"If It Don't Work Out"

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I still know only the bass part and the very brief organ part for "If It Don't Work Out."

I noticed something about the rhythm, but I'm not sure how well I can explain it.  In guitar finger-picking, there's a 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 pattern, and that's present (in a way) in the bass and the drums in "If It Don't Work Out."  In the first part of the verses at least.  The bass plays on the 1s in that pattern, and the drum sound is different on different beats.  In that 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 pattern, it emphasizes the first two 3s and then the last 2.

I'm not sure if I explained that well, but suffice it to say that "If It Don't Work Out" is a good example of how Rod Argent wrote parts that are integral.