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TheCromulentChipster · 11-02-2003, 05:17 PM

I guess you could call it a middle eight. It has no counterpart anywhere else in the song. I'm not sure what else to call it, but it seems more like an extension of the bridge. See below:

Verse 1:
There's a little room on my list for tonight
Will ya be the one to fill it in
Toss around what is up, what is down

Bridge:
In between, would ya like to dream

Chorus:
Step on in, ya don't have to play to win
But then you might

Verse 2:
There's a little song on my list for tonight
Would ya like to try and make it rhyme
Sing and sway, if your heart feel that way
We can leave the blues behind

(The verse above does not move into a bridge/chorus, which is a little unusual. As you can see it repeats the pattern of the two previous lines and then heads right into another verse.)

Verse 3:
There's a little lovin' on my list tonight
With a bit of luck, I'll check it off
Toss around what is up, what is down

Bridge:
In between, d' ya know what I mean

Middle Eight?:
Rain, rain all day long
You've made it pay, you can do no wrong tonight

(Just as the verse was extended earlier, this might be an extension of the bridge, except that it's markedly different from the bridge. What makes me think it's not a middle eight is that it's so short and it feels very spontaneous, which doesn't usually accompany a middle eight. M8s are like you're driving along the road and then you pull off to the side to talk about something serious and then pull back onto the road. This is more like looking straight ahead at the road and then something you're driving by catches your eye and you look at it as you keep driving.)

Chorus:
Pick and grin, ya don't have to play to win
But then you might

Repeat Chorus w/ var.
Thick and thin, ya don't have to play to win
But then you might

Verse 4:
There's a little room on my list for tonight
Will ya be the one to fill it in
Toss around what is up, what is down

Bridge:
In between, would ya like to dream

Chorus:
Step on in, ya don't have to play to win
But then you might

Repeat Chorus w/ var.
Thick and thin, ya don't have to play to win
But then you might

(I am a self-taught guitar player, so I could very well be wrong about some aspect of this. If anyone reading this sees something amiss with my analysis, I'd love to hear about it.)

11-02-2003, 05:17 PM	#3
TheCromulentChipster Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Pickering, Ontario, Canada Posts: 40	I guess you could call it a middle eight. It has no counterpart anywhere else in the song. I'm not sure what else to call it, but it seems more like an extension of the bridge. See below: Verse 1: There's a little room on my list for tonight Will ya be the one to fill it in Toss around what is up, what is down Bridge: In between, would ya like to dream Chorus: Step on in, ya don't have to play to win But then you might Verse 2: There's a little song on my list for tonight Would ya like to try and make it rhyme Sing and sway, if your heart feel that way We can leave the blues behind (The verse above does not move into a bridge/chorus, which is a little unusual. As you can see it repeats the pattern of the two previous lines and then heads right into another verse.) Verse 3: There's a little lovin' on my list tonight With a bit of luck, I'll check it off Toss around what is up, what is down Bridge: In between, d' ya know what I mean Middle Eight?: Rain, rain all day long You've made it pay, you can do no wrong tonight (Just as the verse was extended earlier, this might be an extension of the bridge, except that it's markedly different from the bridge. What makes me think it's not a middle eight is that it's so short and it feels very spontaneous, which doesn't usually accompany a middle eight. M8s are like you're driving along the road and then you pull off to the side to talk about something serious and then pull back onto the road. This is more like looking straight ahead at the road and then something you're driving by catches your eye and you look at it as you keep driving.) Chorus: Pick and grin, ya don't have to play to win But then you might Repeat Chorus w/ var. Thick and thin, ya don't have to play to win But then you might Verse 4: There's a little room on my list for tonight Will ya be the one to fill it in Toss around what is up, what is down Bridge: In between, would ya like to dream Chorus: Step on in, ya don't have to play to win But then you might Repeat Chorus w/ var. Thick and thin, ya don't have to play to win But then you might (I am a self-taught guitar player, so I could very well be wrong about some aspect of this. If anyone reading this sees something amiss with my analysis, I'd love to hear about it.)