I've always wondered if this was composed before or after his first wife's death. If before how ironic, and if after...
Either way, I think this is a straight-forward expression of love's irony, both of past and future relationship's. Sounds as if he is somewhere between, reflecting on the past and speculating about the future.
I love to play this one on my piano, and admire the harmonic interest. The word "gate" ending on Bm and resolving to D/C. Also, the Ab-m(b5)-D changes "...when we were happy were the times we never tried." which resolves to G.
This is Bonnie Raitt's tuning, and I don't have JB's sheet music. He sings it in a different key, but the chord progressions are the same. Haunting combination of words and tonalities.
I've always wondered if this was composed before or after his first wife's death. If before how ironic, and if after... Either way, I think this is a straight-forward expression of love's irony, both of past and future relationship's. Sounds as if he is somewhere between, reflecting on the past and speculating about the future. I love to play this one on my piano, and admire the harmonic interest. The word "gate" ending on Bm and resolving to D/C. Also, the Ab-m(b5)-D changes "...when we were happy were the times we never tried." which resolves to G. This is Bonnie Raitt's tuning, and I don't have JB's sheet music. He sings it in a different key, but the chord progressions are the same. Haunting combination of words and tonalities.