Ufo - Let It Roll - Guitar Solo Tab

Strangers in the Night (Live) [2008 Remaster]

1979 4:57

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About Let It Roll

Captured live on the 1979 UFO record "Strangers in the Night," "Let It Roll" is a straight-ahead Hard Rock workout that rewards any guitarist willing to dig into its feel. The song sits in A major in standard E tuning, so nothing exotic to set up before you play, but the real work is in matching the attitude and timing of the rhythm parts. Pay close attention to how the chord shapes are attacked: the groove depends on tight, percussive downstrokes rather than noodling, and sloppy timing will kill the energy immediately. The lead passages ask for confident bends and vibrato in the A minor pentatonic region, and that kind of expressive control takes repetition to lock in. Use the Practice Toolbar to loop any lead phrase slowed down until your bends land cleanly in pitch before you bring the tempo back up. Ufo were a tight live band, and that high standard is exactly what this track demands from you.

• The song is in A major with standard E tuning, so no retuning is needed and open-position A shapes are directly usable throughout.
• Tight, percussive rhythm guitar with well-controlled downstrokes is the backbone of the track, making right-hand discipline the key practice focus.
• Lead lines sit comfortably in the A minor pentatonic box, but accurate string bends and sustained vibrato are what separate a clean run from a convincing one.