"The Way Life's Meant to Be"

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I've been going back to write down some things I recorded earlier.  Yester-day, when I wrote down the chords for "The Way Life's Meant to Be," I noticed the electric guitar part, which I'm surprised I didn't figure out when I first got the chords last October.  They're double-stops, but they're based on the same notes as the chords they're played above.

I also discovered that I had a couple notes in the bass part in the wrong octave.

Like last time, I double-tracked my acoustic six-string to get something of the feeling of an acoustic twelve-string (which I think is used on the track).  I didn't start my two tracks at precisely the same time though, so the very beginning (just the first second or two) sounds a bit off-kilter.

I feel I'd be remiss if I didn't also mention that to-day's Jeff Lynne's birthday.