---|----1--1------1--------------|

GTR 2 plays chords
GTR 3 (7:29)
Am Am7/G Fmaj7 Am Am7/G
|-----------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
|--8h10~--10~------------10---|--8h10---10--------3----|--5--------8-----10----|
|-----------------7/9-9-----9-|-------------------5b---|--7b-------10b---12b---|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
Fmaj7 Am Am7/G Fmaj7 Am Am7/G Fmaj7
----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|----------------------------|||
--13------------12----|----13------12------13--|------12------13----15--|------13----12----15----13--|||
--15b-----------14b---|----15b-----14b-----15b-|------14b-----15b---17b-|-----15b----14b---17b---15b-|||
----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|----------------------------|||
----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|----------------------------|||
----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|----------------------------|||
GTR 2 Let ring
|-0----0----0-----0------0--|||
|-1----1----1-----1------1--|||
|-2----2----0-----0------2--|||
|-2----2----2-----2------3--|||
|-0----0-----------------3--|||
|-----------3--3--3------1--||| And she's buying a Stairway to Heaven

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