"A Love That Never Was"

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I think it was last time I updated what I knew of "A Love That Never Was" I checked what the liner notes to Zombie Heaven had to say about it:

Rod Argent takes lead vocal on this charming mid-tempo ballad that employs several trademark Zombies' touches but unusually features little in the way of keyboards, until the very end.

I'd been totally oblivious that there were any keyboard parts in it at all, but after reading that, I did hear some at the end.  They're faint though, so I'm not sure how accurate my version is.  I also added them in the corresponding places earlier in the song (albeit an octave lower than at the end), along with the chromatic phrase hidden in the chords and an arpeggiated A major that I discovered in the bass part, which I'm still slowly progressing with.

I'm not super happy with my guitar tone in this, but there you go.

I figured this one would be a good one to do to-day, since it's Valentine's Day.