Led Zeppelin – Thats The Way (Guitar Tab)

Open G (D-G-D-G-B-D)

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Key: ^ = downstroke v = upstroke | B | | G | | D | | G | | D | * (If you want you can play the fifth string also) [Riff 1]

    ^ v ^ v  ^  ^   v   ^  v ^  ^ v ^ v  ^  ^   v ^ ^ v ^ v
D|--0-0-0-0--2--4---4---4--4----4-4-4-4--2--0---0---2-2-2-0--|
B|--0-0-0-0--1--3---3---0--0----3-3-3-3--1--0---0---1-1-1-0--|
G|--0-0-0-0--0--0-------0-------0-0-0-0--0--0-------0-0-0-0--|
D|--0-0-0-0--2--4-------0-------4-4-4-4--2--0-------2-2-2-0--|
G|--*-------------------0----0--------------0-----0----------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|

[Riff 2]

    ^  v  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  v  ^  v  ^  ^  ^ ^  ^  v  
D|--3--3-----3-----3--3--3--3--3-----3----3--3--3--|
B|--3--3-----3-----3--3--3--3--3-----3----3--3--3--|
G|--3--------3-----3--3--3--3--------3----3--3--3--|
D|--3-----3--3--3--3--3--3--3-----3--3--3-3--3--3--|
G|--*-----0-----0-----------------0-----0----------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|

[Riff 3A] [Riff 3B]

    ^  v  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  v            ^  v  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  
D|--0--4-----4-----4--4--4--|      |--4--4-----4--4--0--2--4--|
B|--7--3-----3-----3--3--3--|      |--3--3-----3--3--3--3--3--|
G|--7--------2-----2--2--2--|      |--2--------2--2--2--2--2--|
D|--0-----0--0--0--0--0--0--|      |--0-----0--0--0--0--0--0--|
G|--7-----0--0--0--0--0--0--|      |--0-----0--0--0-----------|
D|--0-----------------------|      |--------------------------|

[Riff 4]

    ^  v  ^  v  ^  ^     ^     ^  v  ^  v  ^  v  ^  ^     ^     ^  v
D|--3--3--3--3-----3-----3-----3--3--0--0--0--0-----0-----0-----0--0--|
B|--1--1--1--1-----1-----1-----1--1--1--1--1--1-----1-----1-----1--1--|
G|--2--2--2--2--2--2-----2-----2--2--0--0--0--0--0--0-----0-----0--0--|
D|--3--3--3--3--3--3-----3-----3--3--2--2--2--2--2--2-----2-----2--2--|
G|--0--0--0--0--0--0-----0-----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----0-----0--0--|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Riff 5]

    ^  ^  v    ^  ^  v    ^  ^  v    ^  ^  v    ^  v  ^  ^  ^   v  ^  v 
D|--0--0--0----0--0--0----0--0--0----0--0--0----4--4-----4--4---4--4--4--|
B|--0--0--0----1--1--1----3--3--3----5--5--5----3--3-----3--3---3--3--3--|
G|--0--0--0----0--0--0----0--0--0----0--0--0----2--2-----2--2---2--2--2--|
D|--0--0--0----2--2--2----4--4--4----5--5--5----0--0--0--0--0---0--0--0--|
G|--0----------0----------0----------0--0--0----0-----0--0--0------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

    ^  ^  ^  ^  ^   v  ^  v  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^   v  ^  v  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^   v  ^  v 
D|--2--4--5--4--0---0--0--0--2--4--5--4--0---0--0--0--2--4--5--4--0---0--0--0-|
B|--1--3--3--3--3---3--3--3--1--3--3--3--3---3--3--3--1--3--3--3--3---3--3--3-|
G|--0--0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---0--0--0-|
D|--2--4--4--4--4---4--4--4--2--4--4--4--4---4--4--4--2--4--4--4--4---4--4--4-|
G|--*-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

    ^  v  ^  ^   ^   v ^ v  ^  v  ^  ^  ^  ^   ^  v
D|--4--4-----4---4---4-4-4--4--4-----4-----4---4--4--|
B|--3--3-----3---3---3-3-3--3--3-----3-----3---3--3--|
G|--2-----2--2---2---2-2-2--2-----2--2--2--2---2--2--|
D|--0-----0--0---0---0-0-0--0-----0--0--0--0---0--0--|
G|--0-----0--0---0----------0-----0--0--0--0---------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|

[Intro] Riff 1 2x Riff 1 I don't know how I'm going to tell you Riff 1 I can't play with you no more Riff 1 I don't know how I'm going to do what mama told me Riff 1 My friend the boy next door Riff 1 3x Riff 1 I can't believe what people saying Riff 1 You only let your hair down Riff 1 I'm satisfied to sit here working all day long Riff 1 You're in the darkest side of town Riff 1 4x Riff 1 And when I'm out I see you walking Riff 1 Why don't your eyes see me Riff 1 Could it be you've found another game to play Riff 1 What did mama say to me Riff 2 Riff 1 That's the way Oh that's the way it ought to be Riff 2 Riff 3A 2x Mama said that's the way it ought to stay Riff 4 Riff 1 1x Riff 1 And yesterday I saw you standing by the river Riff 1 And weren't those tears that filled your eyes Riff 1 And all the fish that lay in dirty water dying Riff 1 Had they got you hypnotized Riff 1 4x Riff 1 And yesterday I saw you kissing tiny flowers Riff 1 But all that lives is born to die Riff 1 And so I say to you that nothing really matters Riff 1 And all you do is stand and cry Riff 1 4x Riff 1 I don't know what to say about it Riff 1 When all your ears are turned away Riff 1 But now's the time to look and look again at what you see Riff 1 Is that the way it ought to stay Riff 2 Riff 1 That's the way That's the way it ought to be Whoa don't you know now Riff 2 Riff 3B 3x Mama said mama said that's the way it's going to stay Ahh Ahh Riff 4 Aaaaaaaaaah Ahhh Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh Riff 5 until end