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The best song John Lennon ever wrote, and arguably the greatest Beatles song. Well, there are a LOT of goodies to unpack here… First, the guitars. As followers of my Instagram account have already seen (follow me at !), there are indeed 3 guitar parts in “In My Life” – 1. A buried “ghost” guitar plucking random E, A, and G notes throughout the song on the high E and G strings. This was revealed in the isolated Beatles Rock Band tracks – listen for yourself: 2. The “lead” guitar – this is the guitar playing the intro riff, and the most audible guitar throughout the song. I’m theorizing that George is playing this part on the Stratocaster, using his Chet Atkins picking style to pluck the intro with his fingers (and striking those open low-E notes with a pick). 3. If you listen VERY closely, beneath George’s guitar, you can distinctly hear another guitar, which I STRONGLY believe is John playing a Strat with a capo on the
