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I put this little clip together, hopefully to help people decide what way they'd like to play the song live!

On all 3 chords, the guitar to the left with chorus (George, let's say) plays this chord

Fadd9

3
1
2
3
x
x

The guitar to the right (John) plays 2 variations. On the first go around, it plays the same thing as George. On the 2nd and 3rd try, it plays this

G5

x
x
x
5
5
3

The bass, on the first two tries plays a low G. on the third try, it plays a D.

So, A synopsis

1. George (Fadd9) John (Fadd9) Paul (G)

2. George (Fadd9) John (G5) Paul (G)

3. George (Fadd9) John (G5) Paul (D)


Hopefully the soundbite was helpful to someone. I think it could come in handy for cover bands confined to 2 guits and a bass.

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_so ... ID=6466913

Pretty nifty, Nick. Pick your poison, preference or plausible sound, I suppose. I'll go with numero tres, because it has a great beat, and I can dance to it. Kudos. Nice work, good notations and certainly helpful for those who are working on their own take. No piano needed.

I thought George's opening chord was the famous
kindalikeac7butmovethetwofingersonestringlower chord

3
3
5
3
5
3

.... this sounds more like it than the one you describe, dont you think?

brammy wrote:I thought George's opening chord was the famous
kindalikeac7butmovethetwofingersonestringlower chord

3
3
5
3
5
3

.... this sounds more like it than the one you describe, dont you think?

I thought so at first, and I played it that way for a while, and when played alone, I find it does a good job of covering all the bases, but when you have many musicians, It's too... Heavy I guess.

Video proof shows that John played the

3
1
2
3
x
x

live, which lends me to assume that he plays it on the record that way as well. On many live version, you can clearly hear the 12 strings with the same voicing. George Martin in the Studio played the piano, I think it was determined he played a G triad. very simple. Paul I think someone had figured out he played a D at the 12 fret.

anyways, the reason I have it the way it is above, is to cover MOST bases. the Fadd9 I find is essential, as it has the high G, and more importantly, a very "light airy" sound to it. Then you've got to cover the G. which means you can have the 2nd guitar play either a unison with the first one, or have it play the G5 (easier than a G triad I find).

Then the bass can play the G (which I think sounds nicer) or play the note Paul supposedly played (D) but I find that without an actual piano added to the mix, the D sounds a touch dissonnant with all the F add9.

All that work to sound like the Gsus you posted above!

well you guys have it ...after a number of variations our band has found this to have the best/fullest sound _IF_ you don't have a piano

12 string (George):
3
3
5
3
5
3

6 string:
3
1
2
3
x
x

bass - D