Guitar tablature for "White Summer" by "Led Zeppelin"

Artist: Led Zeppelin
Piece: White Summer
Instrument: Guitar
Submitter: unknown
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From: marting@qpsx.oz.au (Martin Gregory)
Subject: Re: REQ: White Summer - Jimmy Page


   broadhur@annex.com (Mike Broadhurst) wrote:
Does anyone have tab for Page's White Summer? I think it's something he 
originally wrote back in his Yardbird days. I've heard the tune on some 
Zep bootlegs (Knebworth, I think) and it's pretty cool. If memory serves, 
Page seques from this open-tuned piece straight into Kashmir. Does this 
mean Kashmir is also played in an open tuning, or is it another medley of 
tunes Page plays on his double neck?

White Summer leads into Black Mountainside. (On the Remasters, at least).

I posted this about a month ago. 

Enjoy...  Improve!....

Martin

MartinG@qpsx.oz.au

                          White Summer
                           Jimmy Page

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Notation:

Above the staff:     *    - harmonic
                         - arpegiate chord downwards (high string to low)
                     /    - arpegiate chord upwards (low string to high)
                    0:12  - the time appearing on my CD player at this point

On the staff:       h     - hammer next note on
                    p     - pull next note off
                    b     - bend up to next note
                    r     - release bend down to next note
                    /     - slide up to next note
                         - slide down to next note
                    ~     - bend note up and back

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Tuning:

Tune both E strings down one tone to D
Tune the B string down one tone to A


The introduction....


  0:00
        *     *     *                 *
d-|----12-----7-----5--------------------------------0-----------0------------
a-|----12-----7-----5-----------------------------------------------------3---
G-|----12-----7-----5--------------0-12--------------0-h2-p0-----0-h2-h4------
D~|----12-----7-----5-----0-h2-h4-----------------------------4---------------
A-|----12-----7-----5---------------------------------------------------------
D-|----12-----7-----5--------------------3-b5-~5------------------------------


                                                                  0:16
d-|--0------------------------------------------------------------------------
a-|-----------------0-----------------------------3--------------0------------
G-|--4-p2-p0--2-----2--------0-h2-p0-----0-h2-h4-----4-p2--0--2--2--2-p0------
D~|-----------------0-----------------4--------------------------0--------2-p0
A-|-----------------0--------------------------------------------0------------
D-|-----------------0--------------------------------------------0------------



d-|--------------------------------------------------------4-/5-4-/8-7/1210
a-|-----------------------2---------------------------------------------------
G-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
D~|-----2--------4--------------------2--2-h4-p2-h4-p2-----4-/5-4-/8-7/1210
A-|--3-----3-/5-----5--3--2--------0------------------------------------------
D-|-----------------------------0---------------------------------------------

0:23
     /
d-|-----0--0--0---------------------------------------------------------------
a-|--0--0--------------5-p3-b5-~5-----3-b5-r3-b5-----5-r3---------------------
G-|--2-----4--5--5--------------------------------------------2--4-b5-r4-b5---
D~|--0--------------0---------------------------------------------------------
A-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                      
d-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
a-|--------------------3--------------0--------------------------3------------
G-|--2-p0-----0-h2-h3-----3-p2-p0-h2--2--------------0--0-h2-h4-----3-p2-p0--2
D~|--------4--------------------------0-----0-h2-h4---------------------------
A-|-----------------------------------0---------------------------------------
D-|-----------------------------------0---------------------------------------


0:39
                           
d-|--4-p0-h4-----4-p0-h4-----4-p0-h4--------0--0--0---------------------------
a-|--0-----------0-----------0-----------0--0--------------5-r3-b5-----3-b5-~5
G-|--2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----4--5--5------------------------
D~|--0-----------0-----------0-----------0--------------0---------------------
A-|--0-----------0-----------0------------------------------------------------
D-|--0-----------0-----------0------------------------------------------------



d-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
a-|--5-p3-p2-h3-----5-p3-p2-h3-----5-p3-p2-p3-h5-/7-5-----5-p3-p2--3-p2-p0---
G-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
D~|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------

                 0:50                                             
d-|-----------------------0-----------0-----------0---------------------------
a-|--------------------------------------------3-----------------0------------
G-|--4-p2-p0--4-----------0-h2-p0-----0-h2-h4-----4-p2-p0--2-----2------------
D~|--------------------------------4-----------------------------0------------
A-|--------------------------------------------------------------0------------
D-|--------------3-b5-~~-----------------------------------------0------------


                                                                *
d-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
a-|-----------------------------3--------------0-----------------5------------
G-|-----------0-h2-p0--0-h2-h4-----4-p2-p0-h2--2--------------0--5------------
D~|--0-h2-h4-----------------------------------0-----0-h2-h4-----5------------
A-|--------------------------------------------0------------------------------
D-|--------------------------------------------0--------------------3-h5-~~---


  1:00                                      
d-|--0-----------0-----------0------------------------------------------------
a-|-----------------------3-----------------0---------------------------------
G-|--0-h2-p0-----0-h2-h4-----4-p2-p0--2-----2---------------------------------
D~|-----------4-----------------------------0---------------------------------
A-|-----------------------------------------0---------------------------------
D-|-----------------------------------------0---------------------------------


                                                                   1:12
d-|-----------------------------------------------------------------0---------
a-|-----------------------------------------------------------------0---------
G-|--2-p0--------------------------------0--------------------------2---------
D~|--------2-p0-----2--------4-----5-----9h10-p9--7-h9-p7--5-h7-p5--0---------
A-|--------------3-----3-/5-----5--5----10--------9--------7--------0---------
D-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------


The guts...

 (It gets really fast here....

d-|-----------0-----------0-----------0---------------------------------------
a-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-|-----------0-h2--------0-h2--------0--2--------2--0------------------------
D~|--0-h2-h4--------4-----------4-----------0--0--------2--0-----2-----------4
A-|-----------------------------------------------------------3-----3--3-/5---
D-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------



d-|-----------------------
a-|-----------------------   ...  in fact, so fast that I can't make
G-|-----------------------        the rest of it out.  :-(  )
D~|--------------3-/4-----
A-|--5--3-p2--0-----------
D-|--------------------0--   



SO ... if you have a good ear, or some means of slowing this down, I'd
be extremely grateful for a clue as to how to get started on this next bit!!!

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Transcribed by Martin Gregory (marting@qpsx.oz.au), 21 Mar 1995,
using tablature-mode.el by Mark R. Rubin.

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