It's R. L. Burnside's birthday (11/231926)

It's Bad You Know
1 Chord

I think I first heard this song on the soundtrack album for "The Sopranos." A blues great.

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https://youtu.be/MQ-6fpuVeFA

More here on "Tomorrow Never Knows" and the Beatles' tendency to use C (and often Bb and C# to accommodate other instruments such as the sitar) in their music. This article makes the reasonable argument that because Lennon's vocals (and the Hammond organ) drift to Bb, "TMK" cannot, in fact, be called a one chord song.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-beatles-song-uses-just-one-chord/%3famp

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One-chord songs have always wowed me. John Lennon's "Tomorrow Never Knows" -- all in the chord of C -- is probably my fave. One-chord songs allow musicians, engineers, and sound designers to come up with something spectacular within a strict limitation. Some of the best artists are most creatively fertile when their hands are tied behind the back.

Luke McKernan has compiled a helpful lost of one-chord songs. And there are many marvels here.

https://lukemckernan.com/2019/08/12/one-chord-wonders/

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