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This
track has many over dubs on it. That's sort of the point of it, because it
wouldn't be much of a Boston Style lesson if it didn't. I have divided and
color coded each Guitar part. See my explanation below.
Guitar 1: All main
Guitar parts, this is what 1 guitar in a live setting would probably play.
(BLACK)
Guitar 2:
Harmonized leads, this is the background guitar. This guitar part is
complimentary to Guitar 1 in most cases. (BLUE)
Guitar 3:
Rare, I really did this with 2 Guitars to keep it workable as a lesson, if
applicable it will be the color. (GREEN)
Intro part 1
On
Acoustic guitar if possible or clean electric
Guitar 1: Use a pick for this and be very loose with it.
No effects on the acoustic Guitar. Just some light reverb.
A
Gsus2/A
D/A
A5
E__________________________________________________________________
B___________10--sl dwn--_______8--sl dwn--________7--sl
dwn--__________________
G________9_________________7--sl dwn--________7--sl
dwn--_______2--sl up--_____
D_____7________________________________4_____________2__2--sl up--_____
A__0____________________0___________0______________0_______________
E__________________________________________________________________
Line above repeats with only
minor variation several times.
Meanwhile Guitar 2 is doing
space noises
Guitar 2: Space noises are done with heavy reverb, delay and slide,
see video for help.
E_______________________________________________
B_______________________________________________
G_________________////_______space noises_________
D________________________////___________________
A__0~~~ let ring_________________________________
E_______________________________________________
Intro part 2
Guitar 1:
Guitar 1 is picking a pattern with a clean guitar sound and Flanger and Chorus
are in use. Flanger settings aren't given in the setting table at the top
of the page because the best sounding Flanger I could find for this Boston type
sound was the piece of junk Flanger that's built into my Crate GFX 212. I
just turned the knob to Flanger and set the level at 5.5 and kept all of my
other effect on with the settings give earlier.
C#m
A maj7
E_____________________________________4~________
B______________5-4_______________________________
G________6__________6_____________6_____________
D_____6_____6__________6_______6________________
A__4________________________0___________________
E_______________________________________________
B
C#5
E5 B/Eb
E____________________________________________________
B___________4-5_4____________________________________
G________4________4____________6_____6______________
D_____4______________4______6_____6_________9__9____
A__2_____________________4_______________4---7__6____
E____________________________________________________
A sus2 A
E
E________________________________________________
B___________0-2__________________________________
G________2_______2__________________0-1__________
D_____2______________________2___________2_______
A__0______________________2_____2___________2____
E______________________0_________________________
B
Bm7/A
E_____________________________________________________
B______________4________________________4_____________
G________4________4_____4_________4________4_____4____
D_____4_____4________4_________4_____4________4_______
A__2________________________0_________________________
E_____________________________________________________
A
A maj7
E____________________________4~_________________
B______________2_________2______________________
G________2________2_____________________________
D_____2_____2________2_____________>> into kick in_
A__0____________________________________________
E_______________________________________________
Guitar 2: Guitar 2 is doing a melodious lead
over the picked chord pattern above. Heavy reverb is used as is some light
delay and chorusing.
E_______________________________________________
B_14~_____12~___12-14__9~_____5~__4~___2~_____
G_______________________________________________
D_______________________________________________
A_______________________________________________
E_______________________________________________
Ending part going
back upward
E___________________________________________________________
B__4_5~____7~____9~___10~~hold note and pull off_-9~~___>>into
kick in__
G___________________________________________________________
D___________________________________________________________
A___________________________________________________________
E___________________________________________________________
Main
harmonized theme riff / Kick in
Couple things to
remember here. First off, Guitar 1's part can stand alone. Guitar
2's part will sound nothing like the track and even a little bad all by itself.
This is because it's an accompaniment and not actually the main riff.
A harmonizer wouldn't
work for this simply because not all of the notes are harmonized off the 3rd and
harmonizers have set rules they must follow. If you were to set it for the
key of E Major and tell it to harmonize off the 3rds, you would not come up with
this riff. You would actually need to alter this riff to suit the
harmonizer. That's more of a headache than just recording two guitar parts
or utilizing the two guitars that may be in your band.
I purposely arranged
this riff this way for lesson purposes. Didn't want anyone cheating and
using a harmonizer.
Guitar 1: This riff can
stand alone and is the riff as I recorded it the first time around before I
overdubbed in the harmonized Guitar 2.
E
B
C#m
G#m
E__________________________________________________________
B_____________9_10_9-10-9_____9____________________________
G__4---9~_11~_____________11_____11___________8_9_8________
D____________________________________11~__11________11____
A__________________________________________________________
E__________________________________________________________
F#m
B
E
B
C#m
E______________________________________________________________________________
B____________________________________________________9_10_9-10-9_____9_________
G__11^1>release_11__9__8~__6__8__9^1/2~_9^1/2~_8__9~_11~____________11_____11_____
D__________________________________________________________________________11~_
A______________________________________________________________________________
E______________________________________________________________________________
G#m
F#m
B
E________________________________________________________________
B______________________12__14____________________________________
G_____8_9_8________13__________11~___________9__14______________
D____________11______________________7-----11_________13_14_______
A________________________________________________________________
E________________________________________________________________
E5 E6 E5
E6 E5
E6 E5
E6 E5
E_____________________________________________________________
B_____________________________________________________________
G_____________________________________________________________
D__9_9_ 11__ 9____9_9__ 11_ 9______9_9_ 11__ 9____9_9__ 11_ 9_____
A__7_7__7___7____7_7___7__7______7_7__7___7____7_7___7__7_____
E_____________________________________________________________
Guitar
2: This riff is the harmonized accompaniment
riff. It sounds horrible on its own, but when paired and played with
the riff above at exactly the same time, it makes a nice harmony.
This
harmonization is primarily off of the 3rds, BUT I have in spots forgone the 3rd
in favor of what might seem like other notes. But in fact are really just
reversed versions of the 3rd. For instance when Guitar 1 is doing a C#,
Guitar 2 is doing an E. C# is the 6th of the E, but E is the minor 3rd of
the C#. I'll explain on the video but it has more to do with chord shapes
than anything else.
**Tip** If I were going to do
this with my harmonizer instead of playing the 2 guitar parts. I would
clean up Guitar 1's part so that everything Guitar 2 would have to do would be a
3rd. This would allow the harmonizer to do its job. The drawback to
that is that both versions of the riff would sound like crap by themselves.
You would actually need to have the harmonizer on to make it sound good.
The way I've done it here. You can be one guitar in a live setting and get
away with playing Guitar 1's part as a stand alone with no harmonizer.
E___________________________________________________
B_______________5_7_5-7-5____5__________________5____
G__2------6~_8~____________8____8__9~__9__4_6_4______
D___________________________________________________
A___________________________________________________
E___________________________________________________
E_________________________________________________________________________
B___________________________________________________5_7_5-7-5____5________
G_8^1/2>release_8__6__4__2__4__6^1/2~__6^1/2~__4__6~_8~___________8_____8__9~_
D_________________________________________________________________________
A_________________________________________________________________________
E_________________________________________________________________________
The ending portion of Guitar
2 switches to 1 octave below Guitar 1. Starting with the note highlighted
in Yellow below.
E___________________________________________________
B___________5_______________________________________
G____4_6_4___________4__6_______________2___________
D_________________6________4~________2_____1__2~___
A_______________________________---4_________________
E___________________________________________________
Verse and
bridge section
This is just good old fashion
Rock and roll. This what Boston does for the most part during their rhythm
sections. They are a good time rock and roll band, just like the very
first track on their very first album says they are.
I'm not going to tab all of
this but I will give you the basic chord pattern below.
F#5
B
Bsus4
B Bsus4 B
E_______2___4_4_4________________________________
B_______2___5_5_5___4________5_5__5__4__5__4_____
G___________________4________4_4__4__4__4__4_____
D__4________________4________4_4__4__4__4__4_____
A__4________________2___2x_______________________
E__2_____________________________________________
F#5
B B5
Bsus4
B Bsus4 B
E_______2__5_4_5_4_______________________________________
B_______2__5_5_5_5__4_______________5__5__5__4__5__4_____
G___________________4_______________4__4__4__4__4__4_____
D__4________________4___4x_4_4_4_4__4__4__4__4__4__4_____
A__4________________2___2x_2_2_2_2_______________________
E__2_____________________________________________________
Bridge
x's = the number of times to drive the
chord.
A5
E5
B5
E___________________________________________________
B___________________________________________________
G__2_________________________4__4___________________
D__2_________________________4__4___________________
A__0__x_x_x_x_x_x__2_________2______________________
E__________________0_x_x_x_x________________________
A5
E5
B5
E___________________________________________________
B___________________________________________________
G__2_________________________4__4___________________
D__2_________________________4__4___________________
A__0__x_x_x_x_x_x__2_________2______________________
E__________________0_x_x_x_x________________________
A5
E5
B5
E5
E_____________________________________________________________
B_____________________________________________________________
G__2__________________________________________________________
D__2_________________________________4_______________9________
A__0__x_x_x_x_x_x__2_________________4_______________9________
E__________________0_x_x_x_x_x_x_x___2_x_x_x_x_x_x___7________
Theme Riff #2
This one is
exactly the same as theme riff #1 but it's doubled in length.
The only thing
that differs is the ending of it. At the end just hit an open Position E
chord and let it ring.
From the make
space effect noises and go into the outro chord pattern, and outro soloing that
is tabbed below.
Outro chord pattern
This is all
Guitar 1, and it's done with a pick and a mild over drive setting on your
Electric GEETAR. The actual chord pattern that Boston does is similar but
off of a D and not an E as I'm doing it. It's a classic chord pattern for
this band and they actually use it on several songs.
E
E7 <not Em7 as I say on
the video
E________________________________________________
B________5____5_______________3_____3____________
G__________4____4_____4__________4_____4_____4___
D_____2____________2______2_______________2______
A________________________________________________
E__0_____________________________________________
A
E
E_________5_____5______________________________________________
B____________5_____5_______2__________5_____5__________________
G________________________________________4_____4_____4_________
D_____2________________2__________2_______________2______repeat_
A__0___________________________________________________________
E______________________________________________________________
The two lines
above repeat as Guitar 1 throughout the rest of the song.
The very ending
of the song is tabbed below just to keep this chord pattern together.
E
E7
E________________________________________________
B________5____5_______________3_____3____________
G__________4____4_____4__________4_____4_____4___
D_____2____________2______2_______________2______
A________________________________________________
E__0_____________________________________________
Retard, or slow down the
portion below.
A
E sus4/A E
E________________5____________________________________
B___________________5_____2______5____5_______________
G________2_____________2_________4____4_______________
D_____2_____2____________________2____2_______________
A__0_____________________________0____2_______________
E_____________________________________0_______________
Outro Soloing
ALL SOLOING IS OVER THE OUTRO CHORD PATTERN GIVEN ABOVE !!
There are up to
4 guitar parts below. I will focus on 3 main ones simply because the 4th
is something I threw in as a thickener for Guitar 1.
Guitar 2's and or 3's parts are color
coded and are below guitar 1. If all you want to do is Guitar 1 then just
play the Black TAB. All soloing below is separated into the sections of
soloing that you hear on the mp3. This should be very easy to read but
just the same I'll walk you through it on the video lesson of course.
Guitar 1: Opening soloing section.
Guitar 1, 2 and 3 are all played at the exact same time.
E_______________________________________________________19^1_19^1__17________
B___________17_19_17~_______17_19^1>release_19-17_____17~________________19_17~_
G__16_16-18____________16-18___________________18____________________________
D___________________________________________________________________________
A___________________________________________________________________________
E___________________________________________________________________________
Guitar 2:
E_______________________________19^1>release_19-17__________19^1_19^1__17________
B___________17_19_17~_______17_________________19_17~________________19_17~_
G__16_16-18____________16-18_________________________________________________
D___________________________________________________________________________
A___________________________________________________________________________
E___________________________________________________________________________
Guitar 3
E____________________________________________________________
B____________________________________________________________
G____________________________________________________________
D___________14_16_14~_______14_16^1>release_16-14_____17~_______
A__14_14-16____________14-16___________________16____________
E____________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
Guitar 1
E__________________________19^1>>_19^1>>__19^1>>__19^1_19_17__19^1_19_17_________
B___________17_19_17~_____________________________________________________19_17~_
G__16_16-18_______________________________________________________________________
D_________________________________________________________________________________
A_________________________________________________________________________________
E_________________________________________________________________________________
Guitar 2
E______________________________________
B___________17_19_17~__________________
G__16_16-18_____________________________
D_______________________________________
A_______________________________________
E_______________________________________
Guitar 3
E___________________________________
B___________________________________
G___________________________________
D___________14_16_14~______________
A__14_14-16________________________
E__________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
DRUMS ENTER HERE!!
Guitar 1
E__________________________________________________________
B_______________________________________________17~__19^1__
G________16~__18--sl dwn--___________16_____16_________________
D_16--18___________________16--18_____18_____18_____________
A__________________________________________________________
E__________________________________________________________
E_19^1~__19^1~__19^1>>slight
release__17________________
B_________________________________19_17~________
G_______________________________________________
D_______________________________________________
A_______________________________________________
E_______________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
Guitar 1: Little Mixolydian
mode comes into play here. It's the D on the 15th fret 2nd string that
gives this a Mixolydian feel.
E___________17__16-17-16______16_17__________17_16-17-16____16_17_________17______
B__17~__17_______________17_________15~__17____________17_______14~__17____13~__
G________________________________________________________________________________
D________________________________________________________________________________
A________________________________________________________________________________
E________________________________________________________________________________
Guitar 2: Harmonized
1 octave lower
E____________________________________________________________________________
B____________________________________________________________________________
G__________14_13-14-13____13_14_________14_13-14-13____13_14_________14_______
D__14~_14_____________14_______12~__14____________14_______11~__14____10~___
A____________________________________________________________________________
E____________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
Guitar 1
E______19^1__19^1__19^1__19^1__19^1_19^1____19^1>>slow
release>>__
B__17______________________________________________________
G__________________________________________________________
D__________________________________________________________
A__________________________________________________________
E__________________________________________________________
Guitar 2:
E___________________________________________________________
B______19^1__19^1__19^1__19^1__19^1_19^1____19^1>>slow
release>>__
G__________________________________________________________
D__________________________________________________________
A__________________________________________________________
E__________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
Guitar 1
E______________________________________________________
B_______9_10_12__12-14-12____15-12_14-12_15-12_15^1~____
G_7---9___________________14____________________________
D______________________________________________________
A______________________________________________________
E______________________________________________________
E_____19^1_19^1~__17_19_17_______________________
B_17_______________________17~__________________
G_______________________________________________
D_______________________________________________
A_______________________________________________
E_______________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
Guitar 1
E____________________________________________________________________________
B___________17_19_17~_______17_19^1>release_19-17_____17~_______________________
G__16_16-18____________16-18___________________18_______18_16________________
D_____________________________________________________________19_18~________
A___________________________________________________________________________
E___________________________________________________________________________
Guitar 2:
E_______________________________19^1>release_19-17_______________________________
B___________17_19_17~_______17_________________19_17~___17~_16__14__12~____
G__16_16-18____________16-18_________________________________________________
D___________________________________________________________________________
A___________________________________________________________________________
E___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
Drums stop here song begins to end
Guitar 1
E_______________________________________________________19^1_19^1__17_19_____
B___________17_19_17~_______17_19^1>release_19-17_____17~___________________17~_
G__16_16-18____________16-18___________________18____________________________
D___________________________________________________________________________
A___________________________________________________________________________
E___________________________________________________________________________
Guitar 2:
E_______________________________19^1>release_19-17___________________________17_19_____
B___________17_19_17~_______17_________________19_17~__19^1_19^1________17~_
G__16_16-18____________16-18_________________________________________________
D___________________________________________________________________________
A___________________________________________________________________________
E___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
Final ending harmonized lead
Guitar 1
E_______________________________________________
B_______________________________________________
G__18_16________________________________________
D________19_18~_________________________________
A_______________________________________________
E_______________________________________________
Guitar 2
E_______________________________________________
B__17~_16__14__12~______________________________
G_______________________________________________
D_______________________________________________
A_______________________________________________
E_______________________________________________
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