Buckingham Green Solo Guitar Tab

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Buckingham green lead break

The rest of the song has been well tabbed by jeff Coleman.

This is one of my favorite solos, and I just had to learn itThis is the first tab I've 
written so the notation and use of commas is haphazard.  listen to the record.

N.B. The song on the record is about half a note lower than perfect pitch, just to make 
it hard to play along!!

E -----------------------------------------------------------------15-------------------------15--------------|
B---------------------------------------8---10----9~~~------15(b17)--(17b)15-13-----13--15(b17)--(17b)15--13--|
G-9-7-------------5--7--(5)---(7)--9--10--------------(9)------------------------14---------------------------|
D ----10--9--7-------------(7)--------------------------(9)---------------------------------------------------|
A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


e-----------------------------------17-15-14--------------------------------------------14-15-14---------------|
b------13-15b------13------13-15b-----------17-16-15--13-15b-po 13-15------15---------------------15-----------|
g---14---------14------14----------------------------------------------------------------------------12p11-----|
d----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------12--|
a--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


E----------------------------------------------------12b1312--10--12--13--12-16---12---------------------------|
B-----------------13-h-15-13--------------12--13-15----------------------------------12----12------------------|
G---------12--14--------------14--12--14-------------------------------------------------13-----14 slide down--|
D-12-/-14------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


have fun with that-

Leigh Hewitt, Melbourne.
"there ain't nothing like a friend who can tell you you're just pissing in the wind" -
Neil Young, Ambulance blues

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Brad Lead Player	#1 by Brad Vincent at Feb 9, 1971 at 2:49 AM EST
	you are all missing the point completely. if Gene and Dean saw how you all were seriously analyzing the lyrics they'd be laughing out loud. the song is an obvious take on late 70's to early 80's prog-rock ala early-Genesis/ELP/King-Crimson with just a touch of Ozzie and two toes over the line into early Iron Maiden territory. What makes the song hilarious is that it lampoons this genre to a T by spewing out overly dramatic, yet completely meaningless lyrics, for all of one verse... then spirals off into the most maudlin, drawn out guitar solo accompanied by tympany and strings... then brings you back for a conclusion of a merely one more verse, while giving you the sensation that some all-important, massively built-up saga is finally coming to a close. The suggestions of Fleetwood Mac and LSD may or may not have some relevance to the choice of words.. but even if, they are merely a subtext to the overall theme I have described.. merely a means to an ends.

No Picture Randy Wanna Be	#2 by Randy Burden at Mar 25, 1979 at 12:29 PM EST
	Cool song, but it's a poor man's Argus

No Picture pat Wanna Be	#3 by pat smear at Jul 7, 1979 at 8:53 PM EST
	I gotta call BS on the LSD thing. This song is old, real old, there is a demo of it in circulation on the interweb. In that version it has a long story in the song about a small dwarf bringing gifts to the child of eye. The song may have been LSD inspired but definitly NOT about LSD itself. Buckingham Green was a small run-down strip mall located in the area Ween grew up in. Think about that.

No Picture Thomas Average	#4 by Thomas Reuter at Apr 28, 1983 at 9:42 AM EST
	I don't agree with the idea that it's about acid, or even inspired by acid. Gene and Dean Ween admit to doing lots of drugs, but I don't think that's really the truth (well, other than pot, maybe, but what's so wrong with that?). :) The Ween boys are just two brilliant people, Gene with his wonderful lyrics and Dean with this amazing guitar solo. It all just works well, no matter what the meaning is. Definitely my favorite Ween song of all time (and I've heard a ton of 'em!).

No Picture nick Average	#5 by nick coffeen at Sep 4, 1983 at 1:46 PM EST
	you dont think ween realy does drugs???! ... I have never heard more drugged up lyrics in my life

No Picture pat Wanna Be	#6 by pat smear at Apr 4, 1984 at 3:29 PM EST
	turning fire to steam, deffinately about smoking

No Picture LJ Average	#7 by LJ at May 12, 1986 at 11:21 AM EST
	i think this song is about peter green its a tribute to his guitar playing he played with fleetwood mac until he fliped out on acid lindsey buckingham replaced him

No Picture brent Rhythm Player	#8 by brent west at Jan 9, 1991 at 5:14 PM EST
	I do think it's very acid inspired (even if not about acid), even the guitar solo (wich is absolutely incredible, btw) has that hardcore-trippy sort of feel to it.

No Picture Alex Average	#9 by Alex P at May 8, 1994 at 3:41 AM EST
	The most meaningful lyrics can come out unconsciously this song is about how children with innocence can see things through with clarity.... the child without an eye is about how senstatoinalism blinds us to complete truths eventually her mother destroys her innocence by crying and explaing "right" from "wrong" justice doenst exist and its obvious that society has put on to many excessive restrictions ween started off as a joke band but evolved massively and any humorous things they put on reluctnatly and otherwise if they are funny its infrequent and its their insdie jokes they are very funny and clever and are amazing musicians, they did start off as a joke band but no more

No Picture Phillip Average	#10 by Phillip Nguyen at Jun 21, 1994 at 7:52 AM EST
	The child is female. Buckingham Green is a potent form of lsd.

No Picture GRIM Professional	#11 by GRIM at Dec 15, 2005 at 1:14 PM EST
	How can I be the first to comment on this song? This is one of my top 10 favorite songs of all time. I definitely see an English royaly thing going on here. Not just in the lyrics, but the music too, especially the drumming. I wonder if the child is Prince Charles and the mother is the Queen....