• Grah1
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Topic: Original chord sequences

This morning   I  wrote  some  lyrics  for  a  song   and  quickley  worked  out  a  chord  sequence   which  fitted well  ,I  wasn't aware  I 'd  acidently  use  most  of  the  chord  sequence  of   another    popular  song   until  I'd  played  it    through  a  few times   and  thought  that   sounds  familiar .So  its  back  to  the  drawing  board   for  a  re  think   before  I  publish   , Just  goes  to  show  how  easy  it  is to   get  caught  up  in copy write issues .
Now  had  it  been a traditional    type  of  song  or  a  parody   then I  would  have  let  it  go  but its  so  obvious  I  cant  let  it  go . 

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Re: Original chord sequences

I call that the "My Sweet Lord" syndrome. Just imagine for a moment how many songs use the 3 chord trick. In the fifty's how many songs used C-Am-F-G? Nearly all of them. Status Quo are one of my favourite bands, how many tracks are 12 bar blues? To me it's the melody line you sing above the chords, after all there are only so many chords you can use regardless of the 12 keys available, use of a capo the same shape, (eg: G,) can be played up the fingerboard to play A or B-or C as you will know. If you modify your vocal/melody line it will be a completely different song, I've done it hundreds of times. Alternatively offer it to someone else to put a different spin on it. I hope I've given you some help.     

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  • Grah1
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Re: Original chord sequences

Hi  Phil
             I  swapped   couple  of  things   round  in the  chorus    and  took  a  different    aproach  to  the  verse   and  I  think  it  might  work  ok  now  .Before  it  had  ended  up  like  playing  sweet home  alabama  with  different  words .
I  do  a  quick  recording  and  see  if  it  works
Cheers 
G     

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