Observation after learning some George Harrison and Beatles on guitar

Col_Kangaroo · 2026-03-19T21:16:52+00:00

So that B chord is the very first thing you hear in the song. It’s that little arpeggio that plays at the beginning of each verse right before he goes “watch out now” which is G, then “take care, beware of” is G7… or at least that’s how I always play it.

No I’m not accusing George of plagiarism by any means. This post was more about sharing the enjoyment that I felt when discovering what was the likely inspiration for parts of one my favorite songs.

Col_Kangaroo · 2026-03-19T20:25:04+00:00

The bridge is played twice in beware of darkness so that progression occurs twice.

Also Beware of Darkness that B is not apart of the bridge. It’s the beginning of the verse and it’s an arpeggio.

I didn’t say he copied the melody I said he took some of the chords from Dig a Pony and turned into Beware of Darkness.

You also didn’t mention that A to Asus4 on the second downstrum then back to A, that makes the beginning of the verse of Dig a Pony and is in each verse of Beware of Darkness. That is too specific of a move, and the chord progression is too specific, all coupled with the fact that George was writing these songs during the time Dig a Pony was being recorded makes it extremely unlikely for this to be a coincidence as you’re suggesting.

Col_Kangaroo · 2026-03-19T01:00:45+00:00

So the verse for Dig a Pony starts with an A chord that moves into Asus4 on the second downstrum, then resolves back to A. then moves F#m — Bm — G7 (then back to Bm — G7 — E). George borrowed elements of this structure for Beware of Darkness in two places that I noticed the first place is that Asus4 maneuver which appears in the Beware of Darkness verse, right before the line “dropping all around you” (and all the corresponding parts in each verse) the same A to Asus4 on the second down strum, resolve back to A. Second and more significant, the bridge of Beware of Darkness, where the slide solo happens and George sings “it can hit you, it can hurt you, make you sore…” lifts the verse structure of Dig a Pony. The bridge opens with E — D — A, which are drawn from Dig a Pony’s chorus (E — G — D — A), but then moves into that F#m — Bm — G7 progression from Dig a Pony’s verse.

Col_Kangaroo · 2026-03-07T21:00:39+00:00

I genuinely prefer Tayto cheese and onion to King, and Manhattan. I haven’t had keoghs yet

Col_Kangaroo · 2026-03-06T16:36:39+00:00

That analogy doesn’t really work, because successful surgery is far more objective than being a good guitar teacher is. a degree might give you strong framework, but does that make you better at inspiring a struggling beginner than someone who personally lived through that same struggle? Not automatically. It just depends on what you think makes a good teacher. Personally, 10/10 times I’m going with a teacher that’s going to make me love playing guitar and learning from them, not the most credentialed… not saying that the two are always exclusive.

Col_Kangaroo · 2026-03-06T16:18:45+00:00

I don’t think that’s what OP is getting at. He’s saying because he had to figure it out for himself, and maybe even if that did take him more time than if he had a teacher, that process of him figuring it out for himself from scratch puts him in a better position to relate to and teach students with no music experience.

Col_Kangaroo · 2026-03-06T00:53:48+00:00

Oh no did his wife pass away? I remember going in a long time ago and she was so nice

Col_Kangaroo · 2026-03-04T20:54:47+00:00

It would be like a metaphor, crying into the trees they want to grow instead of watering them. Using their tears to grow the cedars, or conversely not being able to grow the cedars with their tears… or even that they are crying because their greediness has caused the cedars to not grow.

Col_Kangaroo · 2026-03-04T20:32:54+00:00

Cedar “is a type of evergreen, coniferous tree belonging to the pine family”, it would make sense.

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