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Author/Artist: Led Zeppelin
Title: Communication Breakdown
Album: Led Zeppelin
Tuning: Guitar 1 - (E A D G B E) - Lead
        Guitar 2 - (E A D G B E) - Rhythm
Transcribed by: Adam Strachn
Email: [email protected]

Tab Key - 
(2) = ghost note/sustain note
/ = slide up
 = slide down
3b5 = bend to specified pitch/note
r = release bend
x = mute string


Intro/Verse – (Guitars 1 & 2, Play 6x)
-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
-----------------|---7-(7)-----7--|-----------------|---7-(7)-----7---|
-----------------|---7-(7)--9--7--|-----------------|---7-(7)--9--7---|
-----------------|---7-(7)--7--7--|-----------------|---7-(7)--7--7---|
-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-5-(5)--0--5--|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-5-(5)--0--5---|
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0---------------|

Chorus -
Guitar 1 -
---------------5-|-(5)-------------5-|-(5)---------------|-------------------|
---------------5-|-(5)-------------5-|-(5)-------------5-|-(5)---------------|
---------------6-|-(6)-------------6-|-(6)-------------6-|-(6)---------------|
---------------5-|-(5)-------------5-|-(5)-------------5-|-(5)---------------|
-----9-7-7-7-9-7-|-(7)-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|-(7)-7-9-7-7---9-7-|-(7)-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-|
-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

Guitar 2 -
-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
---------------8-|-(8)-8-----------8-|-(8)-8-----------8-|-(8)-8-------------|
---------------6-|-(6)-6-----------6-|-(6)-6-----------6-|-(6)-6-------------|
---------------5-|-(5)-5-----------5-|-(5)-5-----------5-|-(5)-5-------------|
---------------7-|-(7)-7-----------7-|-(7)-7-----------7-|-(7)-7-------------|
-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

Guitar 1 -
--------------------|------------------------|
--------------------|------------------------|
------------------8-|--(8)--8--------------8-|
------------------7-|--(7)--7--------------7-|
-9-9-11-9-9-9-11--9-|--(9)--9-11-9-9-9-11--9-|
-7-7--7-7-7-7--7--7-|--(7)--7--7-7-7-7--7--7-|

Guitar 2 -
--------------------|----------------------7-|
-----------------10-|-(10)-10-------------10-|
------------------8-|--(8)--8--------------8-|
------------------7-|--(7)--7--------------7-|
------------------9-|--(9)--9--------------9-|
------------------7-|--(7)--7----------------|

Guitar 1 -
----------------------|---------------------|
----------------------|---------------------|
--(8)-8---8---------8-|-(8)-----------------|
--(7)-7---7---------7-|-(7)-----------------|
--(9)-9-9-9-9-9-11--9-|-(9)-9-11-9-9-9-11---|
--(7)-7-7-7-7-7--7--7-|-(7)-7--7-7-7-7--7-0-|

Guitar 2 -
--(7)---------------7-|---------------------|
-(10)--------------10-|---------------------|
--(8)---------------8-|---------------------|
--(7)---------------7-|---------------------|
--(9)---------------9-|---------------------|
----------------------|---------------------|


Then play the verse 

Then play the chorus 

Backing for the solo – 

Guitar 2 – Play 7x
---------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------|
--9-------9-----9----9-----9-------9-----9-----------9---------|
--9-------9-----9----9-----9-------9-----9-----------9---------|
--7-------7-----7----7-----7-------7-----7-----------7---------|
---------------------------------------------------------------|

---------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------|
--9-------7----(7)---------------------9-------------7---------|
--9-------7----(7)---------------------7-------------7---------|
--7-------5----(5)---------------------0-------------5---------|
---------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar Solo – (at 1:25 into the song)

Guitar 1 -
------------12-----------------------12------------------------|
-------12------15p12------12----12------15-(15)-12-(12)-12-----|
-14b16-----------------14-14b16----------------------------14--|
---------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------|

------------12-----------------------------------12---------------------|
-------12------15--(15)-15p12---------------12------15-(15)-15p12-12----|
-14b16------------------------14-(14)-14b16--------------------------14-|
------------------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------------|

------------12----------------------------------12-----------------------|
-------12------15-(15)-15p12---------------12------15-(15)-15p12-12-(12)-|
-14b16-----------------------14-(14)-14b16-------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

-12-12--------12-------------------|-------------------------------|
----12--------12-------------------|----------------------------12-|
----14b16-----14b16-----14p12------|-14-12b13----------12-14b16----|
--------------------------------14-|----------14-11-14-------------|
-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|

-12----12-----12-12---15b17==|=(17)r-15b17-15---12----12----|
----15-----15----------------|---------------------15-------|
-----------------------------|---------------------------14-|
-----------------------------|------------------------------|
-----------------------------|------------------------------|
-----------------------------|------------------------------|

----------12-------------------------|------9----9----9-------|
-------12----------------------------|---12---12---12---------|
-14b16--------14b16r(14)p12----14-12-|---13-------------11b12-|
----------------------------14-------|------------------------|
-------------------------------------|------------------------|
-------------------------------------|------------------------|

-------------------------|------------------------------|
-------------------------|-------12------------------9h=|
-11p9-11-11--9----9-9-11-|-11b13----11p9----11-9-9-9----|
---------------11--------|---------------11-------------|
-------------------------|------------------------------|
-------------------------|------------------------------|

-------10--------10-------------------|--------------------|
-10-------10b12-----10-10b12r(10)p8---|-10-8---8-12--------|
------------------------------------9-|------9-------------|
--------------------------------------|--------------------|
--------------------------------------|--------------------|
--------------------------------------|-------------3s15-0-|

-----7/-9--9-9/7-7-7-|-----4------5-5------6--|
-----7/-9--9-9/7-7-7-|-7-----8b10-----9b11----|
-----7/-9--9-9/7-7-7-|------------------------|
---------------------|------------------------|
---------------------|------------------------|
-(0)-----------------|------------------------|

Goes into the chorus chords here for backing – (1:44 into the song)
-------7-------8-------9-------10-|-------12-------12-12-12-12-12-|
-10b12---11b13---12b14---13b15----|-14b16----15b17----------------|
----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
----------------------------------|-------------------------------|

-12--12-15b17r(15)-15b17r(15)-12----|-12-19b21==(21)r-------19-18-|
---------------------------------15-|-----------------------------|
------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
------------------------------------|-----------------------------|

-17---------------------------------|-------17---19------------------------|
-----19b20-17-------17-------19b21==|=(21)r---------21p17---------17-19p17s|
--------------19b20----19-16--------|-----------------------18p16----------|
------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|

Then the verse riffs at 1:55 until the end of the song


Outro Solo – (comes in at 2:18)

Guitar 1 -
-15b17----------------12---------------|-------------------------------|
---------12--13-14-15------12----------|-14--------------------x-15b17-|
------------------------------15-14-12-|-14-12b13----------------------|
---------------------------------------|----------14-12-14-------------|
---------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
---------------------------------------|-------------------------------|

------15--------------------15---------|
-(15)----15b17r(15)-15-(15)----15-17--|
---------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------|

Starts to fade out -
---15b17-(17)---(17)-15-17-17b19-|-(19)-----------------|
---------------------------------|-----------------17--|
---------------------------------|----------------------|
---------------------------------|----------------------|
---------------------------------|----------------------|
---------------------------------|----------------------|