Living Loving Maid (She's Just A Woman)

Words & Music:

Jimmy Page & Robert Plant

 

The chords given are the bare-bones ones inferred by the guitar part.  There is a full transcription of this in the February 2006 issue of Guitar One.  Although Kenven_Maiden's below is darned close.

 

A

With a purple umbrella and a fifty cent hat,

A               A            D A

Living, loving, she's just a woman.

Missus cool rides out in her aged Cadillac.

Living, loving, she's just a woman.

 

CHORUS:

D

Come on, babe on the round about,

A

Ride on the merry-go-round.

D

We all know what your name is,

        E

So, you better lay your money down.

 

Alimony, alimony paying your bills.

Living, loving, she's just a woman.

When your conscience hits, you knock it back with pills.

Living, loving, she's just a woman.

 

CHORUS:

 

Telling tall tales of how it used to be,

Living, loving, she's just a woman.

With the butler and the maid and the servantry.

Living, loving, she's just a woman, Oh, you got it.

 

INSTRUMENTAL SOLO:

 

Nobody hears a single word you say.

Living, loving, she's just a woman.

But you keep on talking till your dying day.

Living, loving, she's just a woman.

 

CHORUS:

 

Living, Loving, She's just a woman  [3x]

 

Living Loving Maid Tab by Kenven_Maiden

 

~ = vibrato or held 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.]

 

[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 ...

[Riff 2+3]   (living, loving, ...

 

[Riff 1] w/ lyrics:

           Missus Cool rides ...

[Riff 2+3]   (living, loving, she's ...

 

[Riff 4] w/ lyrics:

          [Fill 1]

             Come on babe on ...

          [Fill 2]

             ride on the ...

   [Fill 3]

      We all know what your name ...

 

Strum [Riff 5]

 

[Riff 2+3] x1

 

[Riff 1] w/ lyrics:

 

      Alimony, alimony ....

[Riff 3] (living, loving, ...

 

[Riff 1] w/ lyrics:

 

      When your conscience ...

[Riff 3] (living, loving, ...

 

[Riff 4] w/ lyrics:

     [Fill 1]

      Come on babe on ...

     [Fill 2]

        ride on the merry-....

     [Fill 1]

        We all know what your name is...

 

[Riff 1] w/ lyrics:

           Telling tall tales...

[Riff 2+3]   (living, loving, ...

 

[Riff 1] w/ lyrics:

           with the butler and ...

[Riff 2+3]   (living, loving, ...

 

[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 ...

[Riff 3] (living, loving, she's ...

 

[Riff 1] w/ lyrics:

      but you keep on ...

[Riff 3] (living, loving, ...

 

[Riff 4] w/ lyrics:

      [Fill 1]

        Come on babe on ...

      [Fill 2]

        ride on the ...

      [Fill 3]

        We all know what your name is....

 

[Riff 6] x1

 

[Riff 2+3] until end (3 times)

 




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