LED ZEPPELIN - "the ocean" Tablature

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Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 12:14:45 -0500
From: "Peter Schenk" <skalder@hotmail.com>
Subject: l/led_zeppelin/the_ocean.tab

The other tabs of this song on OLGA are good and my tab of the main riff
differs only stylistically. The main reason for my submission is the solo,
which I had looked for on the internet for a while but couldn't find. I'd
like to thank Steve Ford for transcribing the essentials of it, which I have
hence flushed out in an intrepretation that I hope others find to be a good
rendering of Jimmy Page's flourish at the end of "The Ocean."

"The Ocean"

from Led Zeppelin's 'Houses of the Holy' album

Signature Riff
|---------------|--------------|---------|
|---------------|--------------|---------|
|---------------|--------------|---------|
|-5h7-5h7-5-----|-----5------7-|---7-----|
|-----------7---|-5h7----5h7---|-4---5---|
|-------------8-|--------------|---------|
(grace
notes)

Verse/Chorus Riff
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-7777-5555-------5/777-|
|-7777-5555-7-5-7-5/777-|
|-5555-3333-7-5-7-3/555-|
|-----------5-3-5-------|

|-----------|
|-----------|
|-----------| "la la la-la la la..."
|---7---5-7-|
|-4---5-----|
|-----------|

Solo
|-12b-12-10-9---------9---------------|-------------10-|
|-------------12-10-----12-10---12-10-|-10-9-5h7p5~--7-|
|------------------11--------11-------|--------------7-|
|-------------------------------------|----------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------|

|-12b-12-10-9----------------10-10-12-9-|----------------------------
|-------------12-10---10-12b------------|-12-10---12---10h12p10~-----
|------------------11-------------------|------11---11-----------11b-
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------

|----------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-11--11-9--9-11b-11-9-|-------------------|-14-13-11----------------|
|---11----11-----------|-11-9-7------------|----------14-11----------|
|----------------------|--------11-9-7-----|----------------14-11-14-|
|----------------------|---------------9-7-|-------------------------|

|-10-12b-12b&d-12--10---------------|-------------------------10-|
|-10------------------12b-12-10-12b-|-10---12-10--------------10-|
|-11--------------------------------|---11-------11--11-9--9--11-|
|-----------------------------------|--------------11----11------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|

|-12b-12-10----------14b-14-12----16b-16---------|-17p16p12-17p16p12-
|----------10--10-12----------12---------15b-15b-|-------------------
|------------------------------------------------|-------------------
|------------------------------------------------|-------------------
|------------------------------------------------|-------------------
|------------------------------------------------|-------------------

|-17p16p12-17p16p12-|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-14-13-11----------------|
|-------------------|-11-9-7------------|----------14-11----------|
|-------------------|--------11-9-7-----|----------------14-11-14-|
|-------------------|---------------9-7-|-------------------------|

x3
|---------------10h12p10----------|--------------12h14p12-----------|
|---------10h12----------12p10----|--------12h14----------14p12-----|
|*-/11-------------------------11-|-/13-------------------------13-*|
|*-----12-------------------------|-----14-------------------------*|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

|------10------10------10------10-|------12------12------12--15b-|
|----10------10------10------10---|----12------12------12--------|
|-12b-----12b-----12b-----12b-----|-14b-----14b-----14b----------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|

|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|-14-13-11----------------|
|-11-9-7------------|----------14-11----------|
|--------11-9-7-----|----------------14-11-14-|
|---------------9-7-|-------------------------|

Tabbed by Peter Schenk: skalder@hotmail.com

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