April 25, 2024

Max Meazza – Nightime Call

 

Max Meazza - Nightime Call

Meazza @ discogs.com 



Cigarette smoke lounging inside of city cab, meandering out the cracked window like a 2am drunkard slithering the rain slicked streets.  Puddles reflect neon signing, endless always distant chattering.


1.  Nightime Call

 

               Intro is D-13 clashey chords including the minor 9.  On guitar these chords word particularly well: xx9960 and xx7968 and xx10 10 8 12.  Guitar plays some sliding 4th riffs.  Horn (trumpet I think) introduced on G# to G, highlighting the #4 blue note.

 

               When the vocals kick in:

 

||:  D-13               |     F maj9    Eb maj9                 |   D-11                      |                                 :||

 

 

               After a few repeats:

 

||:      C-7    Fmaj          |  C-7  Fmaj           |  C-7   Fmaj                 | D-7   G7                                  |

|  D-7                             |                               |                                    |                                                ||

 

               Lots of big bad D- extensions in this one.  Almost modal like So What.

 

 

 

2.  Sweet Little Mistery

 

               Super mo town progression, Ab maj to F-,  Db maj to Eb7.

              

B section is Bb-7 for a few bars to F-7 for a few bars.

              

Second verse uses the same chord progression as intro but each chord holds double the length.

 

 

 

3.  Gas Service Station

 

               Main part:  Open E string on a lot of these chords.  Voicings below chord symbols.

 

               ||:  A maj9                 |   E-7                      |  D maj   C maj               |  A-                 :||

                ||:   x07650               |   0x5430               |      open voicings for these last chords   :||

              

               Woorrrkinn Woorrkiiin~

              

               ||  A- sort of A major blues thing  |                         |                     |F13     E7alt                   |

               |   A-                                                   |                            ||

 

               Fun voicing for F13:   x8788 10

               Fun voicing for E7alt:  0x6788

 

 

 

4.  Complicated Life

              

               Intro D ma7 and G maj7.

              

               When vocals come in:

 

               ||:  D maj7           |  G maj7                       |  D maj7                        |  G maj7                           |

               |      D maj7           |  A-9                             |   E-9                             |  A13                               :||

 

 

               After a few repeats:

 

               ||:  Gmaj add9      |  B7alt                    |  E-9    A13                       |  D maj7                          :||

              

               B7alt chord has like half a measure.

 

 

 

5.  Angel of the Night

 

               D maj and C maj and then form when vocals start:

              

               ||  D maj                   |   C maj7                          |  D maj                              |  C maj7                   |

               ||  E-7                        | D maj                               |  E-7                               |  D maj               ||

               |  A7 sus                     ||

 

               During the E-7 to D maj chorus, guitar is strumming D major triad on 10th fret.

 

 

6.  Nervous Everytime it Rains

 

               Intro has A to F# trills on guitar, ends with open A note.

               Super simple.  First section chord progression is F-7 to Bb7 back and forth.

               Second section is C-7 to F7 back and forth.

 

 

 

7.  Shoes Full of Rain

 

               ||: Bb maj7                  |  C-7                     |  Bb maj7                    |  C-7   F7             :||

               || Bb maj7                  |  A7                      | E-7   A7                       | D maj7               |

               | E-7    A7                    |  D maj7              |  E-7    A7                  |  F#-   B-                  |

               | E-7    A7                    | E-7    A7             |  spacey chord then repeat  ||

 

 

 

8.  Get It On

 

               First part is like D maj7, A maj, E-7, with a lot of A in the bass.

               Second part is C-7 to Bb maj7, repeat then A 7sus.

               Chorus is C maj7/G to C maj7 a few times back and forth, then surprise Eb maj7, resolve C maj7.

 

 

9.  No One Cares

 

               Intro is D major pentatonic stuff over D maj and A7.

               Verse is D maj, B-7 to G maj, A7/G in bass…F#- to B-,  G maj, A maj, repeat. 

I, vi, IV, V, iii, vi, IV, V.

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