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Thread started 03/07/03 9:28am

howcomeudontca
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Something in the water...

hi,
i was wondering if anybody here knows the chord progression to the 1999 album track 'something in the water (does not compute)'.

i love this track so much,

are the chords F#min, D9, C#9

Perhaps?

Can anybody be more specific or build on my own findings?

any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Reply #1 posted 03/07/03 9:40am

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Hang on... isnt it the same chord progression as joy in repetition? but sarting on the F#min7 rather than the D9?

if we play F#min7 , D9 , C#min7

i do not have my cd's at hand so im trying to do this from memory. So, im not sure if its just my mind playing tricks on me!!

opinions?
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Reply #2 posted 03/08/03 7:34pm

JDODSON

I did this one by ear about 6 months ago. I covered the song, but I didn't put it out on any CD. I would like to share it with Prince and see what he thinks. It is one of my favorite Prince songs.


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Reply #3 posted 05/15/03 7:31am

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What about the live rendition that the main man has been playing at the celebration an ONA tours, can anybody give me the tab for that? Also, whats that chord change going on in that track (live version again)

Anyone?
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Reply #4 posted 05/25/03 2:17pm

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howcomeudontcallme said:

What about the live rendition that the main man has been playing at the celebration an ONA tours, can anybody give me the tab for that? Also, whats that chord change going on in that track (live version again)

Anyone?



ANYONE? :0(
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Reply #5 posted 06/25/03 9:49am

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howcomeudontcallme said:

howcomeudontcallme said:

What about the live rendition that the main man has been playing at the celebration an ONA tours, can anybody give me the tab for that? Also, whats that chord change going on in that track (live version again)

Anyone?



ANYONE? :0(



c'mon peeps! someone gotta know.
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Reply #6 posted 06/25/03 10:51am

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I have no idea. It's a great song.

If I were you, (or if it were me trying to figure it out) I would pick up the guitar, find the root note to each chord, write that down, and then expand from there, trying to find the secondary notes to each chord, etc.

I don't know 9s, 7s, minSus3rdadd12s... I just know what sounds right - which is invariably wrong, but it gets the job done for live performances.
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Reply #7 posted 06/25/03 12:42pm

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This is one of my favourite songs so as to why i didn't look into the chord progression before?... i don't know

The album version is very hard to figger out because of the lack of a bassline, just synthesizer strings. BUT ... Alternate Mix to the rescue! (the piano/bass version).

Although this version is a actually in Dm while the album version is in Ebm

Here's what i came up with

Main:

Dm/Bb/Gm/Bb

Chorus:

Gm/Dm Gm/Dm Gm/Dm Bb/A/Dm

Bridge (the freaky piano solo part on the alternate version)

Bb/A/Dm (play a riff like D E D F E ...D D E F on the Dm chord, that's what the bass is playing)

You can also alternate the A chord with A7 to spice it up

Have fun with it!

(A7 edit)
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Reply #8 posted 06/27/03 10:44am

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BigThing said:

This is one of my favourite songs so as to why i didn't look into the chord progression before?... i don't know

The album version is very hard to figger out because of the lack of a bassline, just synthesizer strings. BUT ... Alternate Mix to the rescue! (the piano/bass version).

Although this version is a actually in Dm while the album version is in Ebm

Here's what i came up with

Main:

Dm/Bb/Gm/Bb

Chorus:

Gm/Dm Gm/Dm Gm/Dm Bb/A/Dm

Bridge (the freaky piano solo part on the alternate version)

Bb/A/Dm (play a riff like D E D F E ...D D E F on the Dm chord, that's what the bass is playing)

You can also alternate the A chord with A7 to spice it up

Have fun with it!

(A7 edit)
[This message was edited Wed Jun 25 12:45:42 PDT 2003 by BigThing]




Thanx. i will try it out.
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