Song Structure
Song forms
Drone-based
- Tomorrow Never Knows
Riff-based
- Shotgun
- When I Think of You
- I Know a Place
Simple verse form (AAA)
Intermediate forms
- The dividing line between simple verse and verse-chorus is not clear cut:
chords | melody | lyrics | |
---|---|---|---|
same | same | same | simple verse |
same | same | different | intermediate |
same | different | different | intermediate |
different | different | different | verse-chorus |
("same" and "different" refer to the verse compared to the chorus)
- Songs where the chords and melody remain the same, but the lyrics are different
- Knockin' on Heaven's Door
- Songs where the chords remain the same, but melody and lyrics are different
- Feelin' Alright
- Jambalaya
- The Sweater Song (Weezer)
- Who Do You Love?
- Wicked Game
Verse-chorus form
Vocals / instrumentals
Hybrids
First verse is instrumental
- lots of big-band era songs
- Steve Miller, Jet Airliner
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