Minor Chord Progressions

sneakers · Post by **sneakers** » Tue Jul 15, 2003 7:44 am

Here's an interesting bit of Beatle trivia. The Beatles got a lot of mileage out of the digression of chords based on minors. This pattern was used mostly in the middle eights of some songs. Starting from, say, a Bm, the next chord would be down a half a step from the dominate note in the chord, or a Bb5. A "D" chord would be next in line, followed by a D chord with a G# instead of an A in the chord. I see this pop up in a lot of songs, namely; Michelle, A Taste Of Honey, Got To Get You Into My Life, AYBCS, and others. Anyone else notice similarities in chord progressions like this?

carr · Post by **carr** » Tue Jul 15, 2003 7:59 pm

Dunno if it applies but I always liked Cry baby Cry because of the chrid progression for the verses

John

sneakers · Post by **sneakers** » Wed Jul 16, 2003 12:31 am

Yes, Cry Baby Cry is another one with that chord progression. Fixing A Hole has that type of progression also.