Stradella Bass Accordion: #16 "Penny Lane" Chords

In this video, I show how to play the chords for "Penny Lane" (McCartney) using Five-Finger Stradella-Bass Technique (FFSBT), a fingering system created by the late Clarence Edgar Roberts (1906-1983).

NOTE: For instructional purposes, I do NOT play this in its original key! I start the song with the chord "GM," NOT the original "BM." Additionally, this arrangement does NOT precisely follow the original. The point of this video is NOT to precisely emulate The Beatles: the point is to (1) promote FFSBT; and (2) give the beginner/intermediate student a reasonably simple and fun-to-play version.

CLARIFICATION ALERT: At 10:30, I should have said "B flat MAJOR 9," NOT "B flat 9."

"Penny Lane" Chords (in keys of "G" and "F"; non-original keys, used for instructional purposes)

Verse
| G . Em7 . | Am7 . D7 . | G . Em7 . |
| Gm7 | Em7o5 | *Gm/Eb | **C/D . D7 . |
(1) | C/D . D7 . |
(2) | C7 |

Chorus
| F | Am7 | Bb | . |
| F | Am7 | Bb | D7 |

*Gm/Eb = EbM7
**C/D = D9sus4

A Note on "McCartney-isms"
In this video, to demonstrate the McCartney-like progression from one "minor 7th" chord to another "minor 7th" chord that is positioned at an interval of a "minor 3rd" above or below that first minor 7th chord, I showed those progressions in keys that are NOT the keys that McCartney originally used. I did this simply to demonstrate, as clearly as possible, his unusual technique.

In "Here, There, and Everywhere, McCartney actually moves from an "Am7" DOWN to an "F#m7."
In "Penny Lane," he actually moves from a "G#m7" UP to a "Bm7."