Four Sticks Bass Tab

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LED ZEPPELIN
Four Sticks


Standard Tuning

  5/8 time                                               12/8 time
G|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------------------------|
D|----------|---5------|---5------|---5------|---5------|------------------------|
A|------4-5-|7-----4-5-|7-----4-5-|7-----4-5-|7-----4-5-|7-----------5-------4-5-|
E|----------|0---------|0---------|0---------|0---------|5-----------3-----------|

  5/8 time              12/8 time
G|----------|----------|------------------------|
D|---5------|---5------|------------------------|
A|7-----4-5-|7-----4-5-|7-----------5-------4-5-|
E|0---------|0---------|5-----------3-----------|

  5/8 time           12/8 time
G|----------|       |------------------------|
D|---5------|       |------------------------|
A|7-----4-5-|       |7-----------5-------4-5-|
E|0---------| 10X   |5-----------3-----------|

  5/8 time              12/8 time
G|----------|----------|------------------------|
D|---5------|---5------|------------------------|
A|7-----4-5-|7-----4-5-|7-----------5-------4-5-|
E|0---------|0---------|5-----------3-----------|

  5/8 time           12/8 time
G|----------|       |------------------------|
D|---5------|       |------------------------|
A|7-----4-5-|       |7-----------5-------4-5-|
E|0---------| 10X   |5-----------3-----------|

  5/8 time              12/8 time
G|----------|----------|------------------------|
D|---5------|---5------|------------------------|
A|7-----4-5-|7-----4-5-|7-----------5-------4-5-|
E|0---------|0---------|5-----------3-----------|

G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|7-----5---5-7---7-----7-|7-------7-----7---7-7--7|
A|--0-----7------0----7---|-70------70----70----7--|
E|------------------------|------------------------|
                           And when the owls...

G|--------------------9---|------------------------|
D|--------7------7--7-----|7---7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7-|
A|0--------70---7-7-----7-|---7-----7-7---7-7---7-7|
E|------------------------|------------------------|

G|--------------99--------|------------99----------|
D|------5---7-7---7-9---9-|7--7--7-------7-7---7---|
A|0-------7-----------7---|---------------------97-|
E|------------------------|-----------------------9|

G|------------------------|------------------------||
D|---------5--7---7-------|------7--7---77-7--7----||
A|00-0-07-7--7------9-7---|0--7-7-7---7---7--7-4455||
E|----------------------9-|------------------------||

  5/8 time           12/8 time
G|----------|      |------------------------|
D|---5------|      |------------------------|
A|7-----4-5-|      |7-----------5-------4-5-|
E|0---------| 8X   |5-----------3-----------|

  5/8 time              12/8 time
G|----------|----------|------------------------|
D|---5------|---5------|------------------------|
A|7-----4-5-|7-----4-5-|7-----------5-------4-5-|
E|0---------|0---------|5-----------3-----------|

  5/8 time           12/8 time
G|----------|      |------------------------|
D|---5------|      |------------------------|
A|7-----4-5-|      |7-----------5-------4-5-|
E|0---------| 8X   |5-----------3-----------|

  5/8 time              12/8 time
G|----------|----------|------------------------|
D|---5------|---5------|------------------------|
A|7-----4-5-|7-----4-5-|7-----------5-------4-5-|
E|0---------|0---------|5-----------3-----------|

G|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D|7-----7---7-797-----77--|------------7-7---7--7--|-----------57---7-9---9-|
A|--0-0----7-7-------7--7-|0--0-0--------------7-7-|0-770---777----7----77--|
E|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

G|------------------------|------------------9---9-|-9-----9-9--------------|
D|7-----7-7---7-----7-7---|------5----57-7--7-7---7|---7----7--7---7-----7--|
A|---7-7---7-7---777---7-7|0-000---7-7--7-7----7---|7---7-------7-7-7-7-7-74|
E|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

G|------------------------|--9-------9-------------|------------------------|
D|---5-5-5--5-7-7-----7---|77--7---77-7----7---7---|7-7---5---5-7-7---5-----|
A|0-----7-7-------7-----7-|------7------7--------7-|---7-7--7-------7---75-3|
E|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

G|------------9-----------|------------------------|----9-------------------|
D|----7---7-------7---5---|---7-5------------5-7--5|---7-7---7--5-579----7-5|
A|0-07--77--77--77--77--7-|0-----7-7-4-0--4-7----7-|077----77--7-7---7-0----|
E|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

G|----------9---------9---|---9-9---9--------------|------------------------|
D|------9-7---7---7----7--|7-----7-----7-77--------|---7-7--5-9-7-777---7---|
A|0000-0-7-----0-7-77---7-|-----------7----7-0--74-|0-----7-----------9---7-|
E|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

G|---9----------9---------||------------------------|------------------------|
D|7-7--7--7---7---77------||----7---------7-----9-7-|------7-----------7-----|
A|------07--7-------7-----||0-------70--0-----------|0--00--0-00-00-00--0-000|
E|------------------------||------------------------|------------------------|

G|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D|----7---------7-----9-7-|------7-----------7-----|----7---------7-----9-7-|
A|0-------70--0-----------|0--00--0-00-00-00--0-000|0-------70--0-----------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

G|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------7-----------7-----|----7---------7-----9-7-|7-------77--7-----------|
A|0--00--0-00-00-00--0-000|0-------70--0-----------|--0-------7---0-2-3-445-|
E|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

  5/8 time           12/8 time
G|----------|      |------------------------|
D|---5------|      |------------------------|
A|7-----4-5-|      |7-----------5-------4-5-|
E|0---------| 8X   |5-----------3-----------|

  5/8 time              12/8 time
G|----------|----------|------------------------|
D|---5------|---5------|------------------------|
A|7-----4-5-|7-----4-5-|7-----------5-------4-5-|
E|0---------|0---------|5-----------3-----------|

  5/8 time
G|----------|
D|---5------|
A|7-----4-5-|
E|0---------| 35X

Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net

Source: http://www.bassmasta.net/l/led_zeppelin/116326.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Carsten Average	#1 by Carsten Stehle at Jul 8, 1983 at 7:24 PM EST
	Keith Moon wasn't talking about the 'New Yardbirds'. Moon, Entwhistle, Page, and I think Beck(maybe not, i don't remember) were going to make a band together and Moon said they were going down like a led balloon. But Moon and Entwhistle got back with Who and all was well. Apparently Page's friends and stuff said that he used to where a necklace of a zeppelin or something though and always liked it which may have contributed to the name as well

No Picture Laura Average	#2 by Laura at Mar 23, 1985 at 10:47 AM EST
	Middle fagots(sticks) of the Silver Star.

No Picture Simon Rhythm Player	#3 by Simon Pardins at Jul 13, 1986 at 12:35 PM EST
	i think i read that in the book that comes with the Led Zeppelin Box set, and he did it because he could. Zeppelin also sort of had a thing for giving their songs titles that have nothing to do with the lyrics of the song. "Four Sticks" and "Black Dog" are two such songs (black dog was named after a stray dog that was hanging around the studio that they were recording that album at).

No Picture Tom Rhythm Player	#4 by Tom the Scarecrow at Oct 15, 1987 at 8:38 AM EST
	he did it because you can do more with 4 sticks than you can with 2, the drums on the song were so complex that they required 4 sticks, ramthar is right, the song required 4 sticks just because he was one of the few drummers on the planet that could use 4 sticks

No Picture mike Average	#5 by mike gannon at Oct 23, 2004 at 7:17 PM EST
	Ironic, isn't it, that two common names for that untitled album are "Four" and "Sticks"?

No Picture josh Average	#6 by josh someone at Feb 25, 2005 at 1:28 PM EST
	Although this song would not make the top five or so of the album it is still a very good song with spectacular drums and a solid guitar riff. I definitly would not skip it on any account.