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Songs with minor progressions

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vizviz Frets: 10211
edited March 2022 in Theory
Dear ‘boarders, I’m looking for a list of songs with progressions made up of minor chords, preferably borrowed chords, not just i iv v, but they’ll do too. 

Whaddya got? Here’s a few:

Emma Bunton: Maybe (from chorus to verse)
Ebm Cm Abm Cm Abm


Beverley Knight: Straightjacket (bridge, at 1:48)
Am Em Gm Fm, Am Em Gm Fm 
https://youtu.be/U_I_pJgXdso


Santana: Black Magic Woman (classic i iv v, though sometimes it’s a V)
Dm Am Dm Gm
https://youtu.be/9wT1s96JIb0
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  • EricTheWearyEricTheWeary Frets: 15603
    It's a i iv v but Fu Manchu by Desmond Dekker. 


    [ Also if anyone knows what the lyrics mean please let me know] 
    I’ll handle this Violet, you take your three hour break. 
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  • vizviz Frets: 10211
    Nice
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  • EricTheWearyEricTheWeary Frets: 15603
    Just from googling:
    Artic Monkeys - 505
    Ed Sheeran - Sing
    ( Both two chord songs) 
    Secret Garden - Nocturne ( I think i iv v but some minor 9ths mixed in apparently in this 1995 Norwegian Eurovision winner)
    I’ll handle this Violet, you take your three hour break. 
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  • EricTheWearyEricTheWeary Frets: 15603
    Chase The Devil by Max Romeo is another i iv v early reggae song, probably more notable for the use of octaves on guitar. 

    And if you can count modal jazz as a song Impressions by John Coltrane is D and Eb minors. 
    I’ll handle this Violet, you take your three hour break. 
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  • smigeonsmigeon Frets: 276
    Shakin' all over - Pirates
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  • HAL9000HAL9000 Frets: 9107
    Moves Like Jagger - Maroon Five
    Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers
    Falling - Alicia Keys
    Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield

    And last but not least...

    Lick My Love Pump - Spinal Tap - D minor (the saddest of all keys)
    I play guitar because I enjoy it rather than because I’m any good at it
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  • mrkbmrkb Frets: 5594
    Miss You - Rolling Stones (Am, Dm)
    Karma......
    Ebay mark7777_1
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  • vizviz Frets: 10211
    Dream Theater: Pale Blue Dot - the verse at 2:12
    Gm C#m Gm D#m Gm C#m G#m A D# C#m
    https://youtu.be/jsRT8ee97eo
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  • vizviz Frets: 10211
    Dream Theater: Nightmare to Remember
    D#m Bm Dm Fm, Cm Abm Bm Dm
    https://youtu.be/MgMIHsI1Y1E
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  • KebabkidKebabkid Frets: 3178
    'Don't believe a word' - Thin Lizzy or the slow version by Gary Moore
    Feedback - http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/57885/
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  • StuckfastStuckfast Frets: 2124
    Fairport Convention 'Who Knows Where The Time Goes?' has a strange bridge section which goes ii-iii-iv-iii, if I hear it right.
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  • vizviz Frets: 10211
    edited March 2022
    Depeche Mode: Shake the Disease - chorus, at 1:05
    Bbm Dm Fm
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  • vizviz Frets: 10211
    Dream Theater: Intro to Bridges in the Sky
    Bm Em Cm Gm F#m Bm


    Seems to be a lot of Dream Theater with minor progressions!
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  • EricTheWearyEricTheWeary Frets: 15603
    https://youtu.be/y5beWOIecS4

    Having mentioned it I thought I should listen to it! Ignore the Eurovision connection, it’s a very pretty and atmospheric piece of music.
    I’ll handle this Violet, you take your three hour break. 
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  • sev112sev112 Frets: 2457
    Nightporter, Japan, not  single major chord in there Am Em, Dm and Bm in the bridge / chorus

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZVn9y0XfoI

    works very well acoustically , esp at open mics 

    The chorus sounds more “upbeat” somehow  but just the minor chords

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  • StuckfastStuckfast Frets: 2124
    Waitin' Round To Die by Townes van Zandt is a nice i-iv-v song.
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  • StuckfastStuckfast Frets: 2124
    Oh and here's a good one:



    Some ambiguous chords in there and a few majors, but a lot of excellent minor action. The intro in particular has a fine borrowed minor chord in it.
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  • StuckfastStuckfast Frets: 2124
    Oh and how about the middle eight of It's A Sin by the Pet Shop Boys?...
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  • vizviz Frets: 10211
    ^ Awesome example
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  • jdgmjdgm Frets: 807
    2 simple ones....
     
    Thrill is Gone - B B King
    Solid Air - John Martyn
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  • vizviz Frets: 10211
    Was watching Equlibrium yesterday and it’s got a brilliantly clever progression to modulate down a semitone in a minor key, by going down a minor 3rd twice and then a perfect 4th. 

    Fm - Dbm - Gm - Em

    https://youtu.be/L6f51Y6tqk0
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  • DannyPDannyP Frets: 1521
    I can't think of a specific passage, but most of the 'villain themes' in bond movies are all minor chords.
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