"I Could Spend the Day"

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I was practicing some Zombies songs again, and I figured out the bass part for the first twenty seconds or so of "I Could Spend the Day."  Both Zombie Heaven and Into the Afterlife credit this to Argent/White, but the commentary in Zombie Heaven seems to say that it's mostly a Rod Argent song.  So it's not surprising that there are sequential half-steps.

I wrote out the notation too.  I think it's right.  Although, since it's in F major (with one flat) maybe I should have made the incidentals flats instead of sharps.  Also, I drew the natural sign the wrong way.

There's G G# A (measures two to three) and A Bb B C (measures four through six).

This same phrase (or a very similar phrase) occurs later in the song too.

I played the Bb in the descending phrase at the end, but I don't know what happens after that, so I don't know the note value of the Bb, so I didn't write it in.

There are some differences between the Zombie Heaven version and the Into the Afterlife version.  I followed the Into the Afterlife version, although listening more closely, I've realized that I have that D (in the fourth measure) in the wrong octave.

I think this is the first song I've added to the catalogue since "She's Coming Home."