#gmajor

Here’s Where the Story Ends (1990) The Sundays Rock/Popular/Jangle-Pop, United Kingdom key: G major

Euroclassical function names:   tonic   subdominantTagg: tonic   counterpoiseRiemann: T Sscale degrees: I IVchord names: GMA7 CMA7

intro:   GMA7     CMA7 |:/ / / / |/ / / / :| 2x

verse 1 & 3   GMA7     CMA7 |:/ / / / |/ / / / :| 6x

verse 2   GMA7     CMA7 |:/ / / / |/ / / / :| 8x

chorus   CMA7              GMA7 |:/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / :| 4x

mode: G major — G A B C D E F# G melody: drmfsltd’r’m’f’ form: intro-verse-verse-chorus-intro-verse-chorus-intro meter: duple suggested time signature: 4|4

other recordings: Ben Hobbs, Db Kelly Duplex, E

This wistful ditty is made up of two chord shuttles of different lengths and different positioning of the two chords. Most of the song consists of a tonic-subdominant shuttle, in which each chord lasts one measure. The chorus’ shuttle is twice as long and it is a subdominant-tonic shuttle, providing a sort of counterpoise kickback and putting the home chord at the end of the section. The song itself ends with the short shuttle and a single G downbeat.