Over the hills and far away drums

Over the hills and far away

ed Zeppelin
Song:      Over the Hills and Far Away
Tabbed by: Paul Hoskinson ([email protected])

Notes
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This song is a good example of John Bonham's drumming,
and is very fun to play.
PS. If you can't read this tab, take some drum lessons.

Legend
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1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + (along top of measure)= Time
Also could be 1tl+tl2tl+tl etc for 16th note triplets

C = Crash Cymbal Line
H = Hi-Hat Line
T = Tom Line
S = Snare Line
B = Bass Drum Line

Crash Cymbal Line
     1-3 = Crash Cymbals (1 = highest, 3 = lowest)
Hi-Hat Line
     x = hit Hi-Hat while closed
     o = open hi-hat, and hit it softly
     h = open hi-hat, and hit it HARD

    Warning: if there is more than one h or o in a row, hit the hi-hat
      at the start and leave it open for the rest of the o's or h's
      without hitting it. Also if you see an x then an o or an h right
      after it (like in Part 3), that means you have to hit it twice
      (once for the x and once for the o or h).

Drum Lines (Snare, Tom and Bass Drum)
    o = Single Stroke
    d = Double Stroke
    1-3 = Toms (1 = highest, 3 = lowest)

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1. Part 1:
                 |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
C |--------------|---------1---3--|
H |-(Wait for----|--------x---x---|
S |--Drum Entry)-|--------o---o---|
B |--------------|---------o---o--|


2. Part 2:

  |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
C |2---------------|---------1---3--|2---------------|----------------|
H |--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|x-x-x-x-x---x---|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
S |----o-------o---|----o---o---o---|----o-------o---|----o-------o---|
B |o--o-----o-o----|o--o-----o---o--|o--o-----o-o----|o--o-----o-o----|


3. Part 3:

  |----Play 3x-----|                
  |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
C |----------------|---------1---3--|
H |x-x-xhhhx-x-x-x-|x-x-xhhhx---x---|
S |----o-------o---|----o---o---o---|
B |o--o-o---o-o----|o--o-o---o---o--|


4. Repeat Part 2
5. Repeat Part 3
6. Repeat Part 2

7. Part 4:             (16th triplets
                         for beat 4)  |-------------Play 2x-------------| 
  |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4tl+tl|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
C |2---------------|------3-----------|2---------------|------3---------|
H |--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|x-oox---x-x-------|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|x-oox---x-x-x-x-|
T |----------------|--------------123-|----------------|----------------|
S |----o--d----o---|----o-------oo----|----o-------o---|----o----o--o-oo|
B |o-------o-o-----|o-o---o---o------o|o-------o-o-----|o-o---o---oo-o--|

                                    |-------------Play 2x-------------|
  |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
C |2---------------|----------------|2---------------|----------------|
H |--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
S |----o-------o---|----o----o--o-oo|----o-------o---|----o-------o---|
B |o-------o----o--|o--o---o--oo-o--|o------o--oo-o--|o--o---o--oo----|

  |-------------Play 2x-------------|            (watch out for 2/4 time
  |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + |   here)
H |x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|x-x-x-x-|
S |----o-------o---|----o-------o---|----o-------o---|----o---|
B |o------o--oo-o--|o--o---o--oo----|o------o--oo-o--|o-------|

  |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
C |----2-----------|----------------|--------1-------|
H |x-x---x-x-x-x-x-|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|x-x-x-x---x-x-x-|
S |----o-------o---|----o-------o---|----o-------o---|
B |o--o----o-------|o-------o-------|o-------o-------|


8.  Repeat Part 3
9.  Repeat Part 2
10. Repeat Part 3
11. Repeat Part 2

12. Part 5: (fade out)

  |----Play 10x----|
  |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
C |----1-----------|
H |x-x---x-x-x-x-x-|
S |----o-------o---|
B |o--------o-o----|


End
 

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