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From: Danny Caccavo 
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Subject: Re: Who Wrote "It Don't Come Easy"?
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Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 02:01:24 +0000 (UTC)
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In article ,
 Raymond Arritt  wrote:

> paramucho wrote:
> > On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 03:24:29 +0000 (UTC), cividale99{at}hotmail.com
> > wrote:
> 
> >>So..... who wrote, "It Don't Come Easy"?
> > 
> > Both of them although I think the lyrics are mainly Ringo. There are
> > very distinctive "George" features in the chords. 
> 
> Hmmm.  Not just "George" features in the chords, as it turns out.
> 
> The chord progression to the verse part of "It Don't Come Easy" is
> precisely identical to the chord progression to the verse part of "Let
> it Rain" from Eric Clapton's first solo album.  George and Clapton were
> friends during the general time when these songs were being worked up
> (they were recorded at nearly the same time in early 1970), so it's very
> possible that one of them borrowed from the other.
> 
> And we know that George had a tendency to "borrow" melodies...
> 
> --
But noticed how much the verse of "let it rain" sounds George-ish (the 
synchopated melody, for instance).  A bit "If I needed someone.."

dc

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