Thats The Way

That’s the Way
Led Zeppelin                           


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
|--0-0-0-0--2--4---4---4--4----4-4-4-4--2--0---0---2-2-2-0--|
|--0-0-0-0--1--3---3---0--0----3-3-3-3--1--0---0---1-1-1-0--|
|--0-0-0-0--0--0-------0-------0-0-0-0--0--0-------0-0-0-0--|
|--0-0-0-0--2--4-------0-------4-4-4-4--2--0-------2-2-2-0--|
|--*-------------------0----0--------------0-----0----------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------| 
 
Riff 2
            
   ^  v  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  v  ^  v  ^  ^  ^ ^  ^  v  
|--3--3-----3-----3--3--3--3--3-----3----3--3--3--|
|--3--3-----3-----3--3--3--3--3-----3----3--3--3--|
|--3--------3-----3--3--3--3--------3----3--3--3--|
|--3-----3--3--3--3--3--3--3-----3--3--3-3--3--3--|
|--*-----0-----0-----------------0-----0----------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

Riff 3A                           Riff 3B   

   ^  v  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  v            ^  v  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  
|--4--4-----4-----4--4--4--|      |--4--4-----4--4--0--2--4--|
|--3--3-----3-----3--3--3--|      |--3--3-----3--3--3--3--3--|
|--2--------2-----2--2--2--|      |--2--------2--2--2--2--2--|
|--0-----0--0--0--0--0--0--|      |--0-----0--0--0--0--0--0--|
|--0-----0--0--0--0--0--0--|      |--0-----0--0--0-----------|
|--------------------------|      |--------------------------|

Riff 4

   ^  v  ^  v  ^  ^     ^     ^  v  ^  v  ^  v  ^  ^     ^     ^  v
|--3--3--3--3-----3-----3-----3--3--0--0--0--0-----0-----0-----0--0--|
|--1--1--1--1-----1-----1-----1--1--1--1--1--1-----1-----1-----1--1--|
|--2--2--2--2--2--2-----2-----2--2--0--0--0--0--0--0-----0-----0--0--|
|--3--3--3--3--3--3-----3-----3--3--2--2--2--2--2--2-----2-----2--2--|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0-----0-----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----0-----0--0--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff 5

   ^  ^  v    ^  ^  v    ^  ^  v    ^  ^  v    ^  v  ^  ^  ^   v  ^  v 
|--0--0--0----0--0--0----0--0--0----0--0--0----4--4-----4--4---4--4--4--|
|--0--0--0----1--1--1----3--3--3----5--5--5----3--3-----3--3---3--3--3--|
|--0--0--0----0--0--0----0--0--0----0--0--0----2--2-----2--2---2--2--2--|
|--0--0--0----2--2--2----4--4--4----5--5--5----0--0--0--0--0---0--0--0--|
|--0----------0----------0----------0--0--0----0-----0--0--0------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

   ^  ^  ^  ^  ^   v  ^  v  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^   v  ^  v  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^   v  ^  v 
|--2--4--5--4--0---0--0--0--2--4--5--4--0---0--0--0--2--4--5--4--0---0--0--0-|
|--1--3--3--3--3---3--3--3--1--3--3--3--3---3--3--3--1--3--3--3--3---3--3--3-|
|--0--0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---0--0--0-|
|--2--4--4--4--4---4--4--4--2--4--4--4--4---4--4--4--2--4--4--4--4---4--4--4-|
|--*-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

   ^  v  ^  ^   ^   v ^ v  ^  v  ^  ^  ^  ^   ^  v
|--4--4-----4---4---4-4-4--4--4-----4-----4---4--4--|
|--3--3-----3---3---3-3-3--3--3-----3-----3---3--3--|
|--2-----2--2---2---2-2-2--2-----2--2--2--2---2--2--|
|--0-----0--0---0---0-0-0--0-----0--0--0--0---0--0--|
|--0-----0--0---0----------0-----0--0--0--0---------|
|---------------------------------------------------|



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 B  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