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2 hours ago, Dan Dare said:

 

The one in the second post above, which appears to be the one everyone is talking about.

 

 

In that case you are counting the first note as the 1. It isn't, it's the 4&.

 

I assure you the whole song is straight 4 in the bar. No half bars or complicated time signatures. The intro chords are anticipated, ie on the 4& not the 1.

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29 minutes ago, chris_b said:

 

In that case you are counting the first note as the 1. It isn't, it's the 4&.

 

I assure you the whole song is straight 4 in the bar. No half bars or complicated time signatures. The intro chords are anticipated, ie on the 4& not the 1.


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We do this song and dont have any problems with the original studio version intro.  It's not a complicated song.

 

The trickiest bits are getting our rhythm git to remember on the 2nd verse there's an added D between the E and C when the vocals are going

BaaaaaaaaaaaaayBeeeeeeeeeeeee.

 

And that D slips in again between the E and C in the solo.  And then there's that one odd A minor in the first verse after the solo,  where the C is skipped ,  and so it goes from D to A minor instead of D to C. 

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Just listened to it, caught me out 1st time , I assumed the big chord was on beat one but when the drums came in realised it's on the "and" or offbeat or quaver or anticipated

Tap your foot with the big strum on the up and count the beats out loud(and 1 and 2 etc), you'll get it

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The easiset way is to count with ' and ' in the timing. 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and  <--   Ist guitar chord is here... 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and.  <---    2nd chord.     So then you have the same  timing for next  chords on the ' ands'  till the song kicks in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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9 hours ago, fleabag said:

The easiset way is to count with ' and ' in the timing. 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and  <--   Ist guitar chord is here... 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and.  <---    2nd chord.     So then you have the same  timing for next  chords on the ' ands'  till the song kicks in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

^ Came in to post this. Its called a "Push". If using Nashville Number System, its written with this symbol " "....Its very common, especially in country songs

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