You’ve Got a Friend
by James Taylor
released on the album Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon in
Music and Lyrics by Carole King
Produced by Peter Asher
Bass played by Leland Sklar
Transcription and Engraving by Peter Crighton
Published on
Transcription and Engraving by Peter Crighton
Published on
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The tempo starts off at 97 bpm, but quickly settles within the first verse around 92 bpm.
In the last but one measure of the chorus, the second chord occurs by James Taylor (on the left) playing a Dmaj7/C♯ and Danny Kortchmar (on the right) playing a C♯m7 at the same time.
Annotations
The tempo starts off at 97 bpm, but quickly settles within the first verse around 92 bpm.
In the last but one measure of the chorus, the second chord occurs by James Taylor (on the left) playing a Dmaj7/C♯ and Danny Kortchmar (on the right) playing a C♯m7 at the same time.
Additional resources
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Live on BBC in Concert (1971)
Together with songwriter Carole King, and Leland Sklar and Russ Kunkel, who both played on James Taylor’s studio version.
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Live at the Troubadour, West Hollywood, California, USA (2010)
In addition to the above lineup, featuring Danny Kortchmar on acoustic guitar, who played guitar on James’s and conga on Carole King’s original studio version.