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Line 28: The lyrics describe the end of a loving relationship without assigning blame.<ref name=words>{{cite book\|title=The Words and Music of Carole King\|author=Perone, J.D.\|pages=34-35\|year=2006\|publisher=Greenwood Publishing\|isbn= 9780275990275}}</ref> ''[[Rolling Stone Magazine]]'' stated the King's "warm, earnest singing" on the song brought out the song's sadness.<ref>{{cite web\|title=500 Greatest Albums of All Time: Tapestry\|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531/carole-king-tapestry-20120524\|publisher=[[Rolling Stone Magazine]]\|accessdate=2014-04-13}}</ref> According to author James Perone, the feeling of the song is enhanced by the instrumental work of [[Danny Kortchmar]] on guitar, [[Curtis Amy]] on [[saxophone]] and King on piano.<ref name=words/> Kortchmar and Amy each have an instrumental solo.<ref name=words/> Perone also notes several melodic techniques King uses in the song which helped make the song such a hit. She builds the [[melody]] out of [[syncopated]] rhythmic [[motif (music)\|motifs]]s which are modified and combined over the course of the song, in contrast to many songs in which the rhythmic phrases are simply repeated.<ref name=words/> The recording won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1972, and the song is included on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest songs of all time.

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