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"Crazy" (Patsy Cline Version): How the Chord Progression Works
The chord map of "Crazy" above shows that second and fifth progessions predominate for most of the song.
Like many country songs (“Walking After Midnight,” for example), the bridge of “Crazy” starts on the IV chord, (F major in this example) for the sake of contrast.
The last part of the song has a long run of second progressions: FM7 – Em7 – Dm7 – CM7 – Dm7.
THAT STUPID MIDNIGHT PLANE TO HOUSTON
Willie Nelson claims his original title for “Crazy” was “Stupid.”
Jim Weatherly’s original title for “Midnight Train To Georgia” was “Midnight Plane To Houston”!