In a message dated 1/2/2003 3:56:35 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
writes:

> You know Bob, as astoundingly beautiful as that chord change is, I bet it
> was the first thing element of Hejira that gelled, and was 
> one of the
> easiest chord progressions to find.

I think you're probably right...the chord change almost sets up the nature of the 
intellectual soul-searching that is the nature of the song. And history shows that 
many works of genius happen almost instantly & spontaneously, sometimes even 
accidentally, like McCartney's "Yesterday". Joni's said that composing "BSN" was a 
quick affair, inspired by reading Saul Bellow's "Henderson The Rain King".

Bob

NP: The Pipe Dream, "Night In The City"

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