Strawberry Fields Forever

The weird intro to Strawberry Fields Forever starts in F and jumps to Bb when John comes in with "Let me take you down..."
-Frank



I buried Paul.

And I Love Her

Great Lennon/McCartney composition from their early years. I think that too often the early period of Beatles songs are underrated in their composition and arrangement, overshadowed by their later work. The lack of a drum kit on this song is absolutely mesmerizing, the interplay of the acoustic guitars is angelic, and the key change out of the bridge for the guitar solo and outro is uber-ballin. Quoth the wikipedia: "A majority of this song switches back and forth between the key of E and its relative minor C#m. It also changes keys altogether just before the solo, to F. It ends, on the parallel major of the key of F's relative minor, D. This technique is known as tierce de Picardie and had been used in the past by some composers, including Bach." Not bad for a couple of kids.
-Nick Anastasi

You Never Give Me Your Money

..cause why settle for only 1 or 2 key changes like a chump?
-The Rahzzah



Starts in Am, then goes to it's parallel key, A major on "One sweet dream, pick up the bags and get in the limousine..". Followed by a jump up to C major on "One, two,three, four, five, six, seven, all good children go to heaven."

Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds

Starting on a descending motif in A, John moves the bridge into Bb and winds through a sequence to a chorus in G. The clever bit is how he finishes the chorus on an A chord; and here we are, coolly back in the original key.
-Nick Anastasi