"Mission (A World Record)"

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On Friday I listened to A New World Record for my Collection Audit project.  In the liner notes for the CD re-issue, Jeff Lynne says, "The '76 Olympics were on TV and so we heard the phrase 'a new world record' over and over.  It was Richard who suggested it for the title of the album."  Coincidentally, the day I listened to it was the first day of the 2016 Olympics.

Anyway, I thought the little guitar phrases in "Mission (A World Record)" would be easy to figure out.  They're interesting in that they have both F# and Bb notes.  The phrases I copied for my recording are at the very end, where the same phrase is played in two octaves.  There are some more guitar parts that follow that, but I haven't figured them out yet.