IN ONLY SEVEN DAYS

A bit of a Spread Your Wings II in both harmony and lyrics.

General Information:

Music & Lyrics by: John Deacon
Arranged by: John Deacon
Written: 1978
Length: 2:30
Released on: November 10th 1978

Produced by: Queen & Roy Thomas Baker
Mixed by: Roy Thomas Baker
Engineered by: Geoff Workman & John Etchells

Recorded: July - October 1978
 Recorded at: Mountain Studios, Montreux, Switzerland and/or Super Bear Studios, Nice, France

Keys: D
Meter: 4/4
Form: Cyclic

Acoustic Drums: Roger Taylor
Electric Bass: John Deacon
Acoustic Guitar: John Deacon
Electric Guitars: Brian May
Acoustic Piano: Freddie Mercury

Lead Vocals: Freddie Mercury

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Form:

Verse'
Verse
Verse
Refrain
Spacer
Lift
Bridge
Verse
Verse
Refrain
Spacer
Spacer
Verse/2'
Outro

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Harmony:

Harmony stays firmly in D Major but there are several jazzy chords. Note, for instance, the closing progression: G#m7 > E7 > Gmaj7 > D (bv > V/V > IV > I), derived (in part) from the plagal cadence, and even with a little Beatles-esque touch - compare with vi > V/V > IV > I that closes Yesterday, for instance.