Chords for Professor Wayne Guitar Class! "Looking At You" - The Solos

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So [F#] hi, it's Brother Wayne here with Brother [Bm] William.
_ _ _ And today we're going to take a look at the solo I played on the MC Fudge recording of
Looking at You.
This is the Atlantic Records [N] version of the solo.
There's a couple other ones around.
The original single is completely different.
And _ in point of fact, every time I've ever played the song, it is completely different.
That's the kind of way that we do it.
The idea was that I really wanted to show off and do something [Em] unique and special.
So this is what I think I did.
[E] I went_
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_ [F#] _ Close.
Not exactly right, but close enough.
So that's basically the movements of it.
I know you've worked on it a little bit.
So I'll just play the rhythm guitar part and you can give that a try.
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These solos are improvised, you know, so it's really however you feel it.
[Em] But the rest of it, you know, all this_ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [D] The idea [Em] is you're just building to a peak.
And in the arrangement [F] back then in the band, we knew that [F#] when I got that solo to that
point, both when_
If everyone was [F] listening to me and watching me, they'd know [F#] that that was going to be
where the song would break back down and Tyner would start the second verse.
So this [D] one, _ it's_
This is all Chuck Berry.
Stole everything I know from Chuck Berry.
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So it [B] starts with just this kind of E minor on the_
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I have a lot more gain on that solo, so the notes ring out longer.
But that's basically it.
It's a [Bm] lot of this.
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This_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [E] The trick, I think, there is just to [Em] keep your tempo.
Make sure you're on top of the beat [F#] and you're pushing it a little bit.
You're a little bit ahead of the beat on that.
[D] So you're really [F#] forcing those notes, [E]
forcing everything forward.
All right, Will.
So these flourishes [A] here, you just let them rip.
See what you can come up with them.
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_ [Em] _ [N] That's where we all start.
This is the part about playing the guitar that's not fun.
And it's not fun to listen to.
It's just [F#] you have to train your fingers to do the things [Gm] that you need them to do just
by [B] doing it over and over.
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[E] I mean, even I don't do it so great a lot of the time.
And I'm very_
_ _ [A] _ _ [Em] Yeah, you're not striking every note.
You're just striking the top note.
Yeah, and the finger carries the note. _ _ _ _ _ _
That's it.
[G] All right.
So this [Em] is just basically a _ _ _ compilation of the first two solos together.
[G#] It starts with this feedback here.
[D] _ [A] G.
_ F sharp. [B] F sharp.
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_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [E] Although trilling off into the [Em] sunset.
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_ _ _ [G] _ One thing that will help you is get more gain on your sound.
If you have more gain, [N] _
you'll get away from that kind of plunky tone and you'll get more
of that smooth distorted, which will actually make this stuff sound a little bit better.
Absolutely.
Okay.
So that's it.
We're going to meet up again in one week.
You're going to go rehearse.
Absolutely.
And we'll _ [G#] put part two on [Gm] _
a week from now.
_ Good luck. _
Happy trills.
[F#] Okay, here's_
I'm going to try to play the solos [E]
[B] uninterrupted.
So this will be a close-up on my hands. _ _ _ _
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_ _ Thanks, guys.
_ So, everybody, that's me being me.
Now, you be you. _