Saturday, April 23, 2022

"You Won't Have to Cry"

This morning, I figured out the chords for "You Won't Have to Cry" and noticed an interesting feature of the structure.  For almost all of the song, each chord lasts at least one measure (the chord at the end of each verse lasts two measures).  Aside from the introduction, the one exception to this is in the bridge.  Underneath the words "many, many" in the line "Because he told you so many, many lies," the chords last for only half a measure.  In other words, there are more chords per measure here than in any other part of the song (again, excepting the introduction), and this higher concentration of chords mirrors the abundance of those "many, many lies."