Led Zeppelin - Black Dog Lyrics

Led Zeppelin Lyrics

"Black Dog"

Hey, hey, mama, said the way you move
Gonna make you sweat, gonna make you groove
Ah, ah, child, way you shake that thing
Gonna make you burn, gonna make you sting
Hey, hey, baby, when you walk that way
Watch your honey drip, I can't keep away

Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh, oh, oh
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh, oh, oh

I gotta roll, can't stand still
Got a flaming heart, can't get my fill
Eyes that shine burning red
Dreams of you all through my head

Ah-ah, ah-ah
Ah-ah, ah-ah
Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah

Hey, baby, oh, baby, pretty baby
Tell me would you do me now
Hey, baby, oh, baby, pretty baby
Move me while you groove me now

Take too long 'fore I found out
What people mean by down and out
Spent my money, took my car
Started telling her friend she' gon' be a star
I don't know, but I've been told
A big-legged woman ain't got no soul

Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh, oh, oh
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh, oh, oh

All I ask for, all I pray
Steady rolling woman gonna come my way
Need a woman gonna hold my hand
Won't tell me no lies, make me a happy man

Ah-ah, ah-ah
Ah-ah, ah-ah
Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah

Hey baby, pretty baby, oh baby
Hey baby, pretty baby, oh baby
Hey baby, pretty baby, oh baby

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Thanks to Matt, Larry, Bradley, Arizona, MItch Cooper for correcting these lyrics.

Writer(s): Robert Anthony Plant, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page

This song's title is a reference to a nameless strayed black retriever that ran around the Headley Grange (a mansion in Hampshire, England) during recording of the album. The retriever was old but still sexually active like the main character of the song, who has a desperate love desire.

For this song John Paul Jones wanted to use a winding riff and unusual rhythm changes that people could not dance to. Jones wrote the song's basic riff on the back of a train ticket on his way to a rehearsal at Jimmy Page's Pangbourne boathouse in 1968. The drums and guitar actually play completely different patterns.

A capella verses of this song were inspired by Fleetwood Mac's song "Oh Well". Jimmy Page performed "Oh Well" with The Black Crowes on their 1999 tour.

John Paul Jones wanted to try Electric Blues on this song. He got that idea after hearing Muddy Waters' album "Electric Mud" (1968). As a result "Black Dog" was an example of the blues-rock track on the album.

album: "Led Zeppelin IV" (1971)

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