Chords for Breaking Down the Most Complex Guitar Solo

I wanted to break down this Carlos Rios solo that's from Brother 2 Brother.
It's
one of the most sophisticated rock solos that I've heard on a record ever.
It's
from 1978 and it's really difficult to play.
I had it in my top 20 rock guitar
solos of all time video and so I made a little breakdown video about it to kind
of explain what he's playing over the chord [E] changes that are really
sophisticated. _
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[F#m] Here it is.
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
[Bm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ [C] _ _ [D#] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ This is a really really difficult solo to play because it's all over the place.
There's a lot of bebop lines in it.
There's a lot of bends and things that
are kind of awkward for me to play.
It's really I think more [B] stylistically his
thing.
It starts here like this.
[E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A#] _ Really cool [B] choice there. _
[D] He's playing right over [Em] the
changes.
[D] _ _ [E] _ _
Then he goes up to octave.
_ _ [A] _ _ [G#]
[A] Here's where the bebop starts.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ That's an
[A] amazing line.
_ [G] _ [N] Where he goes right down playing [Dm] _ over D7 sharp 9 chord.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ [G] That's over [E] G
major 7. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D#] _
[N] That's another really weird set of bends.
And then here's the next cool
line.
This is an altered line.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G#] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[A#] _ _ Really [G] tricky.
And then _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] [Bm] he's outlining that B
minor chord. _ _ _
[D] Then [C#] this _ [E] part is great.
[C#] _ [F] _ _ [C#] _ [F] _ _ _ [E]
Really [C#] really [F] so _ _ _ [N] _
_ hard to conceive of
this and to play it and then executing it is even more difficult.
But this is
really a classic solo that you probably have never heard before.
But Gino
Vanelli, Carlos Rios playing the solo on Brother 2 Brother.
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