Ok - I'll go first. I'm working on the Cherry Lane transcription to John Denver's "Country Roads". I'm comfortable with fingerpicking - but there's so many different changes to the patterns in this song it's giving me a real challenge to memorize it and play it fluently. Now I know I don't have to play the arrangement as in that transcription - I'm not even sure John came up with that arrangement, but if he did, it's really brilliant, giving that "simple" song an understated sophistication.

Also working on "Cat's in the Cradle" transcription, and that one is also tricky.

Now I know I don't have to play the transcription as written, and most people would have no idea, for most of these fingerpicking songs - but it's the fine, subtle picking patterns and rhythms that make the overall song/arrangement sound so good (IMHO). Also on this song, the key really confuses me. The chords to the verse are:

A_________ C_________ D _________ A
My child.... Came to... usual way

What key is this ? I suppose maybe A with a borrowed chord C from A minor ? How would you solo or improvise over that when you reached the C chord ? In the chorus you have the chords

A _________ G_________ C _________ D
And the cat's... Silver spoon Little boy blue....

Again -what key ? A with some chords borrowed from A minor ? And same question ....

Also - what other songs use a similar progression as that in the Cat's in the Cradle ?

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