Nice little twist for "I'll feel a whole lot better"

[mcd220]

Without question, one of the all time great mid '60's songs, to be sure!

Nothing "Folk-Rock" about it, this is straight ahead Rock, or early "Power Pop", if you will.

Here's a trick for the end of the song that REALLY ADDS to the "Feeling" of well; "Feeling a whole lot better!!"

Near the end, at the first "Oh when your gone", the chords are A to G, and remain as such throughout the end of the song.

What I've been doing for years, and I kind of stumbled to this from a mistake that Chris "Kinda" makes here, and also while thinking of The Beatles "If I Needed Someone".

At the first "Oh when your gone", instead of going A to G, try these blends for BOTH Roger & David's parts:

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What we have now is a standard A chord, but then the second chord is now a G6 addA (Or something like that!).

Also, just like Paul does on "If I needed Someone", KEEP YOUR HILLMAN UP ON "A" DURING THE ENTIRE "Oh when your gone" segment, AND ALL THROUGH TO THE END OF THE SONG.

The Bass can play a little "Figure" here, but make sure it's rooted in "A", instead of just going A to G.

This will really add to the emotion, and "Danceability" of the song. You see, now the guitars, while still hitting a low G root on the E string, you have that A string ringing open, (plus your Hillman ringing it out too)

Very much in keeping with the "Raga/Bluegrass" thing again. :0)

Now, for the very last chord, have your Crosby end on this:

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And make your final McGuinn chord the Pure Prairie League "Amie A" like this:

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ACTUALLY, I THINK this IS what's on the record. David is ending on an A sus2, and Roger is ending on an A add2.

The blend here will be striking! These days, Roger just hits a plain old "A", but this could be because he's doing it solo, and he has changed a few things over the years.

Hey, that's his perogative!

But try these blends out, and I GUARANTEE you it will literally make the song sound more Byrds than The Byrds.

Honest! :0)

Christian



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[jdogric12]

Neat! Thanks Christian!