"Don't Go Away"

Lately, I've been re-learning some parts that I'd forgotten and never wrote down.  Last night, I re-learned the chords for "Don't Go Away."  I posted about this in my Instagram stories along with a clip of the song, and I discovered something I'd never heard before tacked onto the end:  the Zombies dedicating a copy of "Remember You" to the winner of some sort of contest in Record Mirror.  I found the track on YouTube:

There's a brief note about this on the bottom of page 74 in Russo's Collector's Guide:  "A 'Remember You' UK acetate with a personalized message from The Zombies was issued as a Record Mirror prize in 1966.  Only one copy is known to exist."

Anyway, here are the chords for "Don't Go Away":

|: D major | C major | G major | A major :|

F# major | G major | A major | D major

F# major | G major | A major

|: D major | C major :|

|: G major | C major | A major | F major | D major :|

|: A major | G major :|

F major | G major

|: D major | C major :|

|: G major | C major | A major | F major | D major :|

|: A major | G major :|

F major | G major

|: D major | C major | G major | A major :|

F# major | G major | A major | D major

F# major | G major | A major

|: D major | C major :| D major

As always, there's the disclaimer that I may have something wrong.  Also, note that some parts of this are simplified; for instance, the repeated D major | C major section is more of a guitar figure, not just strummed chords.

"Walking in the Sun"

Yester-day I listened to the second disc of Zombie Heaven in order to listen to the Decca era songs to which the Zombies added overdubs in December 1968.  The French horn part in "Walking in the Sun" sounded easy to figure out, but while I was figuring that out, I discovered that I'd forgotten all of the other parts I'd learned for the song and that I hadn't written them down.

I re-learned the guitar part pretty easily, and in comparing it to my old recordings of the song, I discovered that I'd been missing a few things.  There's a little phrase in the transitions from C major to A minor, and I'd missed an F minor.

Here's my updated recording, with (fake) French horn, guitar, and electric piano.  I'm sure the electric piano part isn't that accurate; mostly I included it to fill out the sound a bit more and to demonstrate the Hohner Pianet sound I can get on my Nord Electro 5.

I notated the French horn part.  At the beginning of each verse, it's:

And then it doubles the title phrase (note that this is repeated):

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Here's the guitar part, a combination of tabs and chords.

Introduction

B|:-5-5-3-5-5-5-|-6-6-5-6-6-6-:|

G|:-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-:|

Verse

B|-5-5-3-5-5-5-|-6-6-5-6-6-6-|:-5-5-3-5-5-5-:|
G|-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-|:-5-5-5-5-5-5-:|

B|-5-5-3-5-5-5-|-6-6-5-6-6-6-|-5-5-3-5-5-5-|-5-5-3-5-|
G|-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|

Chorus

E major | F major | F minor

The F major lasts six beats, and the F minor two; see the French horn part (specifically the A and G# in the last two measures) for a guide.

B|:-5-5-3-5-5-5-|-6-6-5-6-6-6-:|-5-5-3-5-5-5-|-5-5-3-5-|---------|
G|:-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-:|-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|---------|

D|:-------------|-------------:|-------------|---------|---------|

A|:-------------|-------------:|-------------|---------|---3---0-|

E|:-------------|-------------:|-------------|---------|-3---3---|

The third time through, the song fades out during this repeated section.

Bridge

A minor | C major

A|---3---0-|

E|-3---3---|

A minor | F major | F minor

B|:-5-5-3-5-5-5-:|

G|:-5-5-5-5-5-5-:|

Repeat from the beginning of the verse

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There are C majors under:

B|-5-5-3-5-5-5-|
G|-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

and F minors under:

B|-6-6-5-6-6-6-|
G|-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

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As I mentioned above, in my previous recordings, I'd missed the guitar phrase in the transitions from C major to A minor. I'd like to point out that in one transition from a C major to an A major in "I Don't Want to Know," Paul Atkinson plays this same phrase (albeit an octave lower).

"Summertime"

When I transferred my old posts here, I noticed that I'd made some mistakes in my notation of the bass part in "Summertime."  I still think I have the right pitches, but I had some wrong note values.  I was under the mistaken impression that the length of a whole note is equal to the number of beats in a measure no matter what the time signature is, but whole notes are actually equal to four beats.  Where I had whole notes (four beats), I should have had dotted half notes (three beats).

Recently, I re-wrote the notation to correct my mistake, and I added in the guitar chords.  However, this still comes with the disclaimer that I might have something wrong:

"Since I've Been Loving You"

Back in January I figured out the chords for Colin Blunstone's "Since I've Been Loving You."  I intended to post them the next day, but that was the day that Jim Rodford died, which sort of upset everything.  Recently, though, I remembered that I meant to post them, so here they are:

Verses
Ab major | Eb major | F minor | Db major
Ab major | Bb minor | Eb major
Ab major | Eb major | F minor | Db major
Ab major | Eb major | Gb major | Ab major

Choruses

Ab major | Bb minor | C minor

Db major | Eb major | Ab major | F minor

Ab major | Bb minor | Eb major

Ab major | Bb minor | C minor

Db major | Eb major | Ab major | F minor

Ab major | Eb major | Gb major | Ab major

The two lines of Ab major | Bb minor | C minor in the chorus last only about half a measure; the changes there are really fast.

"Caroline Goodbye"

I'm still slowly adding backdated posts from my old tumblr account to this blog (I have roughly January through June of 2016 left).  I recently archived a post where I wrote out the chords to "Caroline Goodbye," but I discovered a couple months ago that what I had is wrong.  In July this year, the Zombies did a radio session for The Summit, and because Rod Argent was unavailable, Colin Blunstone performed some songs with Tom Toomey providing guitar accompaniment.  Because there's a video, I could watch Toomey's hands as he played the chords for "Caroline Goodbye."  While this confirmed most of the chords I had (including some subtle differences between regular major chords and major 7ths, which I'd suspected but wasn't completely confident about), I discovered that I had one chord wrong.  In that post from last July, I said I was "a bit unsure of the F major 7th chord that alternates with the A major near the end of the verses" specifically whether it was "a straight-forward major chord or a major 7th."  It turns out that it's neither; it's a D minor.

Here are the corrected chords:

|: F major 7th | C major 7th :|
F major | C major
F major | Esus4 | E major
A major | A major 7th | A7 | D major
|: D minor | A major :|

That whole section repeats, but the next time (with the guitar solo) it's different:

|: F major 7th | C major 7th :|
A major | A major 7th | A7 | D major
|: D minor | A major :| F major 7th

After I discovered my error, I realized that part of this chord progression (adjusted for key) is also in "How We Were Before," which - like "Caroline Goodbye" - was written by Colin Blunstone.  The A major | A major 7th | A7 | D major | D minor | A major progression (which, incidentally, contains a descending chromatic phrase: A, G#, G, F#, F, E) is in the verses of "How We Were Before," just a fourth higher and arpeggiated rather than strummed: D major | D major 7th | D7 | G major | G minor | D major (the chromatic phrase here is D, C#, C, B, Bb, A).

"Will You Love Me Tomorrow"

Recently I was thinking about the Zombies' version of "Will You Love Me Tomorrow," which they recorded live for a radio show in 1965.  Apparently I haven't posted the chords before, so here they are.

Verses:
A major | B minor | E major
A major | E major
C# major | F# minor
D major | E major | A major

Bridge:
D major | C# minor
D major | A major
D major | C# minor
F# minor | B major | D major | E major

The last verse is a bit different.  There's an instrumental break over the first half, and after the second half, the D major | E major | A major progression is repeated a few times (for the repeated line "Will you still love me tomorrow?").

"I Can't Make up My Mind"

This year, I'm endeavoring to look into one of the Zombies' Decca-era songs every week (although I've been a bit lax lately).  The song I lookt into two weeks ago was "I Can't Make up My Mind."  While thinking about the bass part, I realized that it has the same rhythm as "Tell Her No," "Whenever You're Ready," and "Time of the Season."  I got rather excited about this, but then I went looking into some old posts and discovered that I already knew this.  I wrote this post in December 2015 in which I acknowledged that similarity in rhythm.  However, I was wrong about where the bar lines should be drawn.  I didn't realize then that "I Can't Make up My Mind" begins on an upbeat, so the rhythm in each bar is the same as some sections of the songs listed above.  That is: two dotted quarter notes followed by two eighth notes.

While writing out notation, I usually find some subtleties that I was unaware of, and that same thing happened with "I Can't Make up My Mind."  There's a chromatic phrase (from G to F) that I'd missed before.

I wrote in the chords above the staff, but in some places, those may be simply implied rather than played out-right.  And, as always, there's the disclaimer that I might have something wrong.

"Don't Cry for Me"

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The Decca-era song I lookt into last week was "Don't Cry for Me."  I wrote out the bass part and put the guitar chords above the staff:

The guitar part has this little lick during the first two measures:

The tildes (~) indicate glissandi.

According to what I figured out, the bass part is usually the root note of whatever chord it's beneath (with the notable exception of a D note underneath an F major, essentially making an F major 6th [although writing it out made me question my accuracy there]), which is why it's so baffling to me that in The Zombies: Hung up on a Dream (p. 138), Claes Johansen says that the song is "driven along by Grundy's excellent drumming and Chris White's increasingly innovative bass-playing."  I think Chris White's a great bass player (although I'm obviously biased), but I have to say: this isn't the most interesting bass part.

"Gotta Get a Hold of Myself"

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I have notation this week too!

Over the last couple days, I notated the bass part for "Gotta Get a Hold of Myself."  In the process, I discovered that I'd been missing some notes (which seems to be a regular thing; notation forces me to scrutinize what I'm playing).

The whole rests at the beginning and the first pair of tied whole notes at the end are where the organ plays the main motif, but the tempo there isn't consistent.  The musical term is rubato.

Because the 50th anniversary of the recording (1 November 1966) and broadcast (5 November 1966) of the radio version of "Gotta Get a Hold of Myself" was last week, I also lookt into that and notated it.  A long time ago, I mentioned something about comparing the studio versions with the live versions, and this was the first time I did that in a structured way.  I… uh, took note (I can't think of a less musical way to say that) of the notes that differed from the studio version, and when I wrote out the notation, I put those notes in red.  There are only four different notes, so starting a studio version/live version comparison with this song was sort of underwhelming, but there you go:

"I Don't Want to Know"

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At the end of July, I said I had only one more notation post planned, but then I never got around to posting it.  Part of that was procrastination, and part of it was just my forgetting about it.  So I finally got around to finishing off a patchwork notation (actual notation, chords, and tabs) of the guitar part in "I Don't Want to Know."

When I wrote out the riff in notation, I discovered that - while it's repeated so that it lasts a while - it's actually only two measures:

Here's the whole song written out:

|: Riff, played thrice
A major
C major / A major / B major :|

D major / A major
Solo*
A major
C major / A major / B major

Riff, played just once
A major
C major** / A major / B major

D major / F# minor / G major / A major
D major / F# minor / G major / A major
F# minor / G major / A major / D major

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*This was the cause of most of my procrastination; I had to write out the tab for this, but I couldn't just write it out in this post because the formatting would be off, so here's a screen clipping of it written out in characters of equal width:

I used tildes (~) to indicate glissandi.  I should also note that I put a line break there, lest it get too long.

**In the transition from this C major to A major, there's an added figure:

The way I play it, all of the chords are barre chords, which makes it easier to play this figure.

"A Sign from Me to You"

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This week, I have the chords for "A Sign from Me to You" from Colin Blunstone's Ennismore album.  It has one of the weirdest changes I've ever come across:  B minor to F major.

Introduction:
A minor / A major / D minor / Esus4 / E major

Verse:
|: A minor / F major / E major / A minor / E major :|
A minor / F major / E major / A minor / G major

Chorus:
|: D major / G major / A major :|
B minor / F major / E major

After the first chorus, there's either a bridge or a solo (I'm not sure what to call it) that uses the same chords as the introduction.  There's a second verse and a second chorus, and then the same chords from the introduction are used for an ending tag, resolving with A major

"Andorra"

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I was going over the chords for "Andorra" last night, and I discovered that I had one wrong.  It's A major, not A minor.

I had my bass out because I was practicing the E major scale, so I figured I would have an-other go at trying to figure out the bass part.  When I listened to Ennismore for my Collection Audit project a couple months ago, I thought the bass part sounded pretty easy to figure out, but it proved more difficult than I expected.

I got it this time though… the verses at least.  The "Why do I tell you it's always the same…" sections are still giving me problems, especially because the bass part isn't consistent.  It's different when that section is repeated.

I was going over the chords because I was going to post them in two weeks, but after I recorded this, I discovered that there are fewer chords than I thought.  During those "Why do I tell you…" parts, there are no guitar chords, only tremolos.  Since I have all of the chords in my recording, I'm just going to post them now:

|: E minor / D major / G major / A major :|

I don't think I played it accurately last time I recorded this.  The chords are played on the off beats, with upward strums.  I played it only enough to record this, but it's quite a different way of playing guitar.

"Caroline Goodbye"

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I'm actually still a bit unsure of the F major 7th chord that alternates with the A major near the end of the verses, but that's just a question of whether it's a straight-forward major chord or a major 7th.  I'm pretty sure the final F chord is a major 7th because it doesn't really resolve.  Anyway, here's how I played the chords in this recording:

|: F major 7th / C major 7th :|
F major / C major
F major / Esus4 / E major
A major / A major 7th / A dominant 7th / D major
F major 7th / A major / F major 7th / A major

That whole section repeats, but the next time (with the guitar solo) it's different:

|: F major 7th / C major 7th :|
A major / A major 7th / A dominant 7th / D major
|: F major 7th / A major :| F major 7th

Also, I learned one of the string parts, but since I don't have a violin, I had to use one of the fake string settings on my keyboard.

"This Will Be Our Year"

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I knew I was going to post the chords for "This Will Be Our Year" to-day, but a couple days ago, I was thinking about the bass part and realized that it's almost entirely quarter notes (there are a couple half notes and a triplet phrase).  So I notated that too, during which I found that I had a couple notes wrong in how I'd been playing it, although still - as always - there's no guarantee that this is correct (but I think it is):

The four in the first measure indicates the four measures of rest during the piano introduction.  I put the guitar chords above the bass part, but here they are typed out too:

|: A major / C# minor / A dominant 7 / D major
F major / E major / D major / A major :|

B major / D minor / A major
B major / D minor / D major / E major

|: A major / C# minor / A dominant 7 / D major
F major / E major / D major / A major :|

~key change~

|: Bb major / D minor / Bb dominant 7 / Eb major
Gb major / F major / Eb major / Bb major :|

C major / Eb minor / Bb major
C major / Eb minor / Eb major / F major

|: Bb major / D minor / Bb dominant 7 / Eb major
Gb major / F major / Eb major / Bb major :|

I should note that I found most of these chords something like seven years ago when I was first learning how to play piano.  I changed some to make them more accurate (what I originally found was rife with 7th chords, and I think there's only one [two, if you count the key change]).

"I Want Her She Wants Me"

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I'm getting to this late, but here are the chords for "I Want Her She Wants Me."

Introduction

|: G major / D major / C major / G major :|

Verses:

G major / F# minor / B major / E minor

Note: This E minor has some extra notes played on top of it.  First, it's just a regular E minor, with the top string open (an E note).  Then, the top string plays an F#, a G, back to F#, and then back to a regular E minor.

So:

E|0-2-3-2-0
B|0-0-0-0-0
G|0-0-0-0-0
D|2-2-2-2-2
A|2-2-2-2-2
E|0-0-0-0-0

D major / G major / B major

|: G major / D major / C major / G major :|

Bridge

G major / G major dominant 7th (G7) / Eb major / G minor / C minor / G major

G major / G major dominant 7th (G7) / Eb major / D major

Tag

|: G major / D major / C major / G major :|

"Care of Cell 44"

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Originally, I'd intended to post the guitar chords for "Care of Cell 44" with the mellotron part written out in notation.  In notating it though, I found some parts that I'm not sure I have right.  I'm pretty sure of the chords though, so I'm posting only those.

Verses:

|: G major / D major / E minor / D major / C major / B minor / A minor / D major
G major / D major / Bb major / Dsus4 / D major :|

For the "Feels so good" section:
G major / D major / E minor / D major / C major / B minor / A minor

There is no guitar part during the bridge.  You could play the piano chords for that part on guitar, but I'm a purist and wouldn't advocate it, so I'm not listing those chords here (if you're that determined though, you could find them elsewhere on this blog).

Near the end, after the "Feels so good" section there's a G major to G major dominant 7th (G7) modulation, and then the progression from the "Feels so good" section is repeated, resolving to a G major at the end.

"I'll Call You Mine"

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I think there might be a little more variation than just a straight G major chord for the beginning of the song (a G major followed by a single B note and then a single G note a third lower), but otherwise, the chords for "I'll Call You Mine" are pretty easy.  I think I have these right, and it's just that they're weird chords, rather than my having something wrong.

Verses:  G major / E major / F major / D major

Choruses:  G major / E minor / D major / C major / G major

"She's Coming Home"

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This week, I have the chords for "She's Coming Home" (in writing them out, I discovered that I'd actually been missing the guitar part at the end of the bridge).  There are some specific rhythms for these, so it's probably the most difficult chord progression I've posted so far, but the chords themselves are pretty easy.

The bass part for this is really easy (for almost the entirety of the verses, it's just E notes), so I might try notating that (along with the organ part, which is also pretty easy) and then add the guitar chords above the staff.  That would be easier to understand than just a list of chords, but it'll be awhile before I get to that, so....

The guitar comes in fairly late in the first verse.  There's an initial B major at the end of the second line ("I thought my love for her had gone away") and then:

|: E major / A major :|
E major / G# minor / C# minor / B major

Choruses:

A major / C major / E major / E dominant 7 / E major
A major / C major / E major / C major
E major / C major
A major / B major / Bb major / A major
E major / A major / E major

Bridge:

C# minor / F# major / A major / B major
B major / A major / F# major / E major

There are four measures of rests in the guitar part before going back to:

|: E major / A major :|
E major / G# minor / C# minor / B major

The rhythm for the repeated |: E major / A major :| section is a lot less intensive than in the first verse.  There's only one strum per measure.

The last chorus has a slightly different ending:

A major / C major / E major / E dominant 7 / E major
A major / C major / E major / C major
E major / C major
A major / B major / Bb major / A major
|: E major / A major :| E major

"Summertime"

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Here are the chords for "Summertime."

There's the introductory electric piano part, and then the bass has a section almost all to itself (there's a bit of sustain from the electric piano part) before the guitar and drums come in.  For that part, there's an introductory A minor / E major / B minor / E major before the verse properly starts (although the vocals start on that last E major).

Verses:

|: A minor / E major / B minor / E major :|

D minor / F major / E major

|: A minor / E major / B minor / E major :|

C major / A minor / F major

A minor / E major / B minor / E major

During the electric piano solo:

A minor / D minor / A minor

C major / A minor / F major

A minor / E major / B minor / E major

After the final verse, there's another section of A minor / E major / B minor / E major before resolving on A minor.

"Gotta Get a Hold of Myself"

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Over a week ago, I said I would post the guitar chords for "Gotta Get a Hold of Myself" in "a couple days," so this is long overdue.  I'm not writing it out in full (the |: :| signs indicate a repeated section), but it should be pretty easy to figure out the changes.

Verses:

|: C minor / F major :| - both are played higher up the neck, with the 8th fret barred

|: Bb major / Ab major :|

G major



Choruses:

|: C major / A minor / C major / E major

C# minor / E major / C# minor / B major :|