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[Professor Al]

Man, this kid is getting good. You might have seen my original thread re the Am-G-F-E7 chord pattern, based on my kid's observation that a whole lot of songs move like this.

Now that she's tapped my Oldies collection, she's finding a new pattern she likes: E-G-A-B7. She's found it twice in songs by The Monkees - "I'm Not Your Steppin' Stone" and "Daily Nightly" (minus the B7); and by dropping the B7 again, she can make Hendrix' "Purple Haze" work for her too.

Guitarists might treat the G chord as just that: a G. Real note-heads might call it an F-double-sharp. In Nashville notation we might as well call the pattern I-bIII-IV-V7. Analysis notwithstanding, the damn pattern works and sounds good.

So same as before, music lovers: what songs do you know that fit this pattern? Plz remember you're coming to the rescue of a young lady who is on her way to being a formidable musician and appreciates the community effort. So thanks.

[duncanparsons]

hmm.. Whilst I don't have any issue with the majority of your post, I hope that the 'real note-heads might call it an Fx' was tongue in cheek For Fx to be in the scale, one would be playing in B# or such; certainly not in E, even as an accidental. The G is being kinda 'blue' in this context (being the flattened fifth note of the related minor of E, c#m).

Other than that, yes a popliar progression!

[Ogg Vorbis]

You've got "Smoke on the Water" in that pattern somewhere...at least the raw material for "Smoke." Oh, and the basis of "Godzilla" perhaps (if you throw in a G# quintuple flat with a L in the bass.)

[garyewer09]

I haven't checked, but I think the second line in the chorus of "Lazy Day" by "Spanky & Our Gang" does the I-bIII-IV-V progression.
-Gary

[HailCorduroy]

Add a D after the B7 and then jump back to the B7 and you've got Eddie Floyd's "Knock on Wood." Reverse the order and it's Wilson Pickett's "In the Midnight Hour."