I am so stoked. After being unable to find an accurate tab of Bron-Yr-
Aur, I decided to decode the song myself. It took a while even slowed
down with the AmazingSlowDowner (ronimusic.com). I am confident that
this is note-for-note what Pagey laid down...
(...but if you do have any suggestions for improvement, please pipe
in.)
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Bron-Yr-Aur, by Jimmy Page
Recorded 1970 (for LedZepIII)
Released 1975 (Physical Graffiti)
Open C6 tuning:
e=
c (up 1 half-step from b)
g=
C (dn 2 half-steps from D)
A= ^V 3rd fret C
C (dn 4 half-steps from E)
I:
e||---------0---------|---------0---------||
c||-----------------0-|-----------------0*||
g||-----0-------0-----|-----0-------0-----||
C||-------0-------0---|-------0-------0---|| fade in
A||-0/3---------------|-0/3---------------|| x4 pairs
C||-----------0-------|-----------0-------|| * - skip on last
IIa:
e|-------3p0-------|-----------------|-------0---------|-----------------|
c|-2---------------|-0-----0---------|-5-------------0-|-------0---------|
g|---0---------0---|-----0-------0---|---4---------4---|-----0-------0---|
C|-----2-----2-----|---0-------0-----|-----0-----0-----|---0-------0-----|
A|-2-------2-------|-3---------------|-5-------5-------|-3---------------|
C|-----------------|---------0-------|-----------------|---------0-------|
(IIb)
e|-------3p0-------|-----------------|-------0---------|-----------------|
c|-2---------2-----|-------0---------|-5-------------0-|-------0------
*0-|
g|---0---------0---|-----0-------0---|---4---------4---|-----0-------0---|
C|-----2---------0-|---0-------0-----|-----0-----0-----|---0-------0-----|
A|-2-------2-------|-3---------------|-5-------5-------|-3---------------|
C|-----------------|---------0-------|-----------------|---------0-------|
*on last only
III:
e|---------------0-|-----------------|---------------0-|-----------------|
c|-------0---------|-------0---------|-------0---------|-------0---------|
g|-0-----------0---|---0---------0---|-0-----------0---|---0---------0---|
C|---0-------0-----|-----0-----0-----|---0-------0-----|-----0-----0-----|
A|-----0---0-------|-0/3-------------|-----0---0-------|-0/3-------------|
C|-5---------------|---------0-------|-5---------------|---------0-------|,then
IIa, IV
IV(1st):
e||-------------------|-----------------||
c||---------0-2-----2-|-4.----4.------0-||
g||-------0-------0---|-----4-------0---||
C||-----0-------2-----|---4-------4-----||
A||-0/3-------2-------|-0-------0-------|| x3
C||-------------------|-----------------||
Third repeat:
|------------------------|----------------|----------------|
|-4.----4h5p4-------4h5p4|-------4------5-|-------4--------|
|-----4-----------4------|-----4------4---|-----4------4---|
|---4-----------4--------|---4------4-----|---4------4-----|
|-0-----------0----------|-0------0-------|-0------0-------|
|------------------------|----------------|----------------|
IV(last):
e||-------------------|-----------------||
c||---------0-2-----2/|/4.----454-----0-||
g||-------0-------0---|-----4-------4---||
C||-----0-------2-----|---4-------4-----||
A||-0/3-------2-------|-0-------0-------|| x3
C||-------------------|-----------------||
Third repeat:
|------------------------|----------------|----------------| (last
time
|-4.----4h5p4-------4----|-------5------4-|-------5--------| switch 5
& 4)
|-----4-----------4------|-----4------4---|-----4------4---|
|---4-----------4--------|---4------4-----|---4------4-----|
|-0-----------0----------|-0------0-------|-0------0-------|
|------------------------|----------------|----------------|
V:
1st:
e|--------------------|------------------||--------------------|------------------||
x4 total,
c|-4/5-----5-/7-----0-|--------0---------||-0/5-----5-/
7-----0*|--------0---------|| then II
g|-------5--------7---|------0-------0---||-------5--------7---|------0-------0---||
C|-----5--------7-----|------------0-----||-----5--------7-----|------------0-----||
Last:
A|--------------------|-0-/3-------------||--------------------|-0-/
3-------------|| x4 total,
C|---5-----5-/7-------|----------0-------||---5-----5-/
7-------|----------0-------|| then VI
* - skip
on last
VI:
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
c|-------4-------5-|-------4-------5-|-------4-------5-|-------4------
(4)|
g|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---|
C|---4-------4-----|---4-------4-----|---4-------4-----|---4-------4-----|
A|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|
C|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
e|---------------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|--0---|
c|-------0-----0---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|--0---|
g|-----0-----5-----|---7-------7-----|---7-------7-----|---7-------7-----|--0---|
C|---5-----7-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------7-------|-0-------7-------|--0---|
A|-7---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--3---|
C|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--0---|
slower ... Let ring
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So there it is. I hope you have fun with it. It took several days
before getting comfortable with playing it. That was after it had
taken me Sat-Sun two weekends ago to build this tab. I used this
effort as my starting point:
http://www.guitaretab.com/l/led-zeppelin/23815.html
...and then watched a video of Jimmy Page to see what he was actually
doing.
Enjoy!
