Chords for How to Play "Rock and Roll" by Led Zeppelin on Guitar - Lesson Excerpt

Tempo:
80.95 bpm
Chords used:

A

E

D

Ab

B

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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How to Play "Rock and Roll" by Led Zeppelin on Guitar - Lesson Excerpt chords
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[A]
[D]
[A] [E]
[A]
[D]
[A]
[E]
[A] [D] [A]
Rock [Ab]
and Roll by Led Zeppelin.
Essentially it's a 1-4-5 blues progression, key of A.
And the guitar starts in measure 5 on [B] the and beat, or the and of the 1 beat.
Kind of tricky.
[A] You've got to listen carefully so it doesn't [Ab] throw you off.
Essentially [A] it would be something like 1-2-3-4-1.
[E] [A]
[C] That's the riff.
First chord is [Ab] an A and then it
switches.
It's the exact same riff in D and the progression change would be
[Dm] And [D]
[C] [A]
[B] then it [E] goes to E.
[G]
[E] [A]
[Bb] Let's do that.
Make sure you refer to the tab for the [A] specific fingering.
Let's do that again.
I'll try [Ab] and play it for you all together slowly and then all together at speed.
1-2-Ready [Am]-Play-1
[C]
[A]
[D] [A]
[E]
[Am] [A]
[D]
[A]
[E] [D]
[Gb] [B] 1-2-Ready-Play-1
[A]
[E] [N]
Key:  
A
1231
E
2311
D
1321
Ab
134211114
B
12341112
A
1231
E
2311
D
1321
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ Rock _ [Ab] _
and Roll by Led Zeppelin.
Essentially it's a 1-4-5 blues progression, key of A.
And the guitar starts in measure 5 on [B] the and beat, or the and of the 1 beat.
Kind of tricky.
[A] You've got to listen carefully so it doesn't [Ab] throw you off.
Essentially [A] it would be something like 1-2-3-4-1. _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [C] That's the riff.
First chord is [Ab] an A and then it
switches.
It's the exact same riff in D and the progression change would be_
[Dm] And _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [B] then it [E] goes to E.
_ _ [G] _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[Bb] Let's do that.
Make sure you refer to the tab for the [A] specific fingering.
Let's do that again.
I'll try [Ab] and play it for you all together slowly and then all together at speed.
1-2-Ready [Am]-Play-1
_ [C] _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _
[Gb] _ _ _ _ [B] 1-2-Ready-Play-1 _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [N] _

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