Credit to "doompers7491" for intro riff. Times listed are elapsed time from the
start. Tabbed by Marty Lurvey.
All barre chords: C - 8th fret, C# - 9th fret, Bb - 6th fret, A - 5th fret
Intro: X2 < main riff line >
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B|-2-3-2h3p2p0--------2-3-2h3p2p0--------2-3-2h3s7p5--------2-3-2h3p2p0----|
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Verse 1
C C#
Dancing days are here again,
C
Summer evenings grow.
C#
I got my flower, I got my power,
C
I got a woman who knows. 0:33
Chorus
I said it's alright,
Bb
You know it's alright,
A
I guess it's all in my heart.
C
You'll be my only,
Bb
My one and only,
A
Is that the way it should start? 0:50
Verse 2
C C#
Crazy ways are evident,
C
In the way you wearin' your clothes.
C#
Sippin' booze is precedent,
C
As the evening starts to glow. 1:06
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/l/led_zeppelin/dancing_days_crd.html ]
Chorus
You know it's alright,
Bb
I said it's alright,
A
You know it's all in my heart.
C
You'll be my only,
Bb
My one and only,
A
Is that the way it should start... deal? 1:21
Intro, repeated 1:39
Verse 3
C C#
You told your mama I'd get you home,
C
But you didn't say that I had no car.
C#
I saw a lion, he was standin' alone,
C
With a tadpole in a jar. 1:55
Chorus
You know it's alright,
Bb
I said it's alright,
A
I guess it's all in my heart, heart, heart.
C
You'll be my only,
Bb
My one and only,
A
Is that the way it should start? 2:10
Verse 1, repeated
C C#
So dancing days are here again,
C
As the summer evenings grow.
C#
You are my flower, you are my power,
C
You are my woman who knows. 2:27
Chorus
I said it's alright,
Bb
You know it's alright,
A
You know it's all in my heart.
C
You'll be my only,
Bb
Yes, my one and only, yes,
A
Is that the way it should start, I know it is that. 2:44
Intro, repeated 3:00
Instrumental slide solo 3:12
Intro, repeated 3:28
Outro < ½ of intro, then finish on D note > 3:43