" Nobody 's Fault but Mine " follows a call-and-response structure , with Page 's updated slide guitar adaptation . Page triple-tracked his guitar intro ; playing one guitar an octave higher than the others and using a phaser . Plant adds a blues-style harmonica solo mid-song . Drummer John Bonham and bassist John Paul Jones maintain the rhythm of the song , adding some syncopated accents during repetitions of the introductory phrase . Record producer Rick Rubin described the song 's structure as " A traditional blues , twisted through a trippy , psychedelic filter . They Led Zeppelin played with such precision , doing these odd arrangements that sound like loose jams but are really choreographed . " Beginning with the Led Zeppelin North American Tour 1977 , " Nobody 's Fault but Mine " became a regular component of Led Zeppelin concerts , with performances at nearly every show up to the group 's final tour of Europe in 1980 . A live version was filmed and recorded at Knebworth in 1979 and is included on the 2003 '' Led Zeppelin DVD '' . Their performance of the song with Jason Bonham at the Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert at the O2 Arena , London on December 10 , 2007 , was released in 2012 on the concert film '' Celebration Day '' . At the 2007 O2 performance , Plant joked that they first heard the song in a Mississippi church in 1932
tour of Europe
Tour Over Europe 1980
It's Nobody's Fault but Mine