"Destination Unknown"

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I'd been waiting to start really learning parts until after I'd gone through and written notes about all of the albums, and after doing that for Balance of Power last night, I learned parts of four different songs.

Just by listening to "Destination Unknown" (it was a B-side of a single [although the liner notes don't say what the A-side was] and is included as a bonus track on the Balance of Power re-issue), I could tell that - in the verses at least - it's a three-chord song that uses major 6ths.  In that regard, it actually resembles 1950s rock and roll.  I think a few Buddy Holly and Chuck Berry songs are like that ("Johnny B. Goode" certainly is).

Because it's in C major, the chords are pretty high up the neck, and I'm not that good at playing that sort of major/major 6th thing up there.  Even excepting that, it's not the most interesting thing to listen to.  It's just the chords for the verses.  It's a start though.