harmony and an acoustic guitar flourish. The song is melodically horizontal, using chord changes typical in both classical music and jazz. It consistently uses a B chord, which musicologist Alan W. Pollack writes "adds even more spice to both the melody and harmony", and is suggestive of the "exotic Phrygian mode". The chord is first heard at 0:23, substituting for a more typical change of F minor. Between verses, the song includes an extra bar of I as a vamp. Musicologist Walter Everett writes the song's verse-refrain has an "SRDC" structure: Statement-Restatement-Departure-Conclusion. The lyrics affirm the singer's love for a girl despite the long distance between them. McCartney described the song as a "future nostalgia", with the song "[projecting] itself into the future and then is nostalgic about the moment we're living in now". In the verses the lyrics sing of the future and are in the third person, while the release changes to the present tense and the first person. Everett writes that the "strumming of the minor chord on acoustic guitar" and "vocal arpeggiation" are reminiscent of Bob Dylan's 1963 song "Masters of War", though "the lyrics are worlds apart". He compares George Harrison's chiming of his Gretsch Country Gent guitar on the song's verse to the chiming he does on his Rickenbacker 12-string throughout the album. Recording The Beatles recorded several songs for A Hard Day's Night on 2 June 1964, including "Things We Said Today". Recording in EMI's Studio Two, George Martin produced the session, assisted by balance engineer Norman Smith. After one false start, take two included both vocals and an instrumental backing. For take three, the band overdubbed several parts onto take two, with McCartney double-tracking his vocal, Starr adding a tambourine and John Lennon playing the piano. The band returned the following day, adding unspecified overdubs to the track. While the Beatles were away on their 1964 world tour, Martin, again assisted by Smith, returned to EMI on 9 June 1964. In Studio Three, they mixed "Things We Said Today" for mono from take three. They returned on 22 June to mix much of the album in Studio One, including "Things We Said Today" for stereo. Both mixes omit Lennon's piano overdub, but, due to audio leakage from the other instrument's microphones, it is still heard slightly on the released version. Release and reception EMI's Parlophone label released "Things We Said Today" as