"I Want Her She Wants Me"

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I recently figured out the chords for "I Want Her She Wants Me."  (Or at least I think what I have is correct.)  I'd gotten the feeling that they were familiar for some reason, and I finally figured out why: they're similar to the chords for "Remember You."

They're not just an exact copying though.  While they are almost the same, they're positioned differently against the phrasing of the lyrics.

The chords for "Remember You" start with a descent from D to C to G and then stick around on F# for a while ("When I'm thinking back, I won't forget you") before going to B to E to Abm* to D ("And if I should change my mind").  It's the G to F# to B to E that I want to draw particular attention to because that's really close to the chords for "I Want Her She Wants Me."

After the introductory part of "I Want Her She Wants Me" (a bass line and then a cycle of G D C G), the chords move from G to F#m to B to Em ("I close my eyes, and soon I'm feeling sleepy").

So you have G F# B E in "Remember You," and G F#m B Em in "I Want Her She Wants Me."  The bass is doing different things, and the articulation and length of the chords are different, as are the vocals, obviously, but I still think it's interesting to note.

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*It might technically be G#m.  They're played the same, but I'm not sure which key it's in at this point, so I'm not sure of the actual name.

This post is the second of five ideas/realizations I had about Odessey and Oracle.