Line Cliches

[scout]

G'day Friends,
Just wondering,would there be a substitute/alternative progression that would sound nice for the line cliche Em .. E minor/major 7 .. Em 7 ..Em6 ?
My chord chart shows this progression in the song Nature Boy .. where the vocals go (they say he wandered) "Very far,Very far,over land and Sea" .
Would anyone know of some other nice chords for this part of the song please ?
Thanks and regards from OZ .. Charlie.

[PMB]

G'day Friends,
Just wondering, would there be a substitute/alternative progression that would sound nice for the line cliche Em .. E minor/major 7 .. Em 7 ..Em6 ?
My chord chart shows this progression in the song Nature Boy .. where the vocals go (they say he wandered) "Very far,Very far, over land and Sea" .
Would anyone know of some other nice chords for this part of the song please ?
Thanks and regards from OZ .. Charlie.

Try Em, B7#5, Em7, A7. It's the same progression really but with movement in the bass.

[djg]

Try Em, B7#5, Em7, A7. It's the same progression really but with movement in the bass.

yep. donny hathaway style:

x7998x
x6757x
x5545x
x4545x

[Alter]

Yes, you can do tonic chord, diminished 7 from the 7th, third inversion of the tonic chord from the b7, then diminished 7 again from the 6th.

[christianm77]

Em D#o7 Dm6/9 A7/C#

depending on the melody

[djg]

Em D#o7 Dm6/9 A7/C#

depending on the melody

see post #3

edit: oh, you have dm69 there. yeah, i guess you could call it that. to me it's em7/D.

[PMB]

Those are your basic options, scout: keep the tonic in the bass per the original post, place the descending line in the bass (Donny Hathaway-style) or play it as a i, V, i, IV progression (Em, B7#5, Em7, A7). All useable although I went with the last alternative in this instance as the descending line is already placed in the melody.

[christianm77]

see post #3

edit: oh, you have dm69 there. yeah, i guess you could call it that. to me it's em7/D.

How insensitive of you to comment

[djg]

How insensitive of you to comment

so the love affair is over?

[scout]

Great to get all those replies folks .. very much appreciated... and thank you
Off now to try them all ..what a great song this is .

[ragman1]

Or

Em7 --------- x7978x
Eb+ --------- x6544x
G/D --------- x5543x
C#m7b5 ---- x4545x

[scout]

Cheers Ragman ..
I like the way your chord shapes are are written... much easier for us 'theory challenged individuals' to understand
Thanks mate .

[Vladan]

Or

Em7 --------- x7978x
Eb+ --------- x6544x
G/D --------- x5543x
C#m7b5 ---- x4545x

You can also go upwards.
There are many variations, but basically:

x4545x;
x6757x,
x7978x
x109912x

You can put open low E below all above,
or add "/ #bX" for chromatic descending bass line,
or change m7b5 to dim7 or dim6,
or ...,

Also you can play all above at different places on the neck, stay closer to one position ....

[scout]

Love your work Vladan .. thanks mate ..