From the CD ‘In Through the Out Door’
Written by Jones/Page/Plant
Swan Song 16002 and/or Atlantic 92443-2

This file is mostly chords. The song is in C, the part I tabbed
out is in D, and the end is in G. Most of it is synth and/or keyboard, so
I have that here too. You can figure out which is keys and which is
guitar Enjoy

Progression:

Repeat this 8 times:

[x00231] [x02220]

With verse: [x33211] [x30210]

Sisters by the wayside bide their time in quiet peace,
await their place within the ring of calm

Still stand to turn in seconds of release,
await the call they know may never come

In times of lightness no intruder dared upon
to jeopardize the course, upset the run

All was joy and hands were raised towards the sun,
as love in halls of plenty overrun

[xx0233] [xx0232]
Ah, ah, ah, ah.

Then 4 times in the same pattern:

[113331] [133211]

4 times:

Still in their bliss unchallenged mighty feast,
unending dances shadowed on the day

Within the wall their dauting formless keep,
preserved their joy and kept their doubts at bay

Faceless legions stood in readiness to weep,
just turn a coin, bring order to the fray

And everything is soon no sooner thought than deed,
but no-one seemed to question anyway

Ah, ah, ah, ah.

4 times:

Then the keyboard does a little roll which kinda goes like this:

|: A~ F G 😐 [Play it four times]

How keen the soaring hunter’s eye prevails upon the land,
to seek the unsuspecting and the weak

And powerless the fabled sat, too slow to lift a hand,
toward the foe that threatened them from the deep

Who cares to dry the cheeks of those who saddened stand,
adrift upon the sea of futile speech?

Wha??

Ah, ah, ah, ah.

4 times:

Then the keyboard does that little roll again:

|: A~ F G 😐 [Play it four times]

The keyboard does another thing but I’ll list the chords here:

|: F G Em 😐 [Play it three times]

|: A~ F G 😐 [two times]

|: F G Em 😐 [Play it three times]

|: A~ F G 😐 [two times]

|: F G Em 😐 [Play it three times]

[This is in D]:

[Riff 1] – play it once initially

e:–7——5~—–5——5~——3——0——0——2~————-|
B:—-8——7——7——5——-3——1——1—-3~————-|
G:——9——7~—–7——6~——4——0———2~————-|
D:—————————————————-0~————-|
A:——————————————————————-|
E:——————————————————————-|

e:–7——5~—–5——5~——3——0——0———————|
B:—-8——7——7——5——-3——1——1——————-|
G:——9——7~—–7——6~——4——0————————|
D:——————————————————————-|
A:——————————————————————-|
E:——————————————————————-|

[Back to the key of C]:

[Riff 2]:
A Cmaj7
e:–0~—————0~———————————————-|
B:–2~—————0~———————————————-|
G:–2~—————0~———————————————-|
D:–2~———4—–2~———————————————-|
A:–0~——-0—0—3~———————————————-|
E:——————————————————————-|

[Riff 2] x2

[Riff 2] with lyrics:

Where was your word, where did you go?
Where was your helping, where was your bow? Bow

[Riff 1] x1

[Riff 2] w/ lyrics:

Dull is the armour, cold is the day
Hard was your journey, dark was the way Way

[Riff 1] x1

[Riff 2] w/ lyrics:

I heard the word, I couldn’t stay, oh
I couldn’t stand it another day. Another day, ay, another day,
Another day

Keyboard bangs out an A chord, then it plays a G for four measures [final
key switch to G], then A again for four measures

Play G:
Touched by the timely coming, roused from the keeper’s sleep,
Play A:
release the grip, throw down the key
Play D:
Held now within the knowing, rest now within the peace,
Play A:
Take of the fruit, but guard the seed

Play D for four measures, then:

[x04442]
|: A A B/A~ 😐 [Play this four times]

Play G for four measures, then A for four measures

Play G:
Held now within the knowing, rest now within the beat,
take of the fruit but guard the seed

Play D for four measures, then:

Play A:
Take of the fruit but guard the seed

Play D for four measures, then:

|: A A B/A~ 😐 [Play this three times]

Repeat until fadeout:
[x05553]
|: A A B/A~ C/A B/A 😐