Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby - Guitar Tutorial (4K) - Gibson J160e - Gretsch Tennessean

Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby was one of eight songs recorded during a nine-hour session on October 18, 1964. Because of there being such a tight deadline for the next LP, five of the fourteen tracks on the record were covers; all of which the group knew extremely well and therefore could knock out very quickly.

This song was done live in one take! Lennon on acoustic rhythm guitar, McCartney on bass, Starr on the kit and Harrison on lead guitar/vocals. Starr went in later and overdubbed a tambourine and Harrison double tracked his vocals during the choruses.

The session wrapped up at about 11:30pm and the group was to be off to Scotland the next day to resume their tour.

The mono mix of the song was done a few days later on October 21st and a stereo mix was done on November 4th.

THE GUITAR PARTS:

Lennon used Harrison's 1962 Gibson J160e to record the rhythm guitar. Other than just strumming through the chords, pay attention to these few things.
At 0:57, instead of playing the walk up line in unison with Harrison like he does the rest of the verses, he plays straight through an open E chord.
At 1:09 and 1:26, Lennon plays a eighth-note triplet + quarter note figure (1+a 2). Once going into the second solo and once again at the top of the form.

Harrison used his 1963 Gretsch Tennessean for the lead. George just plays figures around the A E and B7 chords in the verses. Once again, nothing flashy at all.
For the first part of the first solo, he picks the notes of an E9 chord with the b string open (X-7-6-7-0-7) and an A9 with the b string open (X-12-11-12-0-12)
At 1:09, he plays an E7#9 chord with a B in the root instead of an E (7-X-6-7-8-X). After this he plays a voicing of A7 (X-0-7-6-8-X).
After that part he slides up to the 7th fret on the e string and plays a Badd9
At 1:25 George once again does a slide. This time up to the 12th fret where he sticks onto a Eadd9. He plays a the root on the low E string at 1:29.
At 1:30, the open A string can be heard. Obviously an unintentional move by Harrison.
The final lick of the song (starting at 2:14) is a tricky one. The timing of it is something that takes practice.

The song finishes with an open E chord from Lennon and an E9 chord from Harrison.

Thats about it!

GEAR USED:
2003 Gibson J160e
2002 Gretsch Tennessean
VOX AD100
Shure SM57
Shure SM7b