Description
Notes From John
BPM = 116. A pickup slides into steady eighth-note roots for the intro. The choruses ride those same eighths. The first verse switches to a choppier figure with rests between the notes. The second verse moves up the neck around the eighth fret, and the song ends on a single low F.
For the player
This is the 2007 Holiday Collection cut. The line is about patience more than flash. Most of the song is even eighths on the roots, so the time has to stay steady. The first verse thins out, and the space matters as much as the notes. The higher fills are short, so serve the riff, don’t thicken it. At BPM = 116 the job is the feel.
