Key: C

Intro

  I
| - - - - | - - - - | - - - - | - - - - |

The first two bars only have the root and fifth. Then the third is introduced in the third bar. There is also a little 4-5 hammer-on bit that happens at the end of every second measure.

Verse

  I         V9  I     Imaj7(6)  ii(6)
| - - - - | - - - - | - - - - | - - - - |

  iii       ii        V   IV    V   Vadd6 V7
| - - - - | - - - - | - - - - | - - - - | - - - - |

The voicings and parallel movement of chords are important to the feel of this song. These are the guitar chords:

 

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Key: D
Note: This song could also be analyzed in B minor.

Intro/Verse

  vi        vimM9     I         V9/V
| - - - - | - - - - | - - - - | - - - - |

Bass does a 6-b6-5-#4 chromatic descent under these chords.

Pre-Chorus

  IVmaj9    I         V9 
| - - - - | - - - - | - - - - | - - - - | x2

  V9                  IVmaj7
| - - - - | - - - - | - - - - |

Chorus

  I         Iadd6     Imaj7     Imaj9add6
| - - - - | - - - - | - - - - | - - - - |

  IVmaj7              V7b9/vi   I
| - - - - | - - - - | - - - - | - - |

  IVmaj7              V7b9/vi  
| - - - - | - - - - | - - - - | - - - - |

Key: F

Note: The guitar mostly plays triads and sometimes 7ths. The upper extensions occur primarily in the backing voices.

Intro

  I
| - - - - | - - - - | - - - - | - - - - |

Verse

  I         Iadd6     Imaj7     Imaj7add6
| - - - - | - - - - | - - - - | - - - - |

  V9/V                V9
| - - - - | - - - - | - - - - | - - - - |

  vi7                 V9/V
| - - - - | - - - - | - - - - | - - - - |

  V9
| - - - - | - - - - | - - - - | - - - - |

  I
| - - - - | - - - - |

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Key: E

Intro

  I
| - - - - | - - - - | - - - - | - - - - |

Bridge

  ii7
| - - - - | - - - - | - - - - | - - - - |

  V9
| - - - - | - - - - | - - - - | - - - - |

  ii7
| - - - - | - - - - | - - - - | - - - - |

When this first happens after the intro, the second ii7 sounds like a I because of the accompaniment emphasizing the tonic. When the accompaniment fades out, the guitar is strumming ii7.

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