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No, the melody goes D - Eb - G - Bb (in 8ths). Minor, minor key.
But I noticed if I start at G and play up - Bb - D - Eb that it plays "Beauty and the Beast." Which distressed me a little. Urgh! So, nevermind that reference - phooey. I'm off somewhere.

And no - it's 2 flats (Bb, correct?), and minor, which means it's not Bb after all, it's, uh, G minor?? There's one Ab accidental in this little piece, but it's clearly an accidental.

And no, the next note in the melody is back down to D (half note/downbeat).
Then D - Eb - G - Bb (in 8ths)- down to C (half note).
D - Eb - G - F (8th, 8th, dotted 8th, 16th)- down to D (half note).

Remember, I'm not predictable, Mike - I didn't know most songs only have 3 chords till last year. I play with the whole box of Tinkertoys. LOL.

So.... now that I figured out I'm really in Gmin... I bet it's a Gmin b13 like you first said, and is a variation on Chord I in the scale. Which isn't in my chord dictionary.

It's just a little instrumental Etude, anyway, but I like it. It was born last night. I *love* minor stuff.

Linda


EDIT: A-HA! I found EbMaj7 in my chord dictionary - that's exactly the chord I described. Yay! But I *am* in Gmin, with no Ab.