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The Rover
– originally from Physical Graffiti

The Rover is a song that Zeppelin never played live in its entirety, although, some of the riffs were used as an intro for their live performances of Sick Again in 1977. They did, however, play the song in its entirety during a sound-check July, 6, 1973 at Chicago Stadium which
has been heard as a bootleg. I played Freddie's red Les Paul Studio and ran it through a borrowed '79 JMP Marshall head. Our version accurately represents the orchestrated 'guitar army' of the original album, but with a faster, more energetic tempo, reminiscent of the Zeppelin sound-check.

Lyrics

I've been to London, seen seven wonders I know to trip is just to fall
I used to rock it, sometimes I'd roll it
I always knew what it was for

There can be no denying, that the wind'll shake 'em down
And the flag we're flying, is the new flag of the land

In fields of plenty, when heaven sent me
I saw the kings who rule them all
Still by the firelight and purple moonlight I hear the rested rivers call

And the wind is crying, from a love that won't grow cold
My lover, she is lying, on the dark side of the globe
If we could just join hands, if we could just join hands
If we could just join!

You got me rocking when I ought to be rolling
Darling, tell me, darling, which way to go
Keep me rocking, baby, then keep me rollin'
Won't you tell me, darling, which way to go, that's right

Oh how I wonder, oh how I worry, and I would dearly like to know
I've all this wonder, of earthly plunder, will it leave us anything to show

And our time is flying, see the candle burning low
Is the new world rising, from the shambles of the old
If we could just, if we could just, if we could just
If we could just, if we could just join hands
That's all it takes, that's all it takes
That's all it takes, that's all it takes