Top 10 Saddest Guitar Solos

Almost same explanation as high hopes - zxm

This song is about ebing alone and being drugged. The solo has a desperate and lonley feel to it. High Hopes on the other hand to me is very happy

This solo is soulful... The best...

By far #1 Must Listen to!

The 1st solo (Glenn Tipton) - especially the last several notes of this solo break my heart and twist my soul. The song is about suicide. - Metal_Treasure

Well jeff beck is underrated and so his works - zxm

One of the saddest songs,and so is it's solo - zxm

It's a blues song,and usually blues songs are sad - zxm

The backing riff might sound joyful but the solo is very very sad - zxm

Whenever I listen this solo I feel like I am in a lonely place - zxm

This is an instrumental but it has 2 distinct solos that are very sad. The entire piece is very sad and I feel the existential loneliness all the time. - Metal_Treasure

The whole song makes you feel sad - zxm

Well some might not agree with me about this song.but I though this solo needs more attention.it feels like sad.well not like comfortably numb or high hopes but pretty sad to me - zxm

About Portnoy's father's death

Who wouldn't want a ghost playing that solo on your coffin as you descend into your eternal slumber.

I mostly cry and headbang at the sametime when the final solo comes and especially when james sings the final chorus

How is this not #1? How?

Definitely number 1.

Whole song is quite sad really.

It's not sad as other songs in the list.that's why I added it in last - zxm

Absolutely an awesome solo by McGuinn and his 12-string, proving that solos don't have to be about speed and shredding. More than sad; its plaintive, sweet, and nostalgic. A classic for the ages.

"I was so much older then,
I'm younger than that now"

Beautifully combines the contrasting soft, introspective sadness of Citizen Cope's folksy love song with the crying of Santana's emotionally explosive solo.

The entire song is just sad in just every aspect.

Clapton did the solo, though whoever approved of the addition decided that information wasn't important.

WHERE IS PEARL JAM'S BLACK. MCCREADY SLAYED IT

Why is this not number one?

This song is so sad, steve vai Vaughn is such an underrated guitarist, his work on Led Zeppelin ll in particular is really underappreciated. John Bonham gets all the credit because his basslines are so good. Ill admi some of them are pretty grovy but just listen to Vaughn sweep picking on this song while he plays the solo.

One of the most sad and melodic guitar solos I've ever heard