Gary Moore - Still Got The Blues - Chord

Chord degrees: major and relative minor

Show the degrees above the chords — relative to C or to Am; comparing both readings is a practice of its own.

Every chord of the key, listed 1 to 7 separately for each key. Chords played in the song show how often they appear; chords from outside the scale sit next to their own degree.

Analysis

The key pair is C major and its relative A minor (no sharps or flats). 15 different chords appear 91 times in total; 9 of them sit naturally inside the shared scale. The major V of Am brings the harmonic-minor leading tone, giving the minor side a sharper, more dramatic pull; seen from C, the same E / E7(9+) / E7(9) is V/vi, a secondary dominant heading for Am. D7(9), F7(9), Bm step outside the scale as colour chords.

Chord movement

1. E → Am CV/vi → vi AmV → iharmonic-minor cadence ×7
2. F → C CIV → Iplagal cadence AmVI → III ×7
3. Dm → E Cii → V/vi Amiv → Viv → V ×7
4. Em7 → Am Ciii7 → vi Amv7 → inatural-minor cadence ×4
5. E7(9+) → Am CV7/vi → visecondary resolution AmV7 → iharmonic-minor cadence ×3

The move to watch is E → Am, heard 7 times. From the Am side it is V → i (harmonic-minor cadence: the major V resolves dramatically); from the C side it reads V/vi → vi. Knowing where these arrivals fall helps you feel the phrasing and anticipate the next chord.

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The song's harmonic story

The first chord is Dm7; the ear learns where home is within a second. The chords that keep coming back are Am, C, Fmaj7, Dm7; read them as vi–I–IVmaj7–ii7 in C or i–III–VImaj7–iv7 in Am. E is the interesting twist: in C it is a chromatic chord (V/vi), while in Am it becomes the dominant (V) that makes the minor side sound so determined. Keep an ear on E → Am (V/vi → vi in C, V → i in Am): harmonic-minor cadence — the major V resolves dramatically. It closes on E7(9+), letting the C side have the last word.

This analysis is generated from the song's chords by akorculuk's harmony engine using consistent rules. When you change key, the degrees stay the same; only the chord names change.