# (You Never Can Tell) C'est la Vie guitar solo

> Albert Lee's guitar solo on (You Never Can Tell) C'est la Vie by Emmylou Harris (1977) starts at about 1:28. From the album Luxury Liner.

Canonical URL: <https://greatestsolos.com/song/emmylou-harris-you-never-can-tell-c-est-la-vie/>

Emmylou Harris, 1977, from *Luxury Liner*. Solo by *Albert Lee*.

A Chuck Berry tune that Lee turns into a playful country-rock workout full of double-stops and bends.

(You Never Can Tell) C'est la Vie by Emmylou Harris is #5 in our ranking of the best Albert Lee guitar solos. The solo is played by Albert Lee and the song was released in 1977.

## In our lists

- [The Best Albert Lee Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/albert-lee-guitar-solos/) — #5

## Sources

### Who played the guitar solo on (You Never Can Tell) C'est la Vie?

Albert Lee played the solo on Emmylou Harris's (You Never Can Tell) C'est la Vie (1977).

### What guitar was used on the (You Never Can Tell) C'est la Vie solo?

A fender telecaster, according to widely reported accounts.

---

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/)