So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad) - Melody & Harmony

Here is the melody and harmony part for "So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)". I believe this is accurate, but if you come across any errors, please let me know. I originally started this one a couple weeks ago and put it aside after getting stumped by some of the harmony notes. I think I'm starting to get a better feel for this because when I took a second shot at it, the process seemed much easier.

I think what made this one more challenging is that there is a mix of parallel harmony and also harmony where one part stays on a single note while the other changes (don't know the term for this).

This song also has a very interesting rhythm to the vocal lines. Many of the syllables are on the off-beats which creates an overall "behind-the-beat feel" to the whole thing. This did make it a little tricky to notate, and I tried to indicate what they did on the recording as best as I could.

Finally, this is just meant to show the melody and harmony parts and doesn't outline the whole form of the song. Please refer to the Chords and Lyrics sheet for the whole song form.

Enjoy!

"So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)" - Chords & Lyrics

This week's tune was written in 1960 by Don Everly and is a beautiful song about lost love. It seems like many of the best songs were written about this topic, and the Everly's canon is rife with them (though of course many of them were written by other songwriters).

Again this one is written in "Nashville Numbers" notation to make it easier for people to transpose the song into a key that might be more comfortable for them.

"When Will I Be Loved" - Melody & Harmony

This song was a lot easier to decipher than "Love Hurts". There's a lot of repetition and most of the bridge doesn't even have a harmony part. I'm fairly sure this is accurate, though on the quick syllable "it" in the phrase "It happens every time" on the bridge, I am guessing that the harmony note just starts on the same note as the rest of the phrase, even though it's really difficult for me to hear.

NOTE: The eighth notes are swung on this song, and unfortunately the basic software I'm using to write these parts out doesn't have a way for me to indicate that. So PLEASE DO NOT SING THE EIGHTHS STRAIGHT. You'll sound like a robot. Also this sheet doesn't show the true form of the song, which repeats the bridge and last verse, and repeats the last line. The chords and lyrics sheet has the true form written down.

Again, if you find there are errors, please let me know. I don't claim that this is perfect - although I try my best to make them as accurate to the recording as possible. ENJOY!

"When Will I Be Loved" - Chords & Lyrics

This week's song is "When Will I Be Loved" written by Phil Everly in 1959. I was originally working on another tune and the harmony parts were stumping me so instead I worked on this song as it's got a pretty small harmony part and was a bit easier for me to work out.

I wrote this chart using "Nashville Numbers" which I usually try to do unless the song changes keys or has too many chords that are out of the key. The original key was B so, if you're not familiar with Nashville Numering, the "I" chord is B, the "IV" chord is E, and the "V" chord is F#. That's it. Three chords. Nice and simple.