The whole point of Lynyrd Skynyrd's Sweet Home Alabama is that it is the same three chords all the way through (D, C & G), which is why pub bands love playing it. I caught the closing titled of the eponymous film on telly a couple of nights ago, and there was a passably good cover version of the song by somebody calling herself Jewel. She chooses to use the chords E, D & A, which is fair enough, but to my horror, I noticed that she snuck in a full tone gearchange at 2 minutes 52 seconds and the last minute or so is F sharp, E & B.
Pointless:
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a full tone gearchange
That's worse than a cow stampede!
My opinion of Lynyrd Skynyrd is coloured by the long haired leather clad idiots who put that endless turgid dirge "Freebird" on at the Navigation in Hyde in the late 70s/early 80s. It never reaches a gearchange because thay are still trying to kickstart the sodding thing despite oiled spark plugs right to the end.
Can I just say that I think that the best thing Lynyrd Skynyrd ever did involved a Transall 240 and a forest in Mississippi?
Awww c'mon MW; Jewel's just gorgeous. Give the girl a break, even if this isn't the greatest thang she ever did done.....
or something.
Not going to get any converts with that version.
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