"She's Not There"

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About a month ago, I had the idea to go through and record the whole catalogue again (or at least what I know of it).  Originally, I'd wanted to write down all of the parts too, but for now I think I'll just refresh what I know and get around to writing them down later.

I figured to-day would be a good day to start going through the catalogue again since the first Zombies songs were recorded on 12 June 1964.  I plan on going roughly chronologically by recording date, so I started with "She's Not There."  I'm going to try to do these daily, but I don't know how much I'll hold to that.

I'm still uncertain of the bass part during the "Well, let me tell you 'bout the way she looked" part, but I think what I have now is better than the last iteration (from August 2013!).  Also, I referenced the book I have by the Alfred company that contains the guitar chords, although I changed a few from what they have.  (I'm not sure the parts they have are entirely accurate.)

I took the version from The Decca Stereo Anthology and split the stereo into two mono tracks in an effort to hear the bass part more clearly.  In the right track, there's a guitar part during the electric piano solo that I'd never really heard before.  I tried approximating it, but if you have the means, you should really hear it for yourself.