Led Zeppelin - Going to California Tab

Led Zeppelin:  Going To California
(Box Set Disc II Version)

Intro:

D 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0h2 0
B 3 3 3
G
D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A
D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
D 0 0h2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B 10 10 10 10 10
G 11 12 11 9 0 11 11
D 0 0 0 0
A
D 0 0 0 0 0
Mandolin tabbed for Guitar. Guitar keeps playing D pattern.

Verse riff:

D 5 4 0 0 5 4 0 0
B 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 0
G 0 0 0 0 0 0
D 0 0
A
D 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
"Spend my days with a woman unkind. Smoked my stuff and drank
D 0 0 7 0 9 12 12 0 0
B 5h7 7 5 /5 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
G 7 /7 7 9h11 11 9 11 11 11
D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A
D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
"All my wine."
D 5 4 0 0 5 4 0
B 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 0
G 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
D 0 0 0 0 0 0
A
D 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
"Made up my mind. Make a new start. Goin' to California with an achin,"
D 7 0 0 0 0 5 5 7 0 0 0 5
B 5h7 7 5 5h7 5h7 5h7 5h7 5 5 7 5h7 7 5h7
G 0 2 0 7 5 7 7 0 7 0
D 0 0 7 0
A 0 0
D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
"in my heart."
D 5 4 0 0 5 4 0 0
B 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 0
G 0 0 0 0 0 0
D 0 0
A
D 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
"Someone told me there's a girl out there.. with love in her eyes and flowers
D 7 0 0 5 5 7 0 0 0 5
B 5h7 7 5 5h7 5h7 5h7 5h7 5 5 7 5h7 7 5h7
G 0 0 7 5 7 7 0 7 0
D 0 0 7 0
A 0 0
D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
"in her hair"

Verse fill:

(my favorite fill....)
D 3 3 2 2 4 0 0
B 5 5 3 3 3 8 7
G 7 7 0 0 0 0 6h7p6 6 7
D 0 0
A 2 2
D 0 0
D 3 3 3\2 2 0 2 4 0
B 5 3 3 3 3
G 7 0 0
D 0 0 0 0 0
A 2 2
D 0 0 0 0
D 0 0 0 14
B 15
G o 14 o
D 0 0 o o
A
D 0 0 0
Repeat Measure 3 times

Verse Riff (as above):

"Took my chances on a big jet plane. Never let them tell ya' that they're all-----the same----."

Verse Riff:

"Oh, the sea was red and the sky was grey-- (wondered how) tommorrow, could ever follow today."

Verse Riff:

"Mountain and the canyons start to tremble and shake-- (the) children of the sun begin, to awake (won't you/watch out)

Other Verse:

D 7 5 7 7 7 5 7
B 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
G 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A 0 0
D 0
(It) seems that the warth of the gods got a punch on the nose and it started to flow.
D 5 0 0 0
B 6 6 6 6 2 0 2p0h2 2 2 2p0 2 2 2 0 2 2
G 7 7 0 0 2 2 2 2
D 0 0 2 2p0h2 2 2 2 2 2
A 0 0 0 0
D 0 0
"I think it might be sinkin'. (ah-haaa)
D 0 0
B 2 2
G 2
D 2 2
A 0
D 0

Other Verse Riff:

"(Please) Throw me a line if i reach it in time. Meet you up there where the path runs straight and high----"

Intro:

Instrumental

Verse Riff:

To find a Queen without a King. They say she plays guitar and cries and (she) sings. (la la la la)

Verse Riff:

Ride a white mare in the foot-steps of dawn. Trying to find a woman who's never, never, never been born.

Verse Riff:

Standin on a hill in the monutatin of dreams. Tellin' myself it's not as hard, hard, hard as it seems. (Mmm ha/ Sure is hard))

Outro:

Basically the same a the verse fill but it loops and varies.

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