"She Does Everything for Me"

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While listening to the I Love You album a few days ago, I remembered that I knew the first chord (A major) and guitar riff from "She Does Everything for Me."  So I figured out the rest of it, including - to my own surprise - part of the electric piano part (although I'm not sure it repeats as much as how I've played it here).

In that post I wrote about the I Love You album, I said I got it for my 17th birthday.  The more I got thinking about that, the more I'm unsure of it.  I may have gotten it earlier.  I know I got Begin Here and I Love You at the same time.  I know I got Into the Afterlife for my 17th birthday, and I know I got As Far As I Can See the day after.  But I don't think I got all four albums within two days.  Still, whatever point I made about it still stands.

More relevant commentary: "She Does Everything for Me" sees Rod Argent's playing around with keys again.  It seems like most of it is in A major, but there are some weird accidentals, like an F natural in the guitar riff and G major and C# major chords.  (A major would have F#, G# major or minor, and C# minor.)

There's a glissando in the guitar part at the very end (from D to C#), but I'm not sure I did it very well.