GUEST,Jim: What Sidewinder was saying ~ pretty clearly, as far as I can see ~ is that he found it near-impossible to exactly duplicate the way "Norwegian Wood" is played on the original recording. That is, it is apparently devilishly difficult to play the same notes on the guitar in the same key. (I can't say whether he has also been trying to duplicate the sitar part.)

I don't necessarily agree that it's important to play a song ~ especially a "folksong" ~ in its original key, or in any particular key, in order to claim you can play it. But, that's my opinion.