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Four Sticks

by Led Zeppelin · posted by WaltP

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How to read this tab — notation key
+
Blow note
−
Draw note
b or '
Half-step bend
bb or ''
Two half-step bend
bbb or '''
Three half-step bend
(###)
Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *
Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Tab
FOUR STICKS
By: Jimmy Page & Robert Plant
Led Zeppelin
Key: A

5* -5 6 7  (6X)


2  2  3   -1   2  -1  2-1
Oh Ba-by it's cry-in' time 
2  2  3 -1  2  -1 2-1
Oh Ba-by I got to fly. 
 4* -4  4* -4   6  4*4*-3
Got to try to find a way 
-5  -4 -5  -4  6 -5 -3-4
Got to try to get a-way 
   -5  -4   -5 -4 -5  -4
'Cause you know I got-ta 
 6  4* -4  -3   3   2-1
get a-way from you Babe. 
2  2  3  -1   2  -1   2-1
Oh Ba-by the riv-er's red 
2  2  3  -1 -1  2-1
Oh Ba-by in my head. 
  4*   -4  4* -4  4*  -4  6  -4  -3
There's a fun-ny feel-in' go-in' on 
4*-5 4*    4* -4 -4   6    4*  -4
I  don't think I can hold out long. 


 4*  4*   4* -54*  4* -4 -4   -4
And when the owls cry in the night 
6  6-5-5 -5 4*  4*   4*   4*  -4 -4  -4 -44*
Oh Ba-by Ba-by when the pines be-gin to cry 
-3 -3 4* -5 6 -55* -4 -3  3   -33
Ba-by Ba-by Ba-by how do you feel? 
6   6   6  -5 -54*  4* 
If the riv-er runs dry, 
-4 -4  -4    -4   6  -44*-4
Ba-by, How would you feel? 

  2    2  3   -1    2   -1   2-1   
Craze, Ba-by, the rain-bow's end, 
 2   2  3    -1   -1  2 -1
Mmm, Ba-by, it's just a den 
 4*   4*  -4  6-4-3 -4   -5   -4    -5
For those who hide, Who hide their love 
-4   4*-5 4* 4*-4
to depths of life 
-4    6    5*   -4   6  -5   -4 -33   2 
And ruin dreams that we all knew so, Babe. 

4*  4*   4* -54*  4* -4 -4   -4
And when the owls cry in the night 
6  6-5-5 -5 4*  4*   4*   4*  -4 -4  -4 -44*
Oh Ba-by Ba-by when the pines be-gin to cry 
-3 -3 4* -5 6 -55 -4  -3  3   -33
Ba-by Ba-by Ba-by how do you feel? 
6   6   6  -5 -54*  4* 
If the riv-er runs dry, 
-4 -4  -4    -4   6  -44*-4
Ba-by, How would you feel? 

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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