The Wanton Song

THE WANTON SONG

As recorded by Led Zeppelin

(From the 1975 Album PHYSICAL GRAFFITI)

Words and Music by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant

Thanks to Kerry O'Brien and Steve Gorenberg for transcribing the Power Tab

version of this. I decided to submit this because there was no better text

version of the song. Awesome song by the way.

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Elec. w/dist'

Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Elec. w/dist'

Intro (0:00, 3:03)

Moderately Q=110

$

(G5) F7 F#7

4/4

Gtrs I, II

S S S S S S S S H 3x S S S S S S S S E E +S E.

||------------------------||-----------------------------|

||o----------------------o||-----------------------------|

||------------------------||-------------------2-(2)-3---|

||------5-5-----5-5-------||-----5-5-----5-5---1-(1)-2---|

||o----------------------o||-------------------3-(3)-4---|

||--3-3-----3-3-----------||-3-3-----3-3-------1-(1)-2---|

(G5)

S S S S S S S S H 3x

||------------------------||

||o----------------------o||

||------------------------||

||------5-5-----5-5-------||

||o----------------------o||

||--3-3-----3-3-----------||

N.C. Bb5

S S S S S S S S +S E S +S S S S S E S E S S +S S Q.

|-----------------------------------|------------------------||

|-----------------------------------|------------------------||

|-----------------------------------|-7---6---5-------x-3----||

|-----5-5-----5-5-(5)-----------3---|-------------------3----||

|---------------------3-4-(4)-5---5-|---5---4---3-(3)---1----||

|-3-3-----3-3-----------------------|------------------------||

Verses (0:20, 1:24, 3:23)

(G5)

Gtr I

S S S S S S S S H S S S S S S S S H S S S S S S S S H

||-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|

||o----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|

||-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|

||------5-5-----5-5------|-----5-5-----5-5------|-----5-5-----5-5------|

||o----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|

||--3-3-----3-3----------|-3-3-----3-3----------|-3-3-----3-3----------|

F7 F#7 (G5)

S S S S S S S S E E +S E. S S S S S S S S H S S S S S S S S H

|----------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|

|----------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|

|-------------------2-(2)-3--|----------------------|----------------------|

|-----5-5-----5-5---1-(1)-2--|-----5-5-----5-5------|-----5-5-----5-5------|

|-------------------3-(3)-4--|----------------------|----------------------|

|-3-3-----3-3-------1-(1)-2--|-3-3-----3-3----------|-3-3-----3-3----------|

To Coda

S S S S S S S S H S S S S S S S S +S E S +S S S S

|----------------------|-----------------------------------|

|----------------------|-----------------------------------|

|----------------------|-----------------------------------|

|-----5-5-----5-5------|-----5-5-----5-5-(5)-----------3---|

|----------------------|---------------------3-4-(4)-5---5-|

|-3-3-----3-3----------|-3-3-----3-3-----------------------|

N.C. Bb5

S E S E S S +S S Q.

|-------------------------||

|-------------------------||

|-7---6---5-------x-3-----||

|-------------------3-----||

|---5---4---3-(3)---1-----||

|-------------------------||

(G5)

S S S S S S S S H S S S S S S S S H S S S S S S S S H

|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|

|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|

|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|

|-----5-5-----5-5------|-----5-5-----5-5------|-----5-5-----5-5------|

|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|

|-3-3-----3-3----------|-3-3-----3-3----------|-3-3-----3-3----------|

F7 F#7 (G5)

S S S S S S S S E E +S E. S S S S S S S S H S S S S S S S S H

|----------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|

|----------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|

|-------------------2-(2)-3--|----------------------|----------------------|

|-----5-5-----5-5---1-(1)-2--|-----5-5-----5-5------|-----5-5-----5-5------|

|-------------------3-(3)-4--|----------------------|----------------------|

|-3-3-----3-3-------1-(1)-2--|-3-3-----3-3----------|-3-3-----3-3----------|

S S S S S S S S H S S S S S S S S +S E S +S S S S

|----------------------|-----------------------------------|

|----------------------|-----------------------------------|

|----------------------|-----------------------------------|

|-----5-5-----5-5------|-----5-5-----5-5-(5)-----------3---|

|----------------------|---------------------3-4-(4)-5---5-|

|-3-3-----3-3----------|-3-3-----3-3-----------------------|

N.C. Bb5

S E S E S S +S S Q.

|-------------------------||

|-------------------------||

|-7---6---5-------x-3-----||

|-------------------3-----||

|---5---4---3-(3)---1-----||

|-------------------------||

(0:59, 2:03)

Fmadd2 Fm B°7 Cm7/E D#Bb5bC#°7 C D9

Gtrs I, II

H E E E E +H E E E E +H E E E E +H E E E E

|-^3----3-1-----|----------------|------------3---|---------------5-|

|-^1----1-1---3-|-(3)----3-4---4-|-(4)----4-6---5-|-(5)----5-6-/8-5-|

|-^1----1-1---1-|-(1)----1-----3-|-(3)----3-3---3-|-(3)----3------5-|

|-^3----3-3---3-|-(3)----------5-|-(5)----------5-|-(5)-------------|

|-^3----------2-|-(2)----------3-|-(3)----------4-|-(4)-------------|

|-^1------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|

My favourite part:

D5Am7 C5/G Gm7 Bb/D Bb5/Bb5/F

+E S S E E S S E E E E S S E S S S S E E e

|-(5)-(5)-(5)------------------|--------------------------|

|-(5)h=6p==5----5-(5)(5)-------|--------------------------|

|-(5)-(5)-(5)-7-5-(5)(5)---5---|-3-(3)(3)-3-------3---3---|

|-------------7-5h=7p=5----5-7-|-3h=5p=3--3-x-x-x-3---3---|

|------------------------7-----|----------5-x-x-x---5---5-|

|------------------------------|--------------------------|

D9 D5Am7 Gm7

E S S E E +E S S E E +E S S E S S S S S S S S S S

|-5-(5)-(5)-----------------|----------------------------------|

|-5h=6p==5------------------|----------------------------------|

|-5-(5)-(5)-7-5-(5)-------3-|-(3)-(3)(3)-------3-------5-----5-|

|-----------7-5-(5)-7p5---3-|-(3)h=5p=3------------------------|

|-----------------------7---|------------5-4-5---4-5S7---6-7---|

|---------------------------|----------------------------------|

D9 Am7 C5/G Gm7 Bb/D Bb5/Bb5/F

E S S E E S S E E E E S S E S S S S E E e

|-5-(5)-(5)------------------|--------------------------|

|-5h=6p==5-------------------|--------------------------|

|-5-(5)-(5)---5-(5)(5)---5---|-3-(3)(3)-3-------3---3---|

|-----------7-5h=7p=5----5-7-|-3h=5p=3--3-x-x-x-3---3---|

|----------------------7-----|----------5-x-x-x---5---5-|

|----------------------------|--------------------------|

1.

D9 D5Am7 Gm7 Bb/F

Gtr I

<

E S S E E +E S S E E +E S S q S S Q.

|-5-(5)-(5)-----------------|-------------------------||

|-5h=6p==5------------------|-------------------3----o||

|-5-(5)-(5)-7-5-(5)-------3-|-(3)-(3)(3)--------3-----||

|-----------7-5-(5)-7p5---3-|-(3)h=5p=3---------3-----||

|-----------------------7---|------------5--3h5------o||

|---------------------------|-------------------------||

|

| Gtr II

| <

| E S S E E +E S S E E +E S S q H

|-5-(5)-(5)-----------------|-------------------------||

|-5h=6p==5------------------|---------------3--------o||

|-5-(5)-(5)-7-5-(5)-------3-|-(3)-(3)(3)----3---------||

|-----------7-5-(5)-7p5---3-|-(3)h=5p=3-----3---------||

|-----------------------7---|------------5-----------o||

|---------------------------|-------------------------||

Guitar Solo (2:28)

2.

Bb5/Bb5/F Bb5 F/Bb5 C5

~

+E S S Q H Q Q e e e a E

|------------------------||--------------------|

|------------------------||-6b8--6-------------|

|-(3)--------------------||---------3-----3h5--|

|-(3)h5p3----------------||-----------3-5------|

|---------5--------------||--------------------|

|------------------------||--------------------|

|

| +E S S E S S S S E q Q Q E E E E

|------------------------||--------------------|

|------------------------||--------------------|

|-(3)-------------3---3--||--------------------|

|-(3)h5p3---x-x---3---3--||------3----3-3---5--|

|---------5-x-x-5---5----||-1----1--1-0-1---3--|

|------------------------||--------------------|

D5C5 F5 C/F5 G5

~~~ ~~~~~~~~

+H. Q E +S S Q e e S S E +H. E E

|-----------------|---------------------5---|------------------------|

|-----------------|-8b10r(8)p6-8------5---8-|-(8)--------------------|

|-(5)-------------|---------------5-7-------|-------------------5pb6-|

|-----------------|-------------------------|------------------------|

|-----------------|-------------------------|------------------------|

|-----------------|-------------------------|------------------------|

|

| +Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E +E E E S S E E E E

|-----------------|-------------------------|------------------------|

|-----------------|-------------------------|------------------------|

|-----------------|-------------------------|------------------------|

|-(5)--5--5-7-5---|-------------------------|------------------------|

|-(3)--3--3-5-3---|------------3--3-3-3---5-|-(5)-5-5-x-x---5-5-0----|

|---------------0-|-1----------1--1-0-1---3-|-(3)-3-3-x-x-0-3-3-0----|

Bb5 F/A Bb5 C5

~~~

|----3-----|

+Q q q e S T +T S S a E

|---------------------------------|

|---------------------------------|

|-(5)pb7==5---5-5---5r(5)p3---3h5-|

|---------------------------5-----|

|---------------------------------|

|---------------------------------|

|

| Q Q E E E E

|---------------------------------|

|---------------------------------|

|---------------------------------|

|--3--------3---3-3-------3-----5-|

|--1--------1---1-0-------1-----3-|

|---------------------------------|

F5 C/F5 G5

~~~~~

|---3----| |--3--|

+Q. +E Q E E E e Q E E E E E E

|-----------------------6---7-|-8-8b10---8--------------|

|------------------8b10-------|------------6---6-----6--|

|-(5)-----(5)----------------|--------------7---7------|

|-----------------------------|-------------------------|

|-----------------------------|-------------------------|

|-----------------------------|-------------------------|

|

| +E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E

|-----------------------------|-------------------------|

|-----------------------------|-------------------------|

|-----------------------------|-------------------------|

|-(5)-5-5--5---5-6-5----------|-------------------------|

|-(3)-3-3--3---3-5-3------0---|-3------3---3-3-3--------|

|-----------------------------|-1------1---1-0-1---3----|

G5/D G5 Bb5 F/A Bb5 C5

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

S S Q. +Q Q E E +S E. +E S +S +S S S S

|-------------------------|----------------------------------------------|

|-8-8-8--------(8)--------|---------------18--(18)-----------------------|

|-------------------------|---17b19==(17)----------17r(17)-(17)-15-17-17-|

|-------------------------|----------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------|----------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------|----------------------------------------------|

|

| e e e S S S E. E E Q Q E E E E

|-------------------------|----------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------|----------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------|----------------------------------------------|

|-5---5--5----------------|-3----------3--------3---3--------3------5----|

|-5---5--5-x-x--x--5--5-0-|-1----------1--------1---0--------1------3----|

|----------x-x--x--3--3-0-|----------------------------------------------|

~~~~

+H E E E E

|----------------------------|

|---------------17-18-18b20==|

|-(17)-------17--------------|

|----------------------------|

|----------------------------|

|----------------------------|

|

| +E E E E E E E E

|----------------------------|

|----------------------------|

|----------------------------|

|--(5)-5-5-5--5--6--5--------|

|--(3)-3-3-3--3--5--3--0-----|

|----------------------0-----|

F5 C/F5 G5

|--3--| |---3---|

+E E Q E +Q E E E S S S S Q +Q. E

|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|

|-(18)r-18-18b20-18-(18)---17------17s|=15----15----15---(15)-----18-----|

|-----------------------------17------|----16----16---------------17b19==|

|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|

|

| Q Q E E E e e e E e e e E E

|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|

|--------------------------------5----|--5-----5-------5---5--5----------|

|---3-------3---------3--3--3----5----|--5-----5-------5---5--5----0-----|

|---1-------1---------1--0--1----3----|--3-----3-----x-3---3--3-x--0-----|

Bb5 C5

+E Q E +E S S E S S

|----------------------------------------------------|

|-(18)--18------18-----(18)--18-18-18----------------|

|-(17)r-17b19---17b19==(17)r-17-17-17b19-17-17pb19===|

|----------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------|

|

| Q Q E E E E

|----------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------|

|---3---------3----------3----------3-----5----------|

|---1---------1----------1----------1-----3----------|

|-----------------------------0----------------------|

D5 C5

~~~~

E +Q S S E e E e

|------------------------------|

|-18------------------------17-|

|-17r=(17)---17-17-17-17-17----|

|------------------------------|

|------------------------------|

|------------------------------|

|

| +E E E S S E E E E

|------------------------------|

|------------------------------|

|------------------------------|

|-(5)---5--5--5--5--5--7--5----|

|-(3)---3--3--3--3--3--5--3----|

|----------------------------0-|

D.S. al Coda

F5 G5 Gm7

<

Q Q a +E e S S E +H H

|----------------------------------------|-----------------||

|-18b20--18b20===18r(18)-17----17--------|------------3----||

|---------------------------17----17b19==|=(17)r------3----||

|----------------------------------------|------------3----||

|----------------------------------------|-----------------||

|----------------------------------------|-----------------||

|

| <

| Q Q E E E E +Q H.

|----------------------------------------|-----------------||

|----------------------------------------|--------3--------||

|----------------------------------------|--------3--------||

|----------------------------------------|--------3--------||

|--3------3-----------3---3--3-----5-----|--(5)------------||

|--1------1-----------1---1--1-----3-----|--(3)------------||

Outro (3:40)

&

N.C. Bb5 N.C. Bb5

Gtrs I, II

S E S E S S +S S S S S S E S E S E S S +S S S S S S E 5x

|-----------------------------||-------------------------------||

|-----------------------------||o-----------------------------o||

|-7---------------------------||-------------------------------||

|-------------------3-3-3-----||--------------------3-3-3------||

|---5-x-4-x-3-(3)-x-1-1-1-0-0-||o-x-5-x-4-x-3-(3)-x-1-1-1-0-0-o||

|-----------------------------||-------------------------------||

N.C. Bb5

S E S E S S +S S Q. +W

|------------------------|--------*|

|------------------------|--------*|

|-------------------3----|-(3)----*|

|-------------------3----|-(3)----*|

|-x-5-x-4-x-3-(3)-x-1----|-(1)----*|

|------------------------|--------*|

Duration Legend

---------------

W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura

+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted

Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)

Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line

Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the

duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-

bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low

melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend

----------------

h - hammer-on

p - pull-off

b - bend

pb - pre-bend

r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)

/ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")

s - legato slide

S - shift slide

- natural harmonic

[n]

- artificial harmonic

n(n) - tapped harmonic

~ - vibrato

tr - trill

T - tap

TP - trem. picking

PM - palm muting

/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip

- tremolo bar down

n/ - tremolo bar up

/n - tremolo bar inverted dip

= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls

<> - volume swell (louder/softer)

x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash

o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend

-----------

| - bar

|| - double bar

||o - repeat start

o|| - repeat end

*| - double bar (ending)

: - bar (freetime)

$ - Segno

& - Coda

Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths