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Till There Was You
Composer(s) : Meredith Willson
Year : 1957
Chords/Tabs: Till There Was You
Till There Was You
KEY F Major
METER 4/4
FORM Intro -> Verse -> Verse -> Bridge -> Verse -> Verse (guitar solo) ->
Bridge -> Verse -> Outro (complete ending)
COMPOSER Meredith Willson
INFLUENTIAL VERSION Peggy Lee (1961)
- The Beatles acoustic arrangement with its Latin beat and bongos is certainly
a far cry from the smoothly flowing schmaltz of the original version heard
in "The Music Man" Broadway show. Perhaps this bouncier treatment was
inspired by Peggy Lee (unforunately this is the one original cover version
I did not have on hand for this article), or perhaps, they took their own
cue for it from the likes of "P.S. I Love You" and "Ask Me Why".
- A couple of details betray the Beatles own fingerprints; e.g. the flat
VI chord (D flat Major) in the coda and the final F Major chord with the
added Major 7th are definitely *not* part of the original. Despite this,
the musical essence of this song, with its chromatic winding that pervades
both vocal melody and bassline (and which indirectly affects the choice and
progression of chords) is something quite off the Beatles track.
- No matter how much you think he deserves to be ragged on for playing it
apparently from such rote practice, George's acoustic solo work on this
track is tastefully conceived and executed with great nuance. Granted,
it's simultaneously both impressive and depressing to hear the identical
solo, note for note just about, on the Decca tape.
Ook op The Decca Tapes:
Ook op With the Beatles:
Ook op Live At The BBC:
Ook op On Air - Live At The BBC Vol 2:
(c) 2025 Serge Girard
(c) Alan Aldrigde, The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics