The Lemon Song by Led Zeppelin Bass Tab
100% accurate note-for-note transcription of the bass line played on Led Zeppelin’s song The Lemon Song from the 1969 album Led Zeppelin II.
The Lemon Song by Led Zeppelin Bass Tab
100% accurate note-for-note transcription of the bass line played on Led Zeppelin’s song The Lemon Song from the 1969 album Led Zeppelin II.
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The Van Tuyl Music Foundation’s bass tab sheet music transcription of the bass line played on Led Zeppelin’s song The Lemon Song was completed by our team of elite, professional musicians who invest multiple hours into ensuring the accuracy of each transcription. PDF bass tab sheet music downloads of our transcriptions are available for educational use only to members of The Van Tuyl Music Foundation’s Rhino Clubs, to students in programs funded by The Van Tuyl Music Foundation, and also to donors of The Van Tuyl Music Foundation who support our mission to make modern music education accessible to people of all ages, ethnicities, and economic backgrounds.
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About The Lemon Song (from Wikipedia):
Led Zeppelin performed “Killing Floor” live in 1968 and 1969,[8] and it became the basis for “The Lemon Song”, which they recorded on their 1969 album Led Zeppelin II. It was recorded in Los Angeles when the band were on their second concert tour of North America. In some early performances Robert Plant introduced the song as “Killing Floor”; an early UK pressing of Led Zeppelin II showed the title as “Killing Floor” and was credited to Chester Burnett (Howlin’ Wolf’s real name). For the second and third North American tours the song evolved into “The Lemon Song”, with Plant often improvising lyrics onstage (the opening lyrics to both songs are identical). Other lyrics, notably “squeeze (my lemon) till the juice runs down my leg,” can be traced to Robert Johnson’s “Travelling Riverside Blues”. It is likely that Johnson borrowed this himself, from a song recorded earlier in the same year (1937) called “She Squeezed My Lemon” (by Arthur McKay).[9] The song also references Albert King’s “Cross-Cut Saw”[10] In December 1972, Arc Music, owner of the publishing rights to Howlin’ Wolf’s songs, sued Led Zeppelin for copyright infringement on “The Lemon Song”.[11] The parties settled out of court. Though the amount was not disclosed, Howlin’ Wolf received a check for US$45,123 from Arc Music immediately following the suit, and subsequent releases included a co-songwriter credit for him.
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