[Glennwillow]

"Your Song" showed up on the air waves in October 1970, pretty much 50 years ago. I don't know if this was Elton John's first hit, but it's the first song I remember from him. This is a song written for piano, so playing this on guitar requires playing a lot of piano-oriented chords, such as the first chord in the chorus, the Asus2 with the C# in the bass rather than the root A note. Also the descending bass line off the Bm chord in the chorus (Bm, Bm/A, Bm/G#) is typical of the piano. Being a lousy piano player, my only choice was the guitar. I finger picked this song to make the guitar sound as piano-like as possible.

The background behind me is of the Olympic National Park rain forest near Lake Quinault not far from where I live. Bernie Taupin's image of kicking moss off the roof made me think of all the moss not just on the roofs around here but also in the rain forest.

The guitar is my Gerald Sheppard GA, Ave Maria, a beautiful guitar both visually and aurally.

I hope you like this -- thanks for listening!

- Glenn