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Waterfalls (1980)Paul McCartney
Transcript of a line from Paul McCartney's 1980 song Waterfalls.
Waterfalls (1994)TLC
Transcript of a line from TLC's 1994 song Waterfalls.
Transposed from Eb.

These songs share

  • A lyric
  • A sequence on the word "waterfalls" that descends from 7̂ to 6̂ and then to 5̂ (though the 7̂ is flat in McCartney's case)

AV Club: TLC ripped off Paul McCartney? I had no idea!

Paul McCartney: I think so.

— AV Club interview (2007)

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