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As far as innovation and complexity with chord progressions, James Taylor and Stevie Wonder blow John and Paul utterly out of the water.

Just sayin'.

Into the Sky with Diamonds said
Stevie Wonder I completely see.

What would be some James Taylor examples?

 

just a few examples:

Chanson Francaise:

E6 – A9 – G#m7 – C#9 – G#m7 – C#m7 – F#m9

D9 – E6 – F#m7 – A/B – E6 – A9 – G#m7 – (repeat rest of above)

B(add C#) – F#m9 – Baug – E (add F#) – E6 – Am7 – D9

G#aug – G#7 – C#m – G#7aug5 – C#m – F#9 – A(add B) – D9 – E6, etc.

Only a Dream in Rio

D(add E) – E/G# – A – B – A/C# – D(add E) -

F#m7 – B – E/G# – A

(repeat to A, then)

A#aug7 – Bm7 – Em9 – Gma7 – (this repeats, then)

E/G# – A – F#/A# – B – F#/A# – B – B#7aug – C#m7 – D(add E) – B/D# – E – C#/E# – F#m7 – Ama7 – Bsus

Love Songs

Ama7 – D – D/E – Ama7 – D – Gma7 – Cma7 – F/G – Cma7 – Bm7 – E7sus – E7 – (then)

Cma7 – Bm7 – E9 – A7 – D7 – G7sus – G7 – C7 – F7 – Bbma7 – Bm7 – C(add D) – A – D – D/E Ama7 – D – Gma7 – Cma7 -

(then a cool ending sequence) – F/G – D/E – Ama9 – Esus (riff back to F/G; repeats and fades out)

Secret O' Life:

A9 – E7sus – A9 -Bm7 – E7 – Em9 – A7 – D6 – C#m7 – F#9 – C#m9 – F#7aug5 – Bm7 – D/E – E/F# – Bm7 – E7aug5 – A9 – Em7 – A7 – D6 (etc)

[that F#9 chord is barred and the little finger has to stretch way up the neck to press down on the 9th note (G#) -- JT told the story of how he was drunk with Jimmy Buffett one day and he tried to chop a coconut with a machete and cut his hand and for many months he could not play that chord any longer...]