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4 April 2010
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Hi, I’m new to this site so tell me if I do anything wrong.
This question might seem vague and bland, but has anyone noticed how the verses on “We Can Work It Out ” seem very new? What’s the chord structure, the guitar, and the amp that was used in this song?
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3.52am
4 April 2010
Offline Bump.
Please, this has been on my mind for ages now!
"The best band? The Beatles. The most overrated band? The Beatles."
5.16am
13 November 2009
Offline I understand that, but a good share of the members/experts are on the other side of the globe. In other words, asleep. 
In the meantime, have you tried this site? Alan W. Pollack’s Notes on … Series
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12.39pm
31 March 2008
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Yep, as Skye says, some of us humans may not be around 24/7. It’s also a public holiday here in the UK so some people might be away from their computers. There’s no need to bump a topic if someone doesn’t reply within two hours!
The chords you can look up yourself, or work them out (ha!).
McCartney played his Hofner bass, Starr a Ludwig drum kit. Lennon played a Gibson Jumbo (J-160E) acoustic guitar and harmonium (double tracked). Harrison played a tambourine.
No idea about amps, sorry.
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3.46pm
5 February 2010
Offline MrBig said:
Hi, I’m new to this site so tell me if I do anything wrong.
This question might seem vague and bland, but has anyone noticed how the verses on “We Can Work It Out ” seem very new? What’s the chord structure, the guitar, and the amp that was used in this song?
The chord structure does have a kind of “new/modern” feel to it – but only because new/modern musicians are copying something old and time-tested, of course. 🙂
The song is in D major, but it makes heavy use of the VIIb chord, which is I think what gives it that “modern” sound. It also adds the 9th degree note to a lot of the chords, which is another trick that gets used in a lot of songs today. Example (I bold/italicized the word where the chord lands, and in the chord diagram I bold/italicized the “out-of-place 9th note”):
Lyric: Do I have to keep on talking till I can’t go on
Chord:
EADGBE
———-
x32033
Lyric: We can work it …
Chord:
EADBGE
———-
320233
Hope that makes some sense of the riddle …
Not a bit like Cagney.
3.10pm
4 April 2010
Offline Thank you very much, helped a lot.
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6.43am
8 January 2015
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Has anyone noticed that this song shares a certain similarity with She Said She Said , in that it has a repeated 3/4 time signature section? Not as extended, but it has a similar effect. It’s very interesting that it was George’s idea to put that in.
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