Song structure mental block - Wichita Lineman

I got Band In a Box the other day and started fooling around with some simple chord entry to get used to using it. I tried doing Wichita Lineman but for some reason I'm having a mental block with the song structure. I figured out all the chord changes but I can't seem to divide them up into a regular structure. Like where does the intro end and the verse begin/end etc.

I could just enter the chords linearly and Band In a Box would probably figure out the structure, but it's bugging me that I can't do this myself. There's something sneaky going on in there, like an extra measure or something.

It does have some odd bar numbered sections. 7 bar and 6 bar phrases.
This is a rough chord chart not in the original key but it may help(?) ...
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_z3ix5XYOn6s/SbSIBynk6wI/AAAAAAAABK8/qSBbgJIynuM/s512/Wichita%20LM%20chord%20chart.jpg

Hmmm, interesting. Thanks much for the enlightenment. I guess the odd lengths kept throwing me.

Here's how I hear the chord changes, in the original key:





Intro

Fmaj7 Bb/C Fmaj7 Bb/C

/ / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |



Verse & guitar solo (3x)

Bbmaj7 Am7 Bb/C Dm7 Am7

/ / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |


G D

/ / / / | / / / / | / / / / |


C2 G/B Bb6

/ / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |


D A7sus Bb C2

/ / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |


Bb C2

/ / / / | / / / / |



Ending



Bb C2 etc.

/ / / / | / / / / |

4qoymGCDYzU

/ Tony

Different twist to this at

http://www.countrytabs.com/tablature/Glen_Campbell/Wichita_Lineman_2_Chord_12511/

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What a great song!!!!!!!!

I do this tune in G - but with Jimmy Webb's changes (he does it in F on 'Ten Easy Pieces')

intro
||: C / / / | D(maj9) / / /|C/ / / |Dsus || C/ / / | G/B/ / / | Am7 / Dsus / | Em7 / Bm7 /| A(sus)/ A /|

E / Eus / | E / / /|| D / / /| / / / / | A/C#/ / / | AM/C / / /| G/D/ / /| Dsus/ / /||

| C/ / / | D(maj9) / / / |C/ / / |Dus/ / /||

This is an approximation of Jimmy's piano voicings which are beautifully cryptic in places(whether he meant to or not).

Probably my favourite tune ever - I do it "frisell' like with my trio but I just found Ben Monder doing it too...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZascMOE42Tw complete with the "da dah dah da dah" intro -which Jimmy doesnt do.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlEpKhSHTyQ

not as clean as Glenn - but Jimmy wrote it.

oops those last two bars of the verse should be E/B and A/B...sorry!

Gaddis,What style did you use.I started trying to lay it out in BIAB but never found the right style.

I'm still experimenting with the style choice, but the one I'm using now is Z4POPBAL, at 90 bpm. I also changed my Bb6 chord to Gm/Bb, per Klaisane's post. I think it sounds "more correcter".

Here's one of my favorite YouTube versions:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U9UAG92lJo

Blast from the past thread:

http://www.tdpri.com/forum/tab-tips-theory-technique/14575-wichita-lineman.html

Thanks for posting that Tim!

You're welcome, gaddis! Hope you enjoy digging into the song. It's one of my faves.

Blast from the past thread:

http://www.tdpri.com/forum/tab-tips-theory-technique/14575-wichita-lineman.html
Wow, I'd completely forgotten about that. :oops: Long-term memory 'n' all. :roll::wink: When the Big Hacking Incident happened six (?) years ago, the #$%^@ hacker stole my account, so now all my old posts are labeled "Guest" -- and I can't search for 'em. :mad: Grumble, grumble... CS