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I Will Follow You Into The Dark – Key & Guitar Solo Scale

I Will Follow You Into The Dark by Death Cab for Cutie is in A minor. To solo over it, start with the A minor pentatonic; the A blues scale adds grit and the A natural minor adds melody.

The scale for soloing over I Will Follow You Into The Dark

e|---------------------5-8-|
B|-----------------5-8-----|
G|-------------5-7---------|
D|---------5-7-------------|
A|-----5-7-----------------|
E|-5-8---------------------|

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A Minor Pentatonic Scale on the whole neck

2 A minor licks to try over I Will Follow You Into The Dark

Box 1 licks from the JamEase lick library, written for A minor (h = hammer-on, p = pull-off, / = slide, b = bend, ~ = vibrato).

e|-----------------|
B|-----5-------5-8-|
G|-5-7---7-5-7-----|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|

e|-8p-5-----------------|
B|-------8p-5-----------|
G|-------------7p-5-----|
D|-------------------7--|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|

Listen: I Will Follow You Into The Dark

I Will Follow You Into The Dark – Death Cab for Cutie

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