These three songs are great for any guitar player to know because drummers love these three songs. John Bonham had very interesting drum beats for these songs so when you do a gig, a lot of times people want to hear Led Zeppelin and drummers are familiar with these songs. Unfortunately I have seen a lot of guitar players mess up on these easy tunes so lets go over them in a little more detail. I use a different distortion effect on each track to try and get as close to Jimmy Page as possible, but I don't own a Gibson Les Paul so using a Fender Stratocaster you want to make sure you get the right effect that cuts through. Later in a future post I will go over the guitar solos for these songs.

Rock and Roll by Led Zeppelin

This is a simple version of how to play "Rock and Roll" by Led Zeppelin. A few things to look out for are the intro where you start on the 1& and play the A once not twice like your brain wants you to do, also notice how I use down strokes for the rhythm. Second, after the pull off on the third fret go straight to the tritone on the 12th fret. Last make sure to palm mute the G string and let the A chord ring out, same on the D but be sure to only play the D and G strings for the open power chord in D. You can use the third finger on the B string if you want because it is the D chord and you will see that on the next post.

Watch how my thumb mutes the E string when I let the D open power chord ring out.

Good Times Bad Times by Led Zeppelin

This is an easy song to follow and should be pretty straight forward. The main thing for this song is getting the right distortion setting so it doesn't over power the tone. The great thing about this song are the drums and the vocals, but the guitar is important too. This is one of many classic Jimmy Page guitar riffs

Kashmir by Led Zeppelin

This is a simple version of how to play the first and second part of the song. Remember to tune the E string to a low D first. Then when you play the progression be sure to stop the strings from vibrating on the last strum of each triad so the empty silence breaks up each new movement, then play the low D right after, and start the next chord. Start the progression using your pinky finger on the A string 5th fret, D string open, and first finger on the G string second fret. Switch to the third finger on the A string on the next chord and move up a half step on the G string for each new triad. The second part be sure to let the D string ring out so hit the top 4 strings for the descending triads. That's all you need to do