I)
See B2 section below. Starts in Eb major, ends in E major.
A vocal melody is interrupted by a A-G-G bassline, making it sound like
A7 harmony, but this is a trick. As the bass continues alone we start to
hear this as what it is: 2-1-1 in G major. The guitars come in with G
chords to confirm.
V)
The verses starts in G mixolydian, with bass as a pedal. You can see the
pattern they're building in the progression:
G C/G
G F/G C/G
G C/G F/G C/G
G C/G F/G C/G
G
A bit of the pattern is then repeated in Eb mixolydian:
Eb Db Ab
Eb
V2) (with vocals)
B1)
A lot happens in these 4 chords. The Bb is the V of Eb (shifting from
mixolydian to ionian). The Db teases that we're back in Eb mixo, but
instead of leading to Ab, we get harmonic planing down to a C major. The
melody still has Eb, giving it a jazzy sharp 9 sound, and makes the
following F chord sound like it functions as the V of Bb. So really the
C is the V/V of Bb.
V VIIb V/V (of Bb) V
Bb Db/Ab C F
A full resolution to Bb is skipped in favor of 2 thrilling modulations:
I I
Db Eb (We get a couple nice pentatonic lines here)
B2)
We start in Eb major, slipping in a borrowed iv chord:
I iv I
Eb Abm/Cb /Ab Eb/Bb
The borrowed Abm is used to modulate to Gb major:
ii V IV V V7 I
Abm7 Dbadd9 Cbadd9/Eb Db Db7/Cb Gb/Bb
A i (Gbm) is used to modulate to E major:
ii I ii I V7 I iv I
Gbm/A E/G# E/F# E B7sus/E E Am6/E E
End)
The G#m chords are dotted with brief A chords then we resolve to E:
iii V I
G#m7 A x4 B E
v/II II
C#m7 F#7add11
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