HBO Max is currently showing a documentary about Billy Joel. In the film, he talks about many of his songs including this one titled “And So It Goes.” Almost every chord in this song is a sus chord, which is short for suspended. For more on what a sus chord actually is, check out this page.

This song is the perfect example of contrary movement in music. When the melody goes up the bass line often goes down, and vice versa. But it doesn’t always happen. Isn’t Billy Joel just about the greatest singer/songwriter ever?

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