The basis for much of The Doors classic Riders on The Storm is a chord progression over a static (
and menacing) E bass. The E holds, and above there is a movement in thirds from G and B upwards as follows:
Beneath this the bass line maps out Em - A major arpeggios although the first creates a bit of interest
by inverting the sequence of notes in the arpeggio:
The idea of thirds is continued through some of the keyboard solo, including a huge downward run that sounds like falling rain. (compare and contract with a similar run
in Alicia Keys You don't know my name)
Lyrics
Riders on the storm, Riders on the storm,
into this house we're born, into this world we'r...
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