I'm continuing our series of cool chords from unfashionable bands: this week, Crowded House's Don't Dream It's Over!
The main chord in the riff is an Eb5add9 x68866 identical to the chord we looked at 2 weeks ago played 5 frets up.
But it's the second chord in the riff that particularly catches my ear. It's a Vm7 chord in the key of Eb, so Bbm7, but the Eb continues as the bass note, so it sounds to me like a Bbm7/Eb, but considered in isolation it is an
Eb7sus4: x68696
Notice how in common with both the chords from the last two weeks there is no 3rd or 6th interval between one note and the next in the chord, I think that's what makes these chords ear-catching.
The chord is played at 0:06, but I don't see Neil Finn's fingers move to play it! Perhaps an overdub fixed in the DVD edit?
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The progression is:
Ebsus2 (this is what I'd call it instead of Eb5add9 - YMMV) x68866 [4 beats]
Eb7sus2 x68666 [3 beats]
Eb7sus4 x68696 [1 beat]
Just looking at the chord names it make a lot of logical sense as a sequence. Thanks for the analysis, it's a lovely song on every level.