John McLaughlin's "In My Life" solo


By Sandy Freeze a.k.a.: guitalife

In My Life 12-String Solo
 This transcription,is the single 12-string guitar solo of the
 song "In My Life", from the album "Inner Worlds " by John McLaughlin 
and the Mahavishnu Orchestra. 
 (The opening dual-12-string cadenzi are something else!)
 Bar 8 has 29-some notes over 3 beats(,,,) breathe deep...

 The solo is based on a D Ma7_GMa7_D Ma7_GMa7 sequence over
                        4/4___4/4__4/4____3/4 cycle 
 It is a 16 bar solo based on the changes printed here,
__In My Life___'Inner Worlds' 12 -string SOLO
E|r2  |r2  |r2  |r2 |E   E|------------------------k7K9k10K12k14|E
B|a2  |a0  |a2  |a0 |B   B|-------------------k7K10k12------HIGH|B
G|m2  |m0  |m2  |m0 |G   G|--------------k7K9K11----------------|G
D|K0  |K0  |K0  |K0 |D   D|----------k7K9-----------------------|D
A|DMa7|GMa7|Dma7|GM7|A*  A|LOW---k7K9---------------------------|A
E|,,,,|,,,,|,,,,|,,,|E   E|K5k7k10------Range Of Solo-----------|E
  _____4/4______|3/4| 
 These are rudimentary "one-finger" chords.GMa7 may be GMa7/A *

Note the use of Dmajor R_2_3_5_6_Oct_9...pentatonic pattern,first soloing over both
chords adding to the GMajor bars a 2_3_5_6_7_9 scalar flavour (G tonic-less,at that).
Then McLaughlin adds the scalar 7th C#, scale tone on G, Lydian #11th.

               ______IN MY LIFE_____
     turnaround to  SOLO
  XII      IX        In    My--y   Life                              
E|15|12 -- -- -- ----|,---,---,---,---|,,,,---|,---,---,---,---|,,,,|E
B|13|12 13 12 -- ----|r3----r3--r2--r0|++++---|----------------|----|B
G|--|-- 12 9+ 12 9+--|a2----a4--a2--a1|++++---|9s11++"+++"+++"+|+---|G
D|--|-- -- -- 12 10--|m3----m4--m2--m2|++++-7-|----------------|----|D
A|--|-- -- -- -- ----|K1--------------|-------|----------------|----|A
E|;-|,- -- ,- -- ,---|------K3--K2--K0|+++,---|----------------|----|E
  &  1  &  2  &  3    BbM7  GM7 F#-7EM 1234 &   /DM7 4/4       GM7 4/4
                                           SOLO/Bar 1          Bar 2
                     
E|,---,---,---,---|,---,,|,---,---,---,---,---|,---,---,---7107--|E
B|------7--------7|------|----( 3)------------|----------710---10|B
G|----79-7-----79-|7-----|----791197--97------|--------79--------|G
D|--79----9--79---|-97+++|--79------97--97----|------79----------|D
A|----------------|------|----------------97++|----79------------|A
E|----------------|(GM7)-|--------------------|,---,---,---,-*--*|E
  Bar 3 DM7 4/4   Bar4 3/4 Bar 5 DM7 4/4       Bar 6 GM7  4/4           
                                           
E|,(___6___),(___6___), - - - -,- |E
B|-10 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - |B
G|7 - -9-7- - 9 7 - - - - - - - - |G
D|- - - - 9 7 - -9-7- - - - - - - |D
A|- - - - - - - - - 9 7 - - - - - |A
E|- - - - - - - - - - - 10-7- 5 - |E
  BAR 7 DM7 4/4                   
                              
E|- - - - - - - - - - - - - 10 12 14 12-10 -12 10 - - - - - - - - - |E
B|- - - - - - - - - - -10 12- - - - - - - 12- - -12 10- - - - - - - |B
G|- - - - - - - 7 9 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 9 7 - - - - |G
D|- - - - - 7 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 7 - - |D
A|- - - 7 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -97 - |A
E|5 7 10- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |E
  BAR 8 GM7 3/4                                                         

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E|    |    |_{,9^10^9^10}4x_|9------------|E
B|    |    |----------------|-10-710107-10|B
G|    |    |----------------|-------------|G
D|rest|rest|----------------|-------------|D
A|    |    |----------------|-------------|B
E|,,,,|,,,,|,---,---,---,---|,---,-*--,---|E
 Bar9 Bar10 Bar11 1/16 ^trill Bar12

E|9109-----9109---------|------------------- - |E           
B|----10710----10710++7-|---7-------710{7^10}- |B           
G|---------------------9|+79-97---79------{9^7}|G           
D|----------------------|------979--------- - -|D           
A|----------------------|------(`3)-------- - -|A           
E|,-*--*,-*--*,-*--*,---|,---,-`--,---*,--- - -|E           
  Bar13 DM7 4/4         Bar14 GM7   4/4
                                                     'thank   you   for'
E|- - - - - - - - - - - |- - - - - - -7 10"""|1214""141214|E
B|- - - - - - - - - - - |- - - 7 10""" - - - | - - - - - -|B
G|9797 - - - - - - - - -|7 9"" - - - - - - - | - - - - - -|G
D|- - - 9797- - - - 79""|- - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - -|D
A|- - - - - - - 79"" - -|- - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - -|A
E|, - - , - - , - - , - |- - - - - - - - - - | - - - - -  |E
 Bar 15                  Bar 16
                       Are we there yet?
John McLaughlin's 12 string solo from In My life

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