The green notes show the root of the F chord leading down to the E in the C chord. I colored some notes blue to show the B in the G chord leading down to the B-flat in the Bb chord, which leads down to the A in the F chord, which leads down to the G in the C chord. So maybe the sadness she's talking about comes from the cycling back and forth between Mixolydian and minor?Īnother more likely source of sadness is the voice leading. This combination of chords could sound bluesy, but they don't in the Melanie song. The Bb chord suggests parallel G minor, and that is certainly a stereotypically sad sound. The F and C chords belong to G Mixolydian, that's a standard rock/pop/folk sound, and not a particularly sad one. The tonic is G, simply by virtue of its metrical placement and emphasis. There is no single key or mode that fits these chords. The chord progression is an endless loop of G, Bb, F, and C. But are these chords usually sad? In the context of the Black Mirror episode (it's about the making of a true crime documentary), the song is incongruously cheerful. I'm always interested in a song that describes its own musical content.
I had to use them, they're the best chords that I haveīut it felt my sorrow and I wanted it to feel me glad These chords that I'm using are usually sad
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