Earl journey day 2 --
Today I go through the chords, check out what's musically interesting, and see what Sarah B was doing -- she's so smart. Use of minor to relative major, lots of minor second moving in the bass line that makes thing tense and close, and some surprising out of-the-key chords.
If it gets boring 2/3 of the way through with me noodling around, just jump to the end with overall comments about what I notice.
Asking yourself what the music's telling you about the story, huge. Such an interesting song, tells the tale well.