Joni insisted I record the song. But with what kind of an arrangement—solo guitar and voice, band? One of the important lessons Joni taught me: if I can find the authenticity in the song and what it means to me, it can be therapy for me, as her songs have been for her. That authenticity requires not just lyrical honesty but musical honesty as well. Grandpa Joe loved big bands. I loved rock. The right musical treatment would marry those sensibilities. My chords were already taken from jazz harmonies, not pop: the basic riff was B minor 7, F-sharp augmented 7, G-sharp augmented 7 (B-7, F#+7,
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