Musical Structure
The song is in the key of D and begins with a I-vi7-v7-v9-VI7 progression from D chord note A on "Jul..." to Bm7 chord on "...ia" to AM7 chord on "Jul..." to Am9 chord on "...ia" to B7 chord on "ocean child." A feature is that the 9th degree in the minor 9th chord Bm9 (1-♭3-5-♭7-9) is heard in the melody as well as the guitar chord (at 0.20secs on "Julia, Ju-li-a).
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