The whole melody then ends on F, which is the 5th of the Bb major chord, the last chord in the sequence. The 9th here adds some real harmonic interest and implies and Ebadd9 chord. Bbm C Eb Cm F Bb G Am Gm A Fm D Dm Db Chords for Manfred Mann - Blinded by the Light with song key, BPM, capo transposer, play along with guitar, piano, ukulele & mandolin. We then go to the 9th, which is F before finally settling on the root note, Eb. So I hit the road in overdrive, baby, oh-oh oh-oh oh. Oh when I’m like this, you’re the one I trust (hey, hey, hey) I’m running out of time, ’cause I can see the sun light up the sky.
Here, we start on the 5th of the Eb chord, which is Bb, before descending to the 3rd, which is G. No I can’t sleep here ’til I feel your touch. We now have a different sequence in bars 5 & 6 against the Eb major chord. The Eb is the b3rd, the G is the 5th and the C is the root. The rest of the notes, Eb G & C, are all present in the chord, which helps to create a sense of relief. The F that the melody starts on now functions as an 11th against the Cm, helping to create a slight bit of tension. These extra chord tones imply an Fm9 sound, which sounds really interesting to the ear.īars 3 & 4 contain exactly the same sequence of notes, but because they are played against a Cm chord, they imply a different set of intervals.
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We begin with the Fm chord, so logically the melody starts on the root note of F. Like a life-affirming rock anthem, Blinded by the Light hits familiar chords with confidence and flair, building to a conclusion that leaves audiences. The reason the melody is so strong is that it makes great use of chord tones and colour tones. This means that, from the scale we can deduce that Fm is chord II, Cm is chord VI, Eb is chord I and Bb is chord 5, giving us a II VI I V in the key of Eb.