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A couple weeks ago, I learned the bass part for the choruses of "I'm a Loser," and I noticed something about the fifth and sixth measures:
This is the same phrase that starts the verses in "Tell Me Why." The only difference is the key. "I'm a Loser" is in G major, and "Tell Me Why" is in D major. So the phrase in "Tell Me Why" is a fourth higher, but the intervals are the same: