# Watching Over You guitar solo > The guitar solo on Watching Over You by Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1977) starts at about 2:20. From the album Works Volume 2. A prog rock classic from the 1970s. Canonical URL: Emerson, Lake & Palmer, 1977, from *Works Volume 2*. Solo by *Greg Lake*. A gentle lullaby carried by Lake's warm acoustic guitar. Watching Over You by Emerson, Lake & Palmer is #9 in our ranking of the best Emerson, Lake & Palmer guitar solos. The solo is played by Greg Lake and the song was released in 1977. ## In our lists - [The Best Emerson, Lake & Palmer Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/emerson-lake-and-palmer-guitar-solos/) — #9 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Watching Over You? Greg Lake played the solo on Emerson, Lake & Palmer's Watching Over You (1977). --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)