Guitar Solo on We Will Rock You - what's the timing?

I don't know if this is something I'm counting incorrectly too, but I count it in 4/4 where the 4th beat is a dead note after the clap.

Doing this, the intro to the guitar solo seems very odd, and I can't seem to understand how he comes in seemingly out of time (to my ear) and then locks back in to the 4/4 after the initial intro bit.