"Just out of Reach"

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I just listened to Live at the Bloomsbury Theatre, London, and I was getting a bit bored of just sitting there, so I was trying to figure out some stuff.  I thought I'd figured out the rest of the chords for "Just out of Reach," but then I listened to the original version, and I think they're different.

The recorded version is just Am C D E over and over again, but the Bloomsbury version is Am C D E twice and then Am G F#m F or something like that.

Why is it different!?

"I Remember When I Loved Her"

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I've known the opening to "I Remember When I Loved Her" for a while.  (And I when I say "I've known," I mean I've had it written down but not memorised.)

But to-night, I figured out an easier way to play it, and the chords for the rest of the song.  I'll have to listen to it closely a few (dozen) times before I can work out the precise finger-picking, but the chords are a good place to start for now.  I almost can't believe I didn't have this figured out earlier; there are only five chords.

"Can't Nobody Love You"

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"Can't Nobody Love You" (work in progress)

"It's Alright with Me" / "Don't Cry for Me"

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I think I just learned the bass part for "It's Alright with Me."  It's pretty fun, but also slightly exhausting.  I hadn't noticed this until I really started paying attention to it, but contained within it is the really common bass line from the 1950s.

I also learned the bass part for "Don't Cry for Me," which is really easy.  Except for one part, all of the bass notes are the root of whatever chord they're played beneath.

"Remember You" [single version]

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January's Cloak:

"Remember You" - The Zombies 

It's a work in progress, so it's still a bit rough, regardless that my guitar's a bit too loud.

"This Will Be Our Year"

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I sat down to-night with the intent of figuring out (at least some of) the mellotron parts in "Care of Cell 44," but that proved too formidable.

However! I did figure out most of the trumpet parts for "This Will Be Our Year."  The only trumpet part I didn't figure out is one at the very end.

"Don't Cry for Me"

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Last night, I recorded a version of "Don't Cry for Me."  I simply left out the "ah"s in between the verses because I cannot hold a consistent note unless I'm singing actual words.  However, I (sort of) solved that problem this morning:  I figured out the background vocal parts (or at least some of them) on keyboard.  I just added those to what I recorded last night, and it doesn't sound too bad.

I'm still not going to upload anything for awhile yet because I'm still busy doing FAWM, and then I have to get back to my EP.  But hopefully by the summer I'll start posting some works in progress.

"Don't Cry for Me"

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A few weeks ago - around the time I started learning "Remember You," I also figured out most of the chords for "Don't Cry for Me," but I was stuck in a few.  I figured those out just now.  It was F#m and C.  Yeah.

Again, I probably won't post even a rough version for a while because I'm busy with FAWM, and I don't want to mess up my note continuity project.

"Remember You" / "I Got My Mojo Working"

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Yester-day, I thought I had learned all of the chords for "Remember You," but upon further review, I had a few of them wrong.  So I know the verses, but I'm stumped on a few chords in the chorus (and it doesn't help that the chorus goes pretty fast).

However, I also learned yester-day that "I Got My Mojo Working" is a simple 3-chord song - C, F, and G.  This should have been fairly obvious, as it includes Rod Argent's harmonica playing and most harmonica songs are in C.

"Remember You"

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I learned the chords for the Zombies' "Remember You" this afternoon.  I also listened to the soundtrack version from Bunny Lake is Missing.  That version is a key lower, which is interesting.

"You Make Me Feel Good"

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"You Make Me Feel Good"

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I felt bad that I'd just cropped out a portion of the Odessey and Oracle album art for my avatar.  So I gave it a go at copying it myself.  It turned out OK.