This is my first song in a D tuning. I have listened to an insanely talented guitar player, Eric Gales. (That’s What I Am is so far his best album.) I saw him live 3 times – he is jaw-dropping GREAT. Yes, yes he plays lead guitar with a stinging, ferocious tone, but it’s his rhythm guitar playing that is the drive. Humbly, I approach D tuning and lucked out on discovering some new open chord voicings. I finished the song a few times, but the lyrics just didn’t live up the emotion of the melody. Then I thought, Hey! What about all those stories my Mom has told me about how she and Dad fell in love during World War II? The war separated the newlyweds, but Dad had a brilliant way for them to communicate across the ocean. I had always wanted to write of my Mother’s ability to convey her love. She’s a Beatle, ya know? She lives the words, All You Need Is Love.

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