One thing you can do over minor chords when they're played for a long time is move the root down by semitones to make it look like something's happening.
It happens in Elvis Costello's "Veronica", with the Dm - Dm/maj7 - Dm7 - G part. The D in the Dm chord moves down by semitones until it leads to the B in the G chord.
I've never heard the song you're talking about, but I bet something similar's happening.
Same thing happens in "Michelle". Same thing happens in "This Masquerade". Same thing happens in some versions of "Summertime".
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And "Sunny" and "Drão" and...
Yes, that's clearly what's happening. It's just the naming I found interesting. (Btw, I looked closer and I think twice there's a sharped note in the melody -- missed that first time off).
Well we all shine on--like the moon and the stars and the sun.
-- John Lennon
You know, I realized over the weekend I've played the C#m(maj7) forever in McCartney's "All My Loving" but never thought twice about it because the chord symbol used the symbol C#m▵7. Never thought about what the triangle meant.
Well we all shine on--like the moon and the stars and the sun.
-- John Lennon
You'll see the triangle a lot in jazz charts - it just means major 7th. Sometimes I've seen the 7 'crossed' to indicate the same thing.
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