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"A Day in the Life" by The Beatles

Strong Songs

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Ai Sha, There's Still So Much Space, You Know, Cough Peetle

Every bass line that paul mccartny plays, just like every drum part that ringo star plays, it tends to just feel kind of bespoke. Even if it also feels somewhat improvised, as in this song, it just feels like he's kind of grooving, figuring stuff out as he goes and playing it. I would imagine they did a bunch of dfferent takes. But it wasn't like, i don't think he wrote out the bass part or anything. But it's different every time. Every verse he plays a different bass line. Let me show you what i'm talking about. He does that cord progression two times on each verse. There are three

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