Black Dog
Words & Music:
Jimmy Page, Robert Plant
& John Paul Jones
The transcription for this
can be found in the March 2001 issue of Guitar World. If you want to "strum
along"instead of learning the riffs, the verse is basically in A.
[n.c.]
Hey, hey, mama, said the way
you move, gonna make you sweat, gonna make you groove.
[Verse riffs below in A]
[n.c.]
Ah, ah, child, way you shake
that thing, gonna make you burn, gonna make you sting.
[Verse riffs below in A]
[n.c.]
Hey, hey, baby, when you walk
that way, watch your honey drip, can't keep away.
["Oh, yeah!"
riffs]
A A7 A A7 A G A
Oh, yeah! Oh, yeah! Ah, ah, ah! [2x]
[n.c.]
I gotta roll, can't stand
still, got a flame in my heart, can't get my fill.
[Verse riffs below in A]
[n.c.]
Eyes that shine burning
red. Dreams of you all through my
head.
A
Ah ah, ah ah, ah ah, ah ah, ah
ah, ah ah, ah-h!
["Hey, baby"
riff]
A A7 A
A7 A
A7 G
D
A
Hey, baby, oh, baby, pretty
baby, tell me what you do me, now.
Hey, baby, oh, baby, pretty
baby, prove it like you're doin' it now.
[n.c.]
Didn't take too long 'fore I
found out what people mean by down and out.
[Verse riffs below in A]
[n.c.]
Spent my money, took my car,
started tellin' her friends she gonna be a star.
[Verse riffs below in A]
[n.c.]
I don't know but I been told,a
big-legged woman ain't got no soul.
Oh, yeah! Oh, yeah! Ah, ah, ah! [2x]
All I ask for, all I pray,
some steady rollin' woman gonna come my way.
Need a woman gonna hold my
hand and tell me no lies, make me a happy man.
Ah ah, ah ah, ah ah, ah ah, ah
ah, ah ah, ah-h!
Tabs for Black Dog (tabber
unknown):
Riffs for verses:
e---------------------------------------------------------------------------
b---------------------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------5^6----7-9--5h7p5------5^6--------------------------------------
d---5-6-7-------7--------------7-7------7--5-7-7----------2-2---------------
a-7-------7--------------------------------------5--7\3-5-0-0---------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------
e---------------------------------------------------------------------------
b---------------------------------------------------------------------------
g---------------------------------------------------------------------------
d-----------5^6--------------5^6--------------5^6---------------------------
a---5-6-7-------7----5-6-7-------7----5-6-7-------7----5-6-7-5*-------------
E-7-------7--------7-------7--------7-------7--------7----------------------
*Back to first riff
Riffs for "Oh, yeah! Oh, yeah" section:
e---------------------------------------------------------------------------
b---------------------------------------------------------------------------
g------2-4^6^4p2-4-2----------2-4^6^4p2-4-2--------------2-4^6^4p2----------
d---2----------------------2---------------------2--5--2-----------4-2------
a-3-0------------------3^4-0-----------------3^4-0--3--0--------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------
e---------------------------------------------------------------------------
b---------------------------------------------------------------------------
g---------2-4^6^4p2--4-2--------2-4^6^4p2-4-2----------------2--------------
d------2----------------------2-------------------2--5--2----2--------------
a--3^4-0------------------3^4-0---------------3^4-0--3--0-------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------3^5--------------
On the last verse, the main riff
is doubled with this:
e---------------------------------------------------------------------------
b----0-1-2----4^5--2--7-9--5h7p5--2-2--4^5--2--0-2-2------------------------
g--2-0-1-2-2--5^6--2--7-9--5h7p5--2-2--5^6--2--0-2-2--0-2-2-------2-2-------
d--2-------2------------------------------------------0-2-2--2/4--2-2-------
a------------------------------------------------------------3/5--0-0-------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------
This is during the "Hey Baby,
Pretty Baby" part and backs the solo:
e-----------------------------------------3---2-----------------------------
b-----------------------------------------3---3-----------------------------
g------2----2------2--5--2------2----2----0---2-----------------------------
d------2----2------2--5--2------2----2----0---0-----------------------------
a------0----0------0--3--0------0----0--------------------------------------
E--2^3----2----3^4----------2^3----2----------------------------------------
The second time in the song that
part is doubled with this:
e----------------------------------------------------------3--2-------------
b----------------------------------------------------------3--3-------------
g---6--4------6---4---6--4--6--6/-9--6-------6--4---6--4---0--2-------------
d---7--5------7---5---7--5--7--7/10--7-------7--5---7--5---0--0-------------
a---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------