Bass tablature for "The Lemon Song" by "Led Zeppelin"

Artist: Led Zeppelin
Piece: The Lemon Song
Instrument: Bass
Submitter: shyshadow
Tab provided by tTabs

This is the tab for The Lemon Song. Did this by studying it by ear. Wrote down the notes and synchapation, now putting it on tabs. Credit to Led Zeppelin of course. Hope you find it worth your while. :) Note: This is the huge BASS solo, (yeah, thats a bass!!) It is considered one of the greatest bass solos of all time. HAVE FUN!!

This tab is exactly correct. I can play along with the song, and it sounds like there is only one bass, until the end (of course, cant go double time).

S means a slide, SS means slow slide (EX. 4SS6 [from fret4,slowly slide to fret6]), 0 is open string, rest is explanatory. note: each dash mark is considered a 16th note rest. Underscores mean a vibrato!

Standard tuning. No pedals are used.

                like 8th notes
                                     ^
G|---1--2-34------97-7---2347----1-1-2-2-3-4--98-7--4-21------------|
D|-2--------3--2-------0-----2--0-----------0------0-0--2--2-------4|
A|-----------2-------------------------------------------02-1--0--0-|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|----------012----------2-------1-112-223-334----------9-----------|
D|---0--1-20---2---2------0-12--0-------------2----22-06-708-9--9-9-|
A|--4-0----------0--0-04------------------------10------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|

   v 11th fret

G|-11----------------012-------9--7----0----------------------------|
D|---9--9--8-7---0124-----012------9-7-----0------0----------012----|
A|----09--8----04-------44---------------7-----77--1--0--0-12-------|
E|-------------------------------------------6---------3------------|

                       v  12th fret                           

G|---99-7-4-2-0h1------12 97-423-4------------------|     
D|-----------0---2----------------2---00---------2--|     Had an accident here, same speed, even though
A|-7-------------------------------------2-0--0-2---|     cut short
E|------------------------------------------3-------|

G|----9-7-42-02--------------012-----------0024--09-97-42-01--------|
D|-2--------0------------0124-------0-01-2-----2---------0--2-01-2--|
A|--------------0--0-4----------04-4--------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|

                   v 11th fret

G|--1--2-34--------11--------------9----------0-2---974-2-0---------|
D|-0--------27-9-9---9----9-9--0--7--7-----012-2--2---------2-0-----|
A|---------0-----------9-9-9----------70-4---------------------2-0--|
E|----------------------7------------------------------------------3|

G|------------------1-12-23h4----(9)-9-77-7------------------79---|
D|------------2----0---------2-------------97----06-67-788899--2--|
A|----------02-------------------------------87-------------------|
E|-2-1-0-123------------------------------------------------------|
                                                                     Cut short due to phrasing (samespeed)
G|--------------------------012-------------(1)-------------789---|
D|--200-0---------------0-12---2----------------12-06-67-8-9------|
A|-------2-20----0--04-4--------0SH--0-(0)4-----------------------|
E|------------034-------------------------------------------------|

   v 12th  v fret                                     -S IS A SLIDE-

G|-12 9799-12 9799-732---------234-----------0--9--74---2S4S69---------------|
D|---------------------9SS3---0---4-1----0122--7-----02-------4S695S4SS(2)---|
A|--------------------------2--------2-04--------------------------------2S4-|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-----------------------------------7-------9--------------------9---9------|
D|-2----0--------2--20-------------------------2--22-0---------------7-------|
A|-----0-20-----------20--------077--------------0-----20-----07-7--0---0-8-0|
E|---------3_0----------3-3-30---------------------------0-0-------------6-6-|

G|---------012--------7-6-4-2-0----99-7-421H2-02121---------------|
D|----01-24----2---7-----------1-2------------------2012----------|
A|-04---------4-0-0-77----------0-------------------------01---2--|
E|------------------------------------------------------4----0----|

            v 11th fret      v                             

G|------6S8 11 8S6S42--4S692 11 98----------9--7-4-2-0------------------|
D|--4S69--------------------------4S5S69-2-------------20---------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------20---------2--|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------32-0004----|

G|-----------97-----------------79--9-9-9-99_7--------------00112--0----|
D|-2-(22)------97S6--------7-8-9--------------9-222233334444---------2--|
A|-----------------7-7--7---------7------------0------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-56-2020--------------0------97----0H1-----0--2------------------- 11 -------|
D|--------2-------01-1-2-2012----9-7-----2012-22---1-20012--------09----9------|
A|----------00-04---------------------------------0-0-----10-2--2--------9-9--0|
E|----------------------------------------------------------0-------------7-76-|

G|-------------------1-12--2-3-3-44---||
D|-------2----02--2-------------------||
A|----2S4-420-------------------------||  now, to go exactly by the song, you are then supposed to redo 
E|------------------------------------||  it only twice as fast. (DOUBLE TIME!)

Everything is the way the song goes, no bridges, choruses, etc. Print these out and just play straight through!

Thank you for looking. Hope this worked for you! :)




-shyshadow 2004