LED ZEPPELIN - "the rain song" Tablature

Date: Tue, 02 Jun 1998 18:12:56 -0500
From: Robert Leatherman <rl11148@cedarnet.org>
Subject: l/led_zeppelin/the_rain_song.tab

The Rain Song from Led Zeppelin's "Houses of the Holy" Atlantic Records
1973
all rights reserved. Song published for educational purposes by
Robert Leatherman, University of Northern Iowa 50613

The Rain Song
By Led Zeppelin:
Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, John Bonham



Tuning : 12 String accoustic
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Studio Tuning: D G C G C D
Live Tuning: E A D A D E (One step higher)

Intro

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1) It is the springtime of my loving, The second season I am to know...
2) Slight variation with mellotron see below
3)It is the summer of my smiles Flee from me keepers of the gloom
4) These are the seasons of emotion And like the winds they rise and
fall


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You are the sunlight in my growing, So little warmth I've felt before
Mellotron solo
Speak to me only with your eyes ohhhh It is to you I give this tune
This is the wonder of devotion I see the torch we all must hold

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It isn't hard to feel Me Glowing I watched the fire that Grew so
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It isn't hard to recognize These things are clear from all from time to
This is the mistery of the quotient.quotient Upon us all a little rain
must fall

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low.......
mellotron solo
time.... Ooooooooh... oh ohhh oh
ohhhhhhhh
Just a little rain... Oooooh... yeah...yeah....yeah...

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3) Goto Bridge

Second Verse with mellotron,

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Played Louder and faster
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Ohh... ........ Talk Talk Talk Talk
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I've felt the coldness of my winter I never thought you would ever go...


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I cursed the gloom they set upon us pon us but I know that I love you so


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ooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh but I know that I love you so.

4)These are the seasons...


Outtro:
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