nimrod . . i respect you to the maximum (and also the music you posted - for real)
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but here's why i think you are wrong about this
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what the drummer would call the
"ONE" . . (the first beat of the first measure) . .
is not the E minor of 'since'....-as what you typed would imply
it's the B minor of "GONE"the way you typed it it's Em / Bm / A / G . . . but the chord progression that starts the verse is really
Bm / A / G / Em--------------
ok,
breaking it into bars, the song is like this:
(intro)
D / D / Em / Em(verse)
Bm / A / G / Em
Bm / A / G / G(chorus)
Em / A / Em / Em(bridge)
D / D / Em / Em
D / D / Em / Em
Bm / Bm / Am / Am
C / C / Em / Em-------------------------------
now try and follow my madness,,,,,
it's when the first lyric line of the verse
lands and ends on that G (talk to
ME) . . that's what gives the momentary impression that the G is the tonic
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in fact, in the second line of the verse (
Bm / A / G / G ) he stays on the G from "plain to see" till the 4th measure's end like like
G is the root chord. check it out
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then the C and D in the bridge relate to that family of chords because they're the 4 and 5 of Gmajor (... of which the relative minor key is ,yes, Eminor)
ok, next
you see how there is an
Amajor in the verse and chorus but in the bridge it becomes
Aminor?
Aminor being the relative minor of C allows the chord progression to move to C (aka the 4 chord in G major) . . .
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that A in the bridge being minor has it registering as the minor 2 chord in the Gmajor family
as well as the 4 chord to Eminor
(btw, i never said the song was in G . . i said it dances back and forth between 1-4-5 chords of G and 1-4-5 chords of Eminor . . similar to what happens in and i love her)
but nimrod, this is not a basic 1 4 5 "three chord song"
in fact, it's pretty clever for a simple song . . . Admit it, you hate George
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anyway, do i think george knowingly constructed great deceptive music theory in his first song - -not really
do i think george just has a left of center approach that makes this melody, rhythm, chord progression a rough cut gem? most definitely!