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Band: Led Zeppelin For my buddy Damon.
Album: Led Zeppelin II
Song: Whole Lotta Love
Words and Music By: Jimmy Page, Robert Plant,
John Bonham, and John Paul Jones.
Jimmy Page - Guitarist
Robert Plant - Singer
John Bonham - Drums
John Paul Jones - Bass
Transcribed By: Guitarzan Freak
/ - slide up to \ - slide down to
~ - vibrato h - hammer on
b - Bend p - pull off
* - see comment r - release bend
x - palm mute (listen to the song to get the idea!)
() - ghost note, sustained note
o -\_
o -/ Repeat (always look for these!!!)
> - pick scrape from bridge to nut
I tried to put the lyrics and music together. I'm not that great
at timing. But to get the greatest feel of timing listen to the song.
Tuning:
Guitar 1/Gtr. 1 - Standard (EADGBE) rhythm w/ distortion
Guitar 2/Gtr. 2 - Standard (EADGBE) lead w/ distortion
Intro 0:02:
Gtr. 1 xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx
E|--------------------|---------------------------------------|
B|--------------------|---------------------------------------|
G|o-------------------|--------------------------------------o|
D|o-------------7-----|-7-----7-----7------7-----7-----7-----o|
A|------5----5--5-----|-5-----5-----5------5-----5-----5------|
E|--5/7----7----0-000-|-0-000-0-000-0-000--0-000-0-000-0-000--|
Verse 1 0:12:
Gtr. 1 xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx
E|----------------|-------------|----------------|-------------|
B|----------------|-------------|----------------|-------------|
G|----------------|-------------|----------------|-------------|
D|----------7-----|-7-----7-----|----------7-----|-7------7----|
A|---5---5--5-----|-5-----5-----|---5---5--5-----|-5-----5-----|
E|-7---7----0-000-|-0-000-0-000-|-7---7----0-000-|-0-000-0-000-|
You need coolin, Baby I'm not foolin,
I'm gonna say it ya, Go back to schoolin,
Way down inside, Honey you need it,
I'm gonna give you my love, I'm gonna give you my love,
Gtr. 1 xx xx xx
E|---------------|-----------|
B|---------------|-----------|
G|---------------|-----------|
D|----------7----|-7----7----|
A|---5---5--5----|-5----5----|
E|-7---7----0-00-|-0-00-0-00-|
Yeah!
Two guitars play the Chorus parts.
Chorus 0:36
Gtr. 1
xxx xxx xxx xxx
E|----------------------------|---------------------------|
B|----------------------------|---------------------------|
G|o---------------777-7-7-7-7-|---------------777-7-7-7-7-|
D|o-9-----9-----9-777-7-7-7-7-|-9-----9-----9-777-7-7-7-7-|
A|--7-----7-----7-555-5-5-5-5-|-7-----7-----7-555-5-5-5-5-|
E|--0-000-0-000-0-------------|-0-000-0-000-0-------------|
Gtr. 2
E|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
G|o-------------------------->-|------------------------->-o|
D|o-------------------------->-|------------------------->-o|
A|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
Wanna whole lotta love? Wanna whole lotta love?
Verse 2 0:46:
Gtr.1 xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx
E|----------------|-------------|----------------|-------------|
B|----------------|-------------|----------------|-------------|
G|----------------|-------------|----------------|-------------|
D|----------7-----|-7-----7-----|----------7-----|-7-----7-----|
A|---5---5--5-----|-5-----5-----|---5---5--5-----|-5-----5-----|
E|-7---7----0-000-|-0-000-0-000-|-7---7----0-000-|-0-000-0-000-|
You've been learnin, Baby I've been learnin,
All the good times baby baby, I've been yearning,
Way way down inside, Honey you need it,
I'm gonna give you my love, I'm gonna give you my love,
Gtr. 1 xxx xxx xxx
E|----------------|-------------|
B|----------------|-------------|
G|----------------|-------------|
D|----------7-----|-7-----7-----|
A|---5---5--5-----|-5-----5-----|
E|-7---7----0-000-|-0-000-0-000-|
Oh!
Chorus 1:10
Gtr. 1
xx xx xx xx
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|-------------7-7-7-(7)-7-7---|-------------7-7-7-(7)-7-7---|
D|-9----9----9-7-7-7-(7)-7-7---|-9----9----9-7-7-7-(7)-7-7---|
A|-7----7----7-5-5-5-(5)-5-5---|-7----7----7-5-5-5-(5)-5-5---|
E|-0-00-0-00-0-----------------|-0-00-0-00-0-----------------|
Gtr. 2
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|--------------------------9/-|--------------------------9/-|
D|--------------------------9/-|--------------------------9/-|
A|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
Wanna whole lotta love? Wanna whole lotta love?
Chorus 1:15:
Gtr. 1
xxx xxx xxx xxx
E|----------------------------|---------------------------|
B|----------------------------|---------------------------|
G|o---------------777-7-7-7-7-|---------------777-7-7-7-7-|
D|o-9-----9-----9-777-7-7-7-7-|-9-----9-----9-777-7-7-7-7-|
A|--7-----7-----7-555-5-5-5-5-|-7-----7-----7-555-5-5-5-5-|
E|--0-000-0-000-0-------------|-0-000-0-000-0-------------|
Gtr. 2
E|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
G|o----------------------------|--------------------------o|
D|o----------------------------|--------------------------o|
A|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
E|--------------------------->-|------------------------->-|
Wanna whole lotta love? Wanna whole lotta love?
During the interlude, Page uses a violin bow
coupled with echo (delay) effects
to create the interesting sound.
Solo :3:05
Gtr. 1 Guitar 2
E|-----| E|----------12--------------------------------|
B|-9-9-| B|-------12----15-12--------------------------|
G|-9-9-| G|-14b16-------------15p14p12-14-12-14-14b16~-|
D|-9-9-| D|--------------------------------------------|
A|-7-7-| A|--------------------------------------------|
E|-----| E|--------------------------------------------|
Solo 3:08
Gtr. 1 Guitar 2
E|-----| E|-------------------------------------|
B|-9-9-| B|-----5-------------------------------|
G|-9-9-| G|-4/6?--4p2p0-4p2p0-2p0---------------|
D|-9-9-| D|-----------------------2p0-2p0-------|
A|-7-7-| A|-------------------------------2p0---|
E|-----| E|-----------------------------------0-|
Solo 3:10
Gtr. 1 Guitar 2
E|-----| E|----------12-?-----------15-------|
B|-9-9-| B|-------12----15b17-15b17----15b17-|
G|-9-9-| G|-14b16----------------------------|
D|-9-9-| D|----------------------------------|
A|-7-7-| A|----------------------------------|
E|-----| E|----------------------------------|
Solo 3:13
Gtr. 1 Guitar 2
E|-----| E|-------------------------------|
B|-9-9-| B|-17-20-20b22r20-17----20-17-17-|
G|-9-9-| G|-------------------18----------|
D|-9-9-| D|-------------------------------|
A|-7-7-| A|-------------------------------|
E|-----| E|-------------------------------|
Solo 3:16
Gtr. 1 Guitar 2
E|-----| E|----19b21-19-18-17----17-------|
B
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