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Post by wooperman on May 25, 2011 5:04:26 GMT
I have a different version of this question somewhere else.
I play a lot of Beatles tablature. They often suggest chords that provide the overall sound of the song - since it's designed for the solo guitar troubadore.
But is there any info on the actual chords John or Paul might have presented the band with for songs like You can't do that - or Every little Thing - (any song really). Sometimes I just can't imagine that they were writting Aug/9maj7th chords (as listed in many tab books) - yet they are so perfect it's hard to imagine simpler chords lead them to the melodies they created. I have seen some cool videos of demos john was working on post beatles, and you can hear him crafting and changing, but more difinitive infor would be valuable to those of us looking for deep roots of song craft.
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Post by mrmustard on May 26, 2011 18:47:50 GMT
I don't trust tablature. It's always one persons interpretation of the song which is frequently wrong. I prefer to find the chord out myself and when it sounds right it probably is right. The Beatles songs don't contain many usual chords anyway. You Can't Do That and Every Little Thing both have basic chords. You Can't Do That is standard blues changes in sevenths for the verses. I would say the converse to you and it's the fact The Beatles used fairly basic chords in their songs and yet still managed to come up with the best melodies anyone has or ever likely to have come up with that makes their songs so good.
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KeepUnderCover
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Post by KeepUnderCover on Jun 15, 2011 0:05:06 GMT
Yeah, sometimes the tablature is not accurate.
However, I have a book of Beatles song chords, all the songs, and they seem to be pretty accurate.
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Post by yerblues1234 on Jun 26, 2011 4:29:48 GMT
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