They first recorded a riff, but when it came to recording the vocal, it was found to be in too high a key for Henley's voice, so Felder progressively lowered the key from E minor, eventually settling on B minor.
Mereka pertama kali merekam sebuah reff, tapi ketika sampai pada rekaman vokal, ternyata kunci terlalu tinggi untuk suara Henley, jadi Felder semakin menurunkan kuncinya dari E minor, akhirnya menetap di B minor.