Rllink
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OK, I'm going to use Bob Dylan's song Don't Think Twice to illustrate my question.
C G Am
It ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
F C G
It don't matter, anyhow
C G Am
An' it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
D7 G G7
If you don't know by now
C C7
When your rooster crows at the break of dawn
F D7
Look out your window and I'll be gone
C G Am F
You're the reason I'm trav'lin' on
C G C G
Don't think twice, it's all right
So correct me if I'm wrong, but this is the key of C. So I understand that the C is the root, the very first chord in the key, and it belongs there. How did the C7 get there? Is it still the number one chord, just with a little flavor? Is that how it gets there? But then we find the D7.
How did D7 find its way into that progression. When you think about the chords that go with each other in the key of C, the closest thing I see is ii or Dm. So did the D7 hijack that Dm at ii, or is it just there?
Let me say, for some people's sake around here, and they know who they are, I may sound like I understand a lot more than I do, so try to keep it simple please. In fact, this may be the second time I've asked this, so take me through this gently. Thanks.
C G Am
It ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
F C G
It don't matter, anyhow
C G Am
An' it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
D7 G G7
If you don't know by now
C C7
When your rooster crows at the break of dawn
F D7
Look out your window and I'll be gone
C G Am F
You're the reason I'm trav'lin' on
C G C G
Don't think twice, it's all right
So correct me if I'm wrong, but this is the key of C. So I understand that the C is the root, the very first chord in the key, and it belongs there. How did the C7 get there? Is it still the number one chord, just with a little flavor? Is that how it gets there? But then we find the D7.
How did D7 find its way into that progression. When you think about the chords that go with each other in the key of C, the closest thing I see is ii or Dm. So did the D7 hijack that Dm at ii, or is it just there?
Let me say, for some people's sake around here, and they know who they are, I may sound like I understand a lot more than I do, so try to keep it simple please. In fact, this may be the second time I've asked this, so take me through this gently. Thanks.
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