What if the First Chord is the ii?
(Everything Happens to Me & I Fall in Love Too Easily)

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On both intros, notice how:
*all you need is 2 chords
*we PAINT, not just play blocks of chords

But harmonically, how can we set up a tune that starts on the iimi7 chord (as opposed to most tunes which start on the I chord)?

1) V7sus, V7/ii
*aka V7 of the iimi7 (i.e. in the "Everything Happens to Me" example where we went F7sus, G7 to Cmi7). In the key of C, this would be: G7sus, A7 to Dmi7.
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2) V7sus, V7
*aka V7 of the main key (i.e. in the "I Fall in Love Too Easily" example where we went Bb7sus, Bb7 to Fmi7/Bb). In the key of C, this would be: G7sus, G7 to Dmi7.