I'll Be Your Lover, Too
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{{Infobox song
| name = I'll Be Your Lover, Too
| cover =
| alt =
| artist = Van Morrison
| album = His Band and the Street Choir
| released = {{Start date|1970|11|15|df=y}}
| recorded = Summer 1970
| studio =
| genre = Folk rock
| length = 3:57
| label = Warner Bros.
| writer = Van Morrison
| producer = Van Morrison
}}
"I'll Be Your Lover, Too" is a song written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. It appears on the album His Band and the Street Choir, released in 1970.
Composition
Some have considered the song's music similar to that of Morrison's second studio album, Astral Weeks.{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/sfloman/vanmorrison.html#3|author=Floman, Scott|title=Review|accessdate=27 March 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091026163944/http://geocities.com/sfloman/vanmorrison.html|archivedate=26 October 2009}} The song is a moderate-tempoed acoustic ballad in 4/4 time, with one 5/8 bar before the vocal comes in. The song is in the key of G major, with the chord progression of Em-C-Em-C-Em-C-D-D.Hinton, Celtic Crossroads, p.122Van Morrison Anthology, p.22
Personnel on the original release
- Van Morrison{{snd}}guitar, vocal
- John Klingberg{{snd}}bass guitar
- John Platania{{snd}}guitar
- Dahaud Shaar (David Shaw){{snd}}drums
Notes
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References
- Van Morrison Anthology, Los Angeles: Alfred Music Publishing, 1999, {{ISBN|0-7692-8967-3}}
- Hinton, Brian (2000), Celtic Crossroads: The Art of Van Morrison, Sanctuary, {{ISBN|1-86074-312-9}}
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