Everybody loves the "No Time" guitar Intro...don't they? It seems that way. I can remember watching The Guess Who (on TV) during the halftime show of the 2000 Grey Cup game in Calgary, and thinking (probably for the umpteenth time) what a great guitar part it is. And once, a few years ago when I was in a record store getting checked through the cash, this song came on over the PA, and the guy checking me through even had to stop and air guitar a bit, and talk about what a great guitar part it is.  It just seems to have that effect on people.

Most people are more familiar with the re-recorded version of the song, which was on the American Woman (1970) album. The song first appeared on 1968's Canned Wheat. "No Time" was a #1 hit in Canada, #5 in the U.S.

An online article I looked at recently referred to the song's lyrics as "a Dear John letter". True enough. But it might have also served as Randy Bachman's Dear John letter to The Guess Who. It was the last album he did with the band. After recording American Woman, Bachman developed gall bladder problems. The band toured with a replacement guitarist, and ultimately differences between Bachman and the rest of the band resulted in him playing one final live show with them, then leaving to form Brave Belt, which evolved into BTO.

Tabbed here is the song's Intro.

THE GUESS WHO - "No Time"       (R. Bachman/B. Cummings)

https://www.angelfire.com/planet/zerofret/annesblog/canriffs.txt

Audio:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8j3O7KmGik