"Sometimes"

Backdated, archival post

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I think I've figured out the chords for "Sometimes."  Mostly it just alternates between D major and G minor.  Quickly alternates, I might add, and it's not the easiest transition to make.

One section ("Well, I'm so happy / When I'm with you…") is really interesting in that it contains a chromatic phrase.  I'm not exactly sure what key it's in (I'd guess D major, but there are a lot of accidentals), so I'm not sure if this is notated correctly.  (The inversions are how I played it on organ.)

Bb major (F, Bb, D)

G major (G, B, D)

C major (G, C, E)

A major (A, C#, E)

D minor (A, D, F)

I hadn't heard Rod's harmony (which I think is the best part of the song) during those parts (I think they're bridges?) until I got The Decca Stereo Anthology, but now that I know there's also a chromatic phrase during that part, I like it even more.

I think I've figured out a bit of the opening a cappella part too, but I'm not sure enough yet.  (On the third disc of Zombie Heaven, there's some early takes of it, and the piano intermittently plays arpeggios of inverted E minor chords so they can be in tune, which further complicates figuring out what key the whole song is in.)

Also, this is an-other new one in the catalogue.