Cars - Best Friends Girl - Slow Mo Tab Lead Solo

[NaYarB04]

1:14 i cant make it sound right

[utubeuser112358]

I've been trying to learn to solo more horizontally, and this video is SO helpful. Thank you much.

[natetheguitarkid]

will someone please post how to play the lead guitar riff at Here she comes again!!

[themeeting1]

Thanks buddy. Great solo. Not that I can play it ... yet:)

[benthemiester]

Elliot Easton was Berkley trained and it shows. One of my favorites creative players. Great job man. I could have sworn I saw him play it in E live.

[iamredoctober]

@userboy6 - The song is the in the Key of F. The I, IV and V chords, as you mentioned (F, Bb, and C). The way it's arranged, it similar to a blues form, except the aforementioned chords are major instead of dominant. Without really sitting down to transcribe & analyze the solo and harmony, it sounds like the solo is based on major pentatonic scales for each the IV & V chords (Bb maj pent and C maj pent) and then based an F minor pentatonic scale to finish the solo.

[bsobel3]

Thanks much for posting this. I've had a hard time with this for years because that whole rockabilly style is like sideways to me...if you get into the habit of doing traditional blue-type bends and double stops this is like another language;-) Thanks again!

[SimplyReg]

Awesome. Thanks for this - I've wanted to be able to play this solo since the late 70s. :D

[robhazelton]

the best copy I heard of the solo - !! quailty

[userboy6]

it sounds to me like the song is written in the key of F(F, Bb, C) and Elliots solo is in the minor third or key of Ab, any opinions?

[playguitarsolos]

@userboy6 Yes I think when I figured it out I remember considering doing it in F as well, as that seemed to be where it was. The signature lick though with the rolloffs sounds like something done with the open strings, so I tuned up and did it in E, figured maybe they were tuned up for that. Very likely it's in F though.. all you would have to do is play each note on the video up one fret, and you'd have it.

[zibianstein]

@playguitarsolos - it's not abnormal for a producer to speed up a mix to give it more energy. This was done on Bruce Springsteens 'born in the usa' final mix. maybe it's done here as well.

[zibianstein]

@playguitarsolos - it's not abnormal for a producer to speed up a mix to give it more energy. This was done on Bruce Springsteens 'born in the usa' final mix. maybe it's done here as well.

[213HBK]

So pissed, I had the full tab in a guitar mag but wasn't good enough to play the bit after the chorus and solo with the muted strings etc. I don't have the mag anymore and feel confident enough to give it a crack. So thanks for this and if anyone knows how to play that bit I would really appreciate it if they could provide.

[NaYarB04]

beautiful SG man

[1973flh]

Excellent work, and thanks!

[nvhearld]

consider this upload your good deed for the year

[ninja1018]

what do they tune it down a half step for this song or something?

[Guitarmonade]

@ninja1018 It's actually up a half step. You can either tune up or put a capo on the first fret and do everything relative to the capo.

[213HBK]

@ninja1018 In the recording it's actually played in standard tuning but the track is sped up making it up half a tone according to the guitar one magazine I had.

[adr1701]

Excellent! You saved me HOURS of work ... and you have it DOWN! Great Job and THANK YOU!

[luciskank]

@adr1701 Thats funny!LOL. I've had my focus on this guy,and he is a delight to watch!

[turntapzap]

Fantastic!

[Samhain35]

Be nice to have a line moving over the tab section to show where you are in the piece....good stuff.

[reissue]

Elliot? Hehe

[jeffxxx180]

awesome dude - thank you

[xenafan40]

Perfect

now the rest of us can learn it properly

[clippermuso]

Thanks for posting this. I've only ever seen this tabbed accurately once in a guitar mag years ago and really regretted not buying it at the time. You nailed it note perfect. Nice going.

[geraldcaine]

Sounds perfect man!!!!

[davestheman311]

Thank you

[Guitarmonade]

So this is actually tuned a half step up?

[Guitarmonade]

Yeah, guys, put a capo on fret 1 if you want this to sound right. You could actually tune each string up a half step, but be careful to not snap anything.

[redloks5]

probably not

[upst8]

Thanks so much, like a lot of Cars songs, I learned these solos kind of half-assed when they first came out, and have played them about 85% right all these years. Thanks to you I can get it correct.

[HuckleberrySlim]

wow just hearing this make me think all kinds of SRV thoughts. who knows maybe there was some influence

[doublechin324]

pease ive beeen looking everywhere and i cant find the guitar part after ha say "and she used to be mine" so if anyone saw an instructional vid or or tab (that sounds right) pleas message me the link

thnx in advance.

[ishredder]

I am also looking in vain for that tab. That part is based on a riff in the Beatles song called "I will" but I cannot find the tab for either after searching. And unfortunately I do not have the ear to decipher that simple pielce.

[blackstrat26]

Paul McCartney sings the bass line in "I will" cool right?

[Trex100]

bless you for this. always loved this solo. now I can work on it!!!

[ZYVZX]

Try guitar pro, you'll learn it in no time.

Costs money to download the program, but it

works. If they have the music, you don't have

to do it by ear.

[Xplantdad]

Tom strikes again! I like the added tabs at the bottom as well!

I hope that you are doing well! I am going to be in your area over Labor Day weekend...

[guidlines]

How about putting up the Shake It Up solo by the Cars.

[Zeleii]

Dude seriously...thanks for this... helps people like me ;)

But if a band ever needs someone to cover for one of thier guitarists... they should call you