There are many ways of playing this song and I am going
to put down the easy way of playing it. It sounds a whole
lot better on an electric than it does on an acoustic.
Standard Tuning: E,A,D,G,B,E
Main Riff:
E-X-X-X--X-X-X--X--X-X-X--X-X-X--X--X-X-X--X-X-X--X-X-X--B-X-X-X--X-X-X--X--X-X-X--X-X-X--X--X-X-X--X-X-X--X-X-X--G-2-2-2--2-2-2--X--3-3-3--3-3-3--X--4-4-4--4-4-4--X-5-5--D-0-0-0--0-0-0--X--0-0-0--0-0-0--X--0-0-0--0-0-0--X-0-0--A-5-5-5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--E-X-X-X--X-X-X--X--X-X-X--X-X-X--X--X-X-X--X-X-X--X-X-X--
Main Riff (Cont'd):
E-X--X-X-X-----X-X-X-------------------------------------B-X--X-X-X-----X-X-X-------------------------------------G-5--5-5-5-----7-7-7-------------------------------------D-0--0-0-0-----0-0-0-------------------------------------A-5--5-5-5--5--5-5-5-------------------------------------E-X--X-X-X--X--X-X-X-------------------------------------
After you are done 7 loop around and do the riff again.
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5
Second Riff (00:58):
E-XX-XX-X-X-X-X--XX-XX-X---------------------------------B-XX-XX-X-X-X-X--XX-XX-X---------------------------------G-XX-XX-X-X-X-X--XX-XX-X---------------------------------D-10-10-8-7-6-5--10-10-8---------------------------------A-10-10-8-7-6-5--10-10-8---------------------------------E-8--8--6-5-4-3--8--8--6---------------------------------
You may need to play this riff two or three times depending
on the song. Well, just play it when necessary.
Fingerpicking Riff:
For those of you that don't know the song very well it
is the part where Puff Daddy sings.
E---------------------------------------------------------B---------------------------------------------------------G---------------------------------------------------------D-----12------12------10------10-------8-------8--------7-A---12--12--12--12--10--10--10--10---8---8---8---8----7---E-10------10-------8-------8-------6-------6--------5-----
Fingerpicking Riff (cont'd)
E---------------------------------------------------------B---------------------------------------------------------G---------------------------------------------------------D-------7-------------------------------------------------A-7---7--7------------------------------------------------E---5-----------------------------------------------------
You will need to play this riff 2X all together (listen to the song)
3rd Riff:
E------------------------------------------------------B------------------------------------------------------G------------------------------------------------------D-12-12-12--12-12-12--12-12-12--12-12-12-12-12--10-----A-12-12-12--12-12-12--12-12-12--12-12-12-12-12--10-----E-10-10-10--10-10-10--10-10-10--10-10-10-10-10--8------
You'll be able to hear this in the backround and it plays
a couple of times so play it when necessary.
4th Riff:
This is the awesome part where Jimmy Page slides. This
is what gives the song it's power.
E------------------------------------------------------B------------------------------------------------------G-2-2-2-----------2------------------------------------D-2-2-2--12-------2------------------------------------A-0-0-0--12-SLIDE-0------------------------------------E-X-X----10-------X------------------------------------
Once again play this riff when necessary (I think it's
four times). I'm not 100% sure.
