"Ticket to Ride"

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About two weeks ago, I learned the little guitar lick after the bridge in "Ticket to Ride," and I re-learned the recurring twelve-string phrase (which I think I used to know but forgot).  I figured I should record it.  One more song for the year and all that.

To me, it sounds like the studio version is in between Ab major and A major, so I used the live version from Anthology 2 as the template for my recording.

My recording is a bit rough, and I didn't actually play that little lick very well, but it's good enough to be recognizable.  Initially, I'd assumed George Harrison played that lick (since he's the lead guitarist), but referencing the studio version, I found that the twelve-string part is panned right and that lick is panned left, so I think it's actually John Lennon playing it.