"You Know What to Do"

I learned the chords for "You Know What to Do" earlier this month, so - when I had the opportunity a couple weeks ago - I recorded a version.  Because I used the Beatles' demo (which is a bit rough) as a template and because I'm not as familiar with "You Know What to Do" as I am with some other Beatles songs, my version isn't the best (it doesn't help that I'm not a very good tambourine player).  Still, I don't think it turned out too badly.

Their version just sort of trails off, but I resolved mine.

"You Know What to Do"

A couple days ago, I learned the chords for "You Know What to Do."  According to the liner notes of Anthology 1, it's a demo of a George Harrison song that the Beatles never properly recorded.  In any case, I noticed some connections between the chord progression and the lyrics in the bridge.

To start with, here are the chords (with the disclaimer that - as always - I might have something wrong).  There's an initial D major before the first verse.

Verses:
|: A major | E major :|

Choruses:
|: A major | E major :| A major | D major

Bridge:
B minor | D augmented | A major | D major

The chord progression is comprised of major chords until the bridge, which starts with a B minor.  Appropriately, the mood in the lyrics also changes here:  "Just call on me when you're lonely."  Following that B minor is a D augmented, with an A# accidental that also contributes to the desolate feeling of loneliness.

There's a parallelism (of sorts) between the first and last lines of the bridge, both lyrically and musically.  The lyrical parallelism is obvious:  "Just call on me when you're lonely" is only a few words different from "I'll call on you if I'm lonely too."  The "too" emphasizes the similarity.  The musical parallelism is a bit obscure (and less exact).  There's a B minor played for the entire first line, and there's a D major at the very end (corresponding to the "too" in "I'll call on you if I'm lonely too").  These are closely related chords:  B minor is the relative minor of D major, and D major is the relative major of B minor.  So in the bridge, there's a close relationship between the first and last lines and between the first and last chords.  Accordingly, the speaker/singer wishes for a close relationship between himself and the girl to whom he addresses the song.

"Baby You're a Rich Man"

I listened to Magical Mystery Tour this morning, and the line "Tuned to a natural E" in "Baby You're a Rich Man" caught my attention.  I'd wondered whether the vocal line there is actually singing "E" to an E note, but I'd never actually lookt into it.  I finally did, and I discovered that neither the lead vocal nor the harmony vocal sing an E note there.  The lead vocal sings a G, and the harmony vocal sings a C.  For what it's worth: adding an E would result in a C major chord, and the song is in C major.