What makes Wichita Lineman so heartbreaking?

From David Bennett Piano.

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This video is made in tandem with @davidhartley94 who has also made a video about Wichita Lineman: https://youtu.be/3au2nqyMbc0

Wichita Lineman is one of my favourite songs of all time. A perfect marriage of original and evocative storytelling with lush distinctive chord movement.

Here’s my previous video on Cadential 6-4: https://youtu.be/jU-1N9sJ2f4?si=VHKBhXcuevdnwKmi

SOURCES: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty3oQbPfVSY&pp=ygUPd2ljaGl0YSBsaW5lbWFu

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b0977tzf
https://web.archive.org/web/20220525201948/https://maverick-country.com/behind-the-song-jimmy-webb/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40861326

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wNQjDQAAQBAJ&lpg=PA211&pg=PA211&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false

Check out my original songs: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0wKKJoOZd8JQJDgGU8sb8V?si=dcs5zn4JRDO7oVCEkfK6YQ 🎶

The on-screen piano and chords tool I used in this video is Chordwatch! You can get a 20% discount off Chordwatch with code DAVID20 when you use this link: https://gumroad.com/a/348294291/IWOwk 🎹🎹🎹🎹

And, an extra special thanks goes to Chase Heeler, Megawaddledoo and friends Inc., Peter Keller, Douglas Lind, Vidad Flowers, Ivan Pang, Waylon Fairbanks, Jon Dye, Austin Russell, Christopher Ryan, Toot & Paul Peijzel, the channel’s Patreon saints! 😇

0:00 Wichita Lineman
0:10 Intro
0:48 Verse
2:55 Key change
4:40 Interrupted cadential 6-4
6:37 Organ and Morse code hook
8:51 Jamzone
9:46 Structure
10:50 Guitar solo
11:35 Unfinished lyrics
12:29 Outro vamp
13:18 David Hartley video

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