Songs with minor progressions

viz

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

https://youtu.be/AdW9oM6ZMME

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

EricTheWeary

It's a i iv v but Fu Manchu by Desmond Dekker. 


[ Also if anyone knows what the lyrics mean please let me know] 

viz

Nice

EricTheWeary

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)

EricTheWeary

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. 

smigeon

Shakin' all over - Pirates

HAL9000

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)

mrkb

Miss You - Rolling Stones (Am, Dm)

viz

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

viz

Dream Theater: Nightmare to Remember
D#m Bm Dm Fm, Cm Abm Bm Dm
https://youtu.be/MgMIHsI1Y1E

Kebabkid

'Don't believe a word' - Thin Lizzy or the slow version by Gary Moore

Stuckfast

Fairport Convention 'Who Knows Where The Time Goes?' has a strange bridge section which goes ii-iii-iv-iii, if I hear it right.

viz

Depeche Mode: Shake the Disease - chorus, at 1:05
Bbm Dm Fm

https://youtu.be/r_0sL_SQYvw

viz

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!

EricTheWeary

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.

sev112

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

Stuckfast

Waitin' Round To Die by Townes van Zandt is a nice i-iv-v song.

Stuckfast

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.

Stuckfast

Oh and how about the middle eight of It's A Sin by the Pet Shop Boys?...

viz

^ Awesome example

jdgm

2 simple ones....

 

Thrill is Gone - B B King

Solid Air - John Martyn