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Britt in VA : 8/29/2014 9:16 pm
Can somebody please help me figure out the chords of the bridge and chorus of this particular arrangement of this song? They show his hands enough to get a good look, but it's a little tricky. Thanks.

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Actually, got the bridge...  
Britt in VA : 8/29/2014 9:27 pm : link
just need the chorus, thanks.
Not sure the name...  
Ryan : 8/29/2014 10:18 pm : link
..but the first looks like an F with the middle finger/g string dropped out and played open (or a c chord with the d string fretted at the 3rd instead of 2nd - whatever way you want to look at it)
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Rick5 : 8/29/2014 10:22 pm : link
no guitar in hand. The vocals are so much louder than the guitar during the chorus. Not so easy to hear. For the chorus, after the C, I'd experiment with an
F#-7b5 next (A minor with an F# in the bass). Given the thumb on the chord after that, it is probably a B-7/F# (F# and B with the thumb with a D major triad on top). Will try to take a closer look/listen Sunday (can't tomorrow), but somebody will have probably answered by then.
Thanks, guys...  
Britt in VA : 8/29/2014 11:14 pm : link
Rick, will do, thanks.
Try this...  
GA5 : 8/29/2014 11:31 pm : link
C, Am/F#, D/F#, then an open chord (1st fret A string, 3rd fret B string, like the third chord of Can't Find My Way Home) then A7sus4, A7, C, D/F# into the chorus. This song was originally written on piano, and in a different key.
Try this...  
GA5 : 8/29/2014 11:34 pm : link
C, Am/F#, D/F#, then an open chord (1st fret A string, 3rd fret B string, like the third chord of Can't Find My Way Home) then A7sus4, A7, C, D/F# into the chorus. This song was originally written on piano, and in a different key.
Sorry, I posted twice...  
GA5 : 8/29/2014 11:36 pm : link
Both are the same.
Awesome, thanks GA5  
Britt in VA : 8/29/2014 11:37 pm : link
yeah, I know the original version well. I just really like this arrangement.
Boy, was I tired...  
GA5 : 8/30/2014 9:43 am : link
when I wrote this last night! It doesn't go into the chorus...it is the chorus. It goes back into the intro.
GA5, that's it!  
Britt in VA : 8/30/2014 9:43 am : link
Thanks man! You nailed it. Appreciate it.
Ha, we both came back to this at the same time, too.  
Britt in VA : 8/30/2014 9:44 am : link
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Cool.  
Rick5 : 8/31/2014 9:33 am : link
Already answered. Nice. I don't know the tune (but I have heard it before), but I think that the chord after the F#-7b5 might be a B-7/F# rather than the D/F# that GA5 mentioned (the only difference would be adding the B on the 2nd fret with the thumb). I really can't really tell if the B is or isn't in there from that recording though. The part I am listening to around 1:50 - 2:00 isn't super clear sounding. But, it looks like that chord is a minor 7th in the original key, so it would make sense that it's a B-7 in this transposed version. Also, look how far his thumb is wrapped over at 1:59. That's a really awkward fingering for a D/F#. For F#-7b5 to D/F# you could easily avoid using the thumb at all (unless you couldn't tolerate the slightest rest for the F# while switching chords). Those are the two reasons I think there may be a B in there (nobody would be able to tell the difference anyway - LOL).
Thanks, Rick, I'll check those out...  
Britt in VA : 8/31/2014 10:30 am : link
Here is the original version live on the Midnight Special. Notice it's got legendary session guitarist Waddy Wachtel on it, and Michael Botts as well. I really think Gold nailed the acoustic arrangement, which he should have because he wrote it.

Andrew Gold himself was a session guy too, who cut his teeth with Linda Ronstadt on guitar. Seems a lot of great musicians started out with her, including Glen Frey and Don Henley before Andrew Gold came on board.

Anyways, I recommend checking out this version, because they really get it rocking in the middle.

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Cool.  
Rick5 : 8/31/2014 11:10 am : link
I was 10 in 1977, so I remember this tune as a kid. Maybe it's me, but I think the pop music of the 1970s was a lot more musical than the pop music of the last couple of decades. A lot of those tunes had great, catchy melodies. Much of the stuff on the radio today seems very forgettable to me.
I was born in '76...  
Britt in VA : 8/31/2014 11:14 am : link
I don't know if it's just subliminal memories from that time period or what, but I really like that mid to late 70's pop sound, as well.
Strangely enough...  
GA5 : 9/1/2014 5:26 pm : link
I was born in 1951, was an only son. But never had a sibling. Great song!
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