"That's Not Me"

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I was playing through the guitar parts for "That's Not Me" last night, and I realized that the two parts I figured out are in two different keys.  The six-string guitar part is in A major (and I think most of the rest of the song is too), but the twelve-string part is (I think) in Db major (or at least something with a handful of flats).

Two years ago, I read Kent Hartman's The Wrecking Crew, and I remembered that he mentions a Brian Wilson song that has two parts in different keys.  I just looked that up, and it's not even "That's Not Me."  According to the book, "Wouldn't It Be Nice" has parts in D major and A major, but from what I've figured out so far, it's in F major.  In any case, it shows the complex tonality of Wilson's songs.