The song, "Last Christmas" -- released by the British pop duo Wham! in 1984 -- was written and produced by George Michael (no relation). And it's basically a modern classic.
Notice that the chord progression is just a slight variation on the popular I-V-vi-IV ... only it's played as I-vi-IV-V (but with the IV replaced by its relative minor, ii chord). So the pattern is I-vi-ii-V. This is why it sounds so good on continual repeat for a solid 4 minutes.
The variations on these chords are simply embellishments.
Here's a look at the music theory behind this song, along with a video for you to play along:
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This Donovan song feels like spring to me. Here's how to play it.
(Chord diagrams are attached to post 332b)
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To understand music, you must start at the beginning -- by asking the basic question, "what exactly is music theory?"
The answer may surprise you, as this lesson explains.
In this live stream, we walk through the main points of Lesson 1 from the Guitar Theory course, followed by a Q&A.
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