Thats The Way Chords & Tabs

by Led Zeppelin

[Content]
Key:   ^  =  downstroke
v  =  upstroke

Open G tuning  | D |
| 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