For Your Life Tabs & Lyrics by Led Zeppelin
For Your Life
guitar tabs lyrics
Led Zeppelin
"For Your Life"
Presence
Swan Song 1976
Riff 1
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1:---|-------------------------|
2:---|-------------------------|
3:---|------5--3-5-------------|
4:-5-|--5---5--3-5-5---5-------|
5:-5-|--5---3--3-3-5---5-------|
6:-3-|--3----------3---3-------|
1:---|---------------------------|
2:---|---------------------------|
3:---|------5--3-5-12--;---------|
4:-5-|--5---5--3-5-12--;---------|
5:-5-|--5---3--3-3-10--;---------|
6:-3-|--3------------------------|
; Use a wawmmy bar or something to
move down about half an octave
1:---|-------------------------|
2:---|-------------------------|
3:---|------5--3-5-------------|
4:-5-|--5---5--3-5-5---5-------|
5:-5-|--5---3--3-3-5---5-------|
6:-3-|--3----------3---3-------|
1:---|----------------------------|
2:---|----------------------------|
3:---|------5--3-5---------5--3-5-|
4:-5-|--5---5--3-5-5---5---5--3-5-|
5:-5-|--5---3--3-3-5---5---3--3-3-|
6:-3-|--3----------3---3----------|
Towards the end of the song this is played in the background:
1:-10---10----12-12--10---10-----|
2:-11---11----13-13--12---12-----|
3:-------------------------------|
4:-------------------------------|
5:-------------------------------|
6:-------------------------------|
Riff 2
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1:---|----------------------------------|
2:---|----------------------------------|
3:-5-|-5-5-5-5--5-5---5--3-5-5-5--5-----|
4:-5-|-5-3-5-5--5-5---5--5-3-5-5--5-----|
5:-3-|-3-3-3-3--3-3---3--3-3-3-3--3-----|
6:---|----------------------------------|
1:---|----------------------------|
2:---|----------------------------|
3:---|------5--3-5---------5--3-5-|
4:-5-|--5---5--3-5-5---5---5--3-5-|
5:-5-|--5---3--3-3-5---5---3--3-3-|
6:-3-|--3----------3---3----------|
Towards the end of the song this is played in the background:
1:----------------------------------------|
2:----------------------------------------|
3:-7---7--9-7--9-7---7--7-9-7-7-7-9-7-----|
4:-5---5--5-5--5-5---5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|
5:----------------------------------------|
6:----------------------------------------|
Riff 3
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1:-----------------------------(3|3)------|
2:-----------------------------(3|3)------|
3:-8--8-8--8/10-10--------------x-x-;-----|
4:-8--8-8--8/10-10-7/8--8/10-10-5-5-;-----|
5:-6--6-6--6/8--8--7/8--8/10-10-5-5-;-----|
6:-----------------5/6--6/8--8--3-3-------|
Riff 4
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1:---|------------------------------------|
2:---|----------(5)(5|3)------------------|
3:---|-------3^--5--5-3-----------3^------|
4:-5-|-3h4h5---5---------5--3h4h5---5-----|
5:-5-|-------------------5----------------|
6:-3-|-------------------3----------------|
^ Quarter bend
1:-----------|
2:-----------|
3:-------3^--| (every 4th time)
4:-3h4h5---5-| x2
5:-----------|
6:-----------|
Riff 5
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1:---------------------------------------------------|
2:-------------1-----1-----1-----1-------------------|
3:-----------0-----0-----0-----0---------------------|
4:-5-------3-----2-----0-----------------------------|
5:-5-------------------------3-----1-0---------------|
6:-3-----------------------------------3---1-3-3-3-3-|
1:---------------------------------------+-----------|
2:-------------1-----1-----1-----1-------+-----------|
3:-----------0-----0-----0-----0---------+-----------|
4:---------3-----2-----0-----------------+-----------| x3
5:---------------------------3-----1-0---+-----------|
6:-1-3---------------------------------3-+-1-3-3-3-3-|
+ Skip after this the fourth time
Song structure:
Riff 1
Riff 2 x3
Riff 3
Riff 1
Riff 2 x3
Riff 1
Riff 4 x4 (1 step higher)
Riff 5
Riff 4 x8
Riff 4 x4 (1 step higher)
Riff 5
Riff 4 x4 (2nd measure x5 instead of x2)
Riff 4 x4
Riff 1
Riff 2 x3
Riff 3 x2
