RAMBLE ON
As recorded by Led Zeppelin
(From the 1969 Album LED ZEPPELIN II)
Words and Music by Jimmy Page & Robert Plant
Transcribed by www.mikesguitarsite.co.uk
A13 A13sus4 Em
x 0 2 0 2 0 x 0 4 0 3 0 x 0 5 0 5 0
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Jimmy Page - Rhythm steel string acoustic'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Jimmy Page - Lead w/light dist'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Jimmy Page - Lead w/light dist'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Jimmy Page - Lead w/light dist'
Intro
Q=98
4/4
Gtr I
4x
||---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-----|-----0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------||
||o--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-----|-3s5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0---o||
||--13-13-13-13-13-11-11-11-11-9-9-9-----|-4s6-6h7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-0-6--||
||--14-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-12-7-7-7-0-0-|-5s7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-7--||
||o-14-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-12-9-9-9-0-0-|---0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---7-o||
||---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|--------------------------------||
Verse
8x
||---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-----|-----0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------||
||o--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-----|-3s5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0---o||
||--13-13-13-13-13-11-11-11-11-9-9-9-----|-4s6-6h7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-0-6--||
||--14-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-12-7-7-7-0-0-|-5s7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-7--||
||o-14-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-12-9-9-9-0-0-|---0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---7-o||
||---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|--------------------------------||
Pre-Chorus
$
Gtr II
||---0------------0-----------0---(0)----------------|
||o-----------------0-(0)-------------0--------0-----|
||--11pb12r(11)-----------9---------------9h11-------|
||---------------------------------------------------|
||o--------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
||---------------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------7------7-7---|
||---1------------------------6---------4------4-4---|
||---2----------------------------------4------4-4-0-|
||o--2------------------------4---------6------6-6---|
||---0----------0-0----0----0---0--0-----------------|
|----------------------------------------||
|------------0-(0)---------0------------o||
|-6pb7r(6)---------6p4-(4)------2p=1-----||
|------------------------------------2---||
|---------------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------------||
|
|-0--------------------------0-(0)-------||
|-5--------------------------0-(0)------o||
|-6----------------6---------1-(1)-------||
|-7--------------------------2-(2)-------||
|-0----------------4---------2-(2)------o||
|----------0-0--0-------0--0-0-(0)---0---||
Chorus
To Coda
4x
||---------------------------------|-----------------------------3---||
||o-9-9-9-9------------------------|-3s5-----------3-(3)------------o||
||--9-9-9-9-7-9-(9)\---------------|-------0-------------0-----2-----||
||--9-9-9-9-7----------------------|-5s7-----7-5---------0---0-------||
||o-7-7-7-7---9-(9)\---------------|--------------------------------o||
||--0-0-0-0------------------------|---------------------------------||
|
| 4x
||---------------0---0-0-0-0-0-----|---------------------------2-2---||
||o-9-9-9-9------x---x-x-x-x-x-----|-3s5-5-5-5s3-3-3--3--------3-3--o||
||--9-9-9-9-7-9--x---x-x-x-x-x-0-0-|-0---0-0-0---0-0--0--0-0-0-2-2---||
||--9-9-9-9-7----x---x-x-x-x-x-0-0-|-5s7-7-7-7s5-5-5--5--0-0-0-0-0---||
||o-7-7-7-7---9--x---x-x-x-x-x-0-0-|--------------------------------o||
||--0-0-0-0------x---x-x-x-x-x-----|---------------------------------||
Verse
>
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--0-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-----|-----0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-----|-3s5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0---|
|-13-13-13-13-13-11-11-11-11-9-9-9-----|-4s6-6h7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-0-6-|
|-14-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-12-7-7-7-0-0-|-5s7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-7-|
|-14-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-12-9-9-9-0-0-|---0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---7-|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------------------|
Gtr I
3x
||---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-----|-----0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------||
||o--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-----|-3s5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0---o||
||--13-13-13-13-13-11-11-11-11-9-9-9-----|-4s6-6h7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-0-6--||
||--14-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-12-7-7-7-0-0-|-5s7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-7--||
||o-14-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-12-9-9-9-0-0-|---0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---7-o||
||---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|--------------------------------||
Interlude
Gtrs III, IV
<
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|--------------------------------------|
|-15-----------------------------------|
|-16-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-----|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-----|
|-13-13-13-13-13-11-11-11-11-9-9-9-----|
|-14-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-12-7-7-7-0-0-|
|-14-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-12-9-9-9-0-0-|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|
~~~~~~~~~~
||---------------------------------------------------|
||o---(15)-(15)p14h15---(15)p14h15---(15)p14h15---17-|
||----(16)-(16)p14h16---(16)p14h16---(16)p14h16---18-|
||---------------------------------------------------|
||o--------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------|
|
||-----------0------0-0---0---0--0-0---0---0--0------|
||o-3s==5----5------5-5---5---5--5-5---5---5--5-0----|
||--4s==6----6h==7--7-7---7---7--7-7---6---6--6-0--6-|
||--5s==7----7------7-7---7---7--7-7---7---7--7-0--7-|
||o-----0----0------0-0---0---0--0-0---0---0--0----7-|
||---------------------------------------------------|
1.,2.
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|-----------------------------------------||
|-15p14h15----(15)-----------------------o||
|-16p14h16----(16)------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------------||
|
|--0--0--0--0---0---0--0--0--0-0-0-0------||
|--0--0--0--0---0---0--0--0--0-0-0-0-----o||
|-13-13-13-13--13--11-11-11-11-9-9-9------||
|-14-14-14-14--14--12-12-12-12-7-7-7-0-0--||
|-14-14-14-14--14--12-12-12-12-9-9-9-0-0-o||
|--0--0--0--0---0---0--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0--||
3.
~~~~~~~~~~
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|--15p14h15----(15)-----------------------|----------------------------------||
|--16p14h16----(16)-----------------------|----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|
|---0--0--0--0---0---0--0--0--0-0-0-0-----|-----0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------||
|---0--0--0--0---0---0--0--0--0-0-0-0-----|-3s5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0------||
|--13-13-13-13--13--11-11-11-11-9-9-9-----|-4s6-6h7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-0-6----||
|--14-14-14-14--14--12-12-12-12-7-7-7-0-0-|-5s7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-7----||
|--14-14-14-14--14--12-12-12-12-9-9-9-0-0-|---0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---7----||
|---0--0--0--0---0---0--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------------------------------||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/l/led_zeppelin/ramble_on_tab_ver_4.html ]
Chorus
Gtr II
4x
||---------------------------------|-----------------------------3---||
||o-9-9-9-9------------------------|-3s5-----------3-(3)------------o||
||--9-9-9-9-7-9-(9)\---------------|-------0-------------0-----2-----||
||--9-9-9-9-7----------------------|-5s7-----7-5---------0---0-------||
||o-7-7-7-7---9-(9)\---------------|--------------------------------o||
||--0-0-0-0------------------------|---------------------------------||
|
| Gtr I
| 4x
||---------------0---0-0-0-0-0-----|---------------------------2-2---||
||o-9-9-9-9------x---x-x-x-x-x-----|-3s5-5-5-5s3-3-3--3--------3-3--o||
||--9-9-9-9-7-9--x---x-x-x-x-x-0-0-|-0---0-0-0---0-0--0--0-0-0-2-2---||
||--9-9-9-9-7----x---x-x-x-x-x-0-0-|-5s7-7-7-7s5-5-5--5--0-0-0-0-0---||
||o-7-7-7-7---9--x---x-x-x-x-x-0-0-|--------------------------------o||
||--0-0-0-0------x---x-x-x-x-x-----|---------------------------------||
Interlude
A13 A13sus4
Gtr I
| | | | | | |
/ / / / / / /
Gtr III
|----------------------------------------|
|-17-15-14-------17-15-14-------17-15-14-|
|----------16-14----------16-14----------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
|--9--7-----------9--7-----------9--7----|
|-------10--7----------10--7----------10-|
|--------------9--------------9----------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|--0-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
Em A13sus4
| | | | |
/ / / / /
~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
|-----------------------------------------|
|-17-15----------14-(14)----14-(14)----14-|
|-------14-16-14---------16---------16----|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
|--9--7-----------------------------------|
|-------10--7----10-(10)--7-10-(10)--7-10-|
|--------------9--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
A13 A13sus4
| | | | | | |
/ / / / / / /
|----------------------------------------|
|-17-15-14-------17-15-14-------17-15-14-|
|----------16-14----------16-14----------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|
|--9--7-----------9--7-----------9--7----|
|-------10--7----------10--7----------10-|
|--------------9--------------9----------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|--7s=9----------------------------------|
|-------11-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
Em A13sus4
| | | | |
/ / / / /
~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
|-----------------------------------------||
|-17-15----------14-(14)----14-(14)----14-||
|-------14-16-14---------16---------16----||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|
| ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
|--9--7-----------------------------------||
|-------10--7----10-(10)--7-10-(10)--7-10-||
|--------------9--------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|--8s=9-----------------------------------||
|-------11------------9---------11--------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
Verse
Gtrs III, IV
~~~
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-12--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-13--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|----------9----------7-7------------|
|--------9----(9)-------------------------|---9h11-----11---7h9-----9---6---7--|
|--9h11------------9----(9)----11---------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
|--0--0--0--0--0---0--0--0---0--0-0-0-----|--------0----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------|
|--0--0--0--0--0---0--0--0---0--0-0-0-----|-3s5----5----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0----|
|-13-13-13-13-13--11-11-11--11--9-9-9-----|-4s6----6h7--7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-0-6--|
|-14-14-14-14-14--12-12-12--12--7-7-7-0-0-|-5s7----7----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-7--|
|-14-14-14-14-14--12-12-12--12--9-9-9-0-0-|---0----0----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---7--|
|--0--0--0--0--0---0--0--0---0--0-0-0-0-0-|------------------------------------|
Gtr II
||------------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------|
||---------9----(9)-------------------------|
||o--9h11------------9----(9)----11---------|
||------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
||---0--0--0--0--0---0--0--0---0--0-0-0-----|
||o--0--0--0--0--0---0--0--0---0--0-0-0-----|
||--13-13-13-13-13--11-11-11--11--9-9-9-----|
||--14-14-14-14-14--12-12-12--12--7-7-7-0-0-|
||o-14-14-14-14-14--12-12-12--12--9-9-9-0-0-|
||---0--0--0--0--0---0--0--0---0--0-0-0-0-0-|
D.S. al Coda
7x
|------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------o||
|----------9----------7-7------------||
|---9h11-----11---7h9-----9---6---7--||
|-----------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------||
|
| 7x
|--------0----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------||
|-3s5----5----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0---o||
|-4s6----6h7--7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-0-6--||
|-5s7----7----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-7--||
|---0----0----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---7-o||
|------------------------------------||
Outro
&
Gtr II
||---------------------------------|-----------------------------3---||
||o-9-9-9-9------------------------|-3s5-----------3-(3)------------o||
||--9-9-9-9-7-9-(9)\---------------|-------0-------------0-----2-----||
||--9-9-9-9-7----------------------|-5s7-----7-5---------0---0-------||
||o-7-7-7-7---9-(9)\---------------|--------------------------------o||
||--0-0-0-0------------------------|---------------------------------||
|
| Gtr I
||---------------0---0-0-0-0-0-----|---------------------------2-2---||
||o-9-9-9-9------x---x-x-x-x-x-----|-3s5-5-5-5s3-3-3--3--------3-3--o||
||--9-9-9-9-7-9--x---x-x-x-x-x-0-0-|-0---0-0-0---0-0--0--0-0-0-2-2---||
||--9-9-9-9-7----x---x-x-x-x-x-0-0-|-5s7-7-7-7s5-5-5--5--0-0-0-0-0---||
||o-7-7-7-7---9--x---x-x-x-x-x-0-0-|--------------------------------o||
||--0-0-0-0------x---x-x-x-x-x-----|---------------------------------||
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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