actually it is a little complicated - though seemingly simple
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in that, through verse, chorus and break, it dances back and forth between the 1/4/5 chords in the dominant key of Gmajor and the 1/4/5 chords in the relative minor key of Eminor
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to me that gives it alot of tension and resolution and happy/sad emotional shifts
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but i kind of assumed that George had just learned, lifted and altered this family of chords from one of the many songs the beatles learned and covered in their early days . .
also when george starts singing, the song isn't on the root chord as many (most?) (simple?) songs do... it just throws you into the melody a little disoriented adding to the frenetic vibe -
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for you music heads - the verse's chord progression is:
Bminor... A.... G... Eminor so mentally as george plays it, the Eminor is phrased like an afterthought to the dominant G . . kind of a fake out when you thought he had landed on the 1 chord (G major)
and therefore.... is the Bminor the minor 3 chord in the key of Gmajor...... or the 5 chord in the key of Eminor
total fake out, lol
george's sensibility is dark and naturally askew (in my opinion) . . which i like
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maybe more in the rhythm than the chords, but this song always reminds me of the shiek of araby