Am I playing this Byrds intro correctly?

[Marty Beal]

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This is the intro to You're Still On My Mind by The Byrds. At least... I think it is. I'm trying to figure out if I've heard the notes correctly and placed them right. At first, I thought I was hearing more notes, but I think most of it is only 2 notes at a time.

Sorry for the poor tab attempt... it's missing some grace notes and slides and stuff!

Thanks very much!

Marty

[Tommy Mc]

Marty, I really like this song, so it was fun trying to work out the intro....as well as much needed ear training. I spent a lot of time listening closely trying to hear not only the exact notes, but how they were voiced/attacked. Slowing it down in Audacity helped a lot. Here's what I came up with. There are certainly other ways to hit the same notes, so this is probably completely different positions from where JD played it. Still, I think the notes are correct.

Here's an audio clip of my humble interpretation of the tab.
https://soundcloud.com/tommymc-4/youre- ... mind-intro

[Graham]

This is how Ricky Davis tabbed it out some few years ago for our Rebelâ„¢,Ricky & Jeff website.

Your still on my Mind/Intro/Key of A/E9th pedal steel
(Intro over the 5 chord(E)ends on 1 chord(A)
[tab]
1.______________|_________________|________________|
2.______________|_________________|________________|
3.______________|_________________|_7b_~9b_7b~~__5b|
4.______________|_10~~~~~~9~__7~~~|______________5~|
5.____7a__10~10a|_10a~10~~9~__7~7a|_7a_~9__7~7a____|
6._7b___________|_________________|________________|
7.______________|_________________|________________|
8.______________|_________________|________________|

1._________________|______________________
2._5~____________5~|__________________5___
3._5b___~7b__5b__5b|_5____~7b__5b~5___5__5
4.______~7___5_____|_5____~7___5~~~~_____5
5.____5____________|___5__________________
6._________________|______________________
7._________________|______________________
8._________________|______________________
[/tab]

[Marty Beal]

Awesome! That helps a bunch.

Thanks to you both.

[Clete Ritta]

What a great tune! I gotta listen to the whole album again now.
Tommy, I thinks yours is right, except the beginning of the 3rd bar is like Ricky's: [tab]
1.|___________________|
2.|___________________|
3.|_7b_~9b_7b~~__5b~~_|
4.|______________5~5L_|
5.|_7a_~9__7~7a_____5_|
6.|___________________|
7.|___________________|
8.|___________________|
[/tab]
(I added the 5L and string 5 at the end which wasn't in his tab but was in yours).
I definitely hear that 5th string staying on the same note and couldn't get it till I saw Rickys tab here, so simple!.

The very end I hear like this (though its very hard to hear that first slide and its almost out of tune in a way):
[tab]
1.|__________________|
2.|__________________|
3.|___5~6___5~~~~5___|
4.|___5~6R__5~5L~5___|
5.|_5________________|
6.|__________________|
7.|__________________|
8.|__________________|
[/tab]

Great job Tommy, thank you. And thanks Graham and Ricky for the answer!

[Mark Hershey]

I have always wondered about a part in this song at 1:35 or so it sounds like some unison bends right at the end of the lead. Does anyone have any idea how they pull that off? Is it done on a steel or is that the guitarist jumping in?

[Tommy Mc]

Mark, here's how I hear the 2nd solo. I think the unison part is done using the C pedal on 4th string with the 1st string in unison. As long as you're using the C pedal, it kind of makes sense to play the first part on the B&C pedals, although the same lick can be done (and feels more natural to me) on A&B. I tabbed out what I think I hear both ways.



You could also play it like this using A&B pedals.



In either case, you want to end up on the 5th fret because there's an ending tag (that I didn't tab) that's played on the 7th and 6th strings using the A pedal. Anyway, I think all the elements are here to mix and match however it works best for you.

(Note: edited tab 6/5)