Living Loving Maid Chords & Tabs
Led Zeppelin
Living Loving Maid
| = not a standard bar line; just used to separate music
~ = vibrato or held note
x = percussive note with no pitch; muted note
h = hammer on
p = pull off
s = slide
b = bend string up to indicated pitch/fret
r = release bend to indicated string/fret
+ = bass position for wah-wah pedal (depressed fully back)
o = treble position for wah-wah pedal (depressed fully forward)
[Riff 1]
A
e:-------------------------------------------------|
B:---(10)------------------------------------------|
G:----9-------------------(9)-(9)-(9)--------------|
D:----7---(7)-(7)-(7)-(7)-(7)-(7)-(7)--------------|
A:----0---(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)--------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------|
[Riff 2] [Riff 3]
(N.C.) A A A D A
e:--------------------------------|------------------------------|
B:--------------------------------|--------------5-5-5---7----5--|
G:--------------------------------|--------------6-6-6---7----6--|
D:--------------------------------|--------------7-7-7---7----7--|
A:----3---3--4--5------------3----|--------------7-7-7---5----7--|
E:--5---5---------3--3--3--5---5--|-3--5--3--5-------------------|
[Riff 4]
D A
e:-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:--7--7---7-7--7--7--7--7-7-7-7--5--5---5-5--5--5--5---5-5-5-5----------|
G:--7--7---7-7--7--7--7--7-7-7-7--6--6---6-6--6--6--6---6-6-6-6----------|
D:--7--7---7-7--7--7--7--7-7-7-7--7--7---7-7--7--7--7---7-7-7-7----------|
A:--5--5---5-5--5--5--5--5-5-5-5--7--7---7-7--7--7--7---7-7-7-7----------|
E:-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D E
e:------------------------------------0~--|
B:--7--7---7-7--7--7--7--7-7-7-7------0~--|
G:--7--7---7-7--7--7--7--7-7-7-7------1~--|
D:--7--7---7-7--7--7--7--7-7-7-7------2~--|
A:--5--5---5-5--5--5--5--5-5-5-5------2~--|
E:------------------------------------0~--|
[Riff 5]
e:--------------------------------|
B:--9-----------------------------|
G:--9-----------------------------|
D:--9-----------------------------|
A:--7-----------------------------|
E:--0-----------------------------|
[Riff 6]
e:--------------------------------|
B:--------------------------------|
G:--------------------------------|
D:-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|
A:--------------------------------|
E:--------------------------------|
[These fills are played on another guitar using a slide and wah-wah
effect. They are carefully placed in the chorus so watch out for them.]
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/l/led_zeppelin/living_loving_maid_tab.html ]
[Fill 1] [Fill 2] [Fill 3]
o + o + o +
e:-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------------|
B:-/7----------7\--|-/14------(14)\--|--2/7------(7)\----------------|
G:-/7----------7\--|-/14------(14)\--|--2/7------(7)\----------------|
D:-/7----------7\--|-/14------(14)\--|--2/7------(7)\----------------|
A:-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------------|
E:-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------------|
Song progression:
[Riff 1] w/ lyrics:
With a purple umbrella and a fifty-cent hat -
[Riff 2+3] (livin', lovin', she's just a woman)
[Riff 1] w/ lyrics:
Missus Cool rides out in her aged Cadillac -
[Riff 2+3] (livin', lovin', she's just a woman)
[Riff 4] w/ lyrics:
[Fill 1]
Come on babe on the roundabout,
[Fill 2]
ride on the merry-go-round.
[Fill 3]
We all know what your name is, so you better lay your money down.
Strum [Riff 5]
[Riff 2+3] x1
[Riff 1] w/ lyrics:
Alimony, alimony payin' your bills -
[Riff 3] (livin', lovin', she's just a woman)
[Riff 1] w/ lyrics:
When your conscience hits you, knock it back with pills.
[Riff 3] (livin', lovin', she's just a woman)
[Riff 4] w/ lyrics:
[Fill 1]
Come on babe on the roundabout,
[Fill 2]
ride on the merry-go-round.
[Fill 1]
We all know what your name is, so you better lay your money down.
[Riff 1] w/ lyrics:
Tellin' tall tales of how it used to be,
[Riff 2+3] (livin', lovin', she's just a woman)
[Riff 1] w/ lyrics:
with the butler and the maid and the servants three.
[Riff 2+3] (livin', lovin', she's just a woman)
[Guitar Solo] /w [Riff 3] x1:
D A
e:---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:---------------------------------------------17b19--17b19-17b19--17~-|
G:-------14----14--16--16b18r16b18r16---14~----------------------------|
D:-14-16----16---------------------------------------------------------|
A:---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D
e:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:-------15-14~------------------------------------------------------|
G:------------------------14----14--16--16b18r16b18r16--14~----------|
D:------------------14-16----16--------------------------------------|
A:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E
e:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:-5-x-6-x-7-x-8-x-9-x-10-x-11-x-12-x-13---13-14-13--14b16~~---------|
G:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Strum [Riff 5]
[Riff 2+3] x1
[Riff 1] w/ lyrics:
Nobody hears a single word you say,
[Riff 3] (livin', lovin', she's just a woman)
[Riff 1] w/ lyrics:
but you keep on talkin' till your dying day.
[Riff 3] (livin', lovin', she's just a woman)
[Riff 4] w/ lyrics:
[Fill 1]
Come on babe on the roundabout,
[Fill 2]
ride on the merry-go-round.
[Fill 3]
We all know what your name is, so you better lay your money down.
[Riff 6] x1
[Riff 2+3] until end (3 times)
