Kent_x1

Nutball, Thanks for sharing your version, our versions are pretty close. After watching the video (starting at 2:11) some more I think your measure 35 & 36 is correct and I had it wrong. I'm wondering about your measure 37 & 38, do you think Tom is playing it differently in the video vs the album version? I'm not sure about 37 but 38 on the video looks/sounds different than what you have.

Time to dust off the thread one more time for the folks interested in the transcription part of it. I decided to finally learn the song and I'm not that good at playing by ear so I have been looking at the various you tube videos and like the other folks on this thread I have noticed how each tutorial has a little different transcription of the song. In searching for the best transcription I came across this thread and the handwritten transcription. I also came across a video of Tom Scholz playing the song solo! Check out this video, starting at 1:35 he goes into the song. At around 2:18 he goes into a variation that is not part of the original album version. For the parts between 1:35 - 2:18 I'm not 100% sure if he is playing it true to the album version but it sounds like it. This is my attempt at a transcription but like I said I'm not very good at playing by ear so if your hearing something different on the video of Scholz playing solo please comment. I've highlighted the areas that are different from other versions I've seen. It's not the entire song either, it's meant to convey what I'm hearing based on the Scholz video. Boston - Foreplay.pdf