Carol
I think Kirk is talking about the run up and you are talking about the chords.
Play along with the finger waltz and strum
| G / / | C / / | G / / | A7 / / | G / / | D / / | G
while Kirk is playing the bass line that goes
| G / / | A / / | B / / | C# / / | D / / | D / / | G
That works and uses I, IV, and V in the key of G (that's what he says it is in in the lesson) with the addition of an A7/C#.
Elsewhere he discusses the different chords he could have used for the progression but he chose the simplest. In fact, I think he says he chose to substitute an Am for the C (i.e. use the relative minor (ii) of the IV chord), but to me it is just a C with an A in the bass. The important bit that you were asking about was the use of a C# to give some harmonic 'tension'. The C# fits in with the rising bass progression but is not in the key of G. So it fits and doesn't fit at the same time. That's the type of feature you need to work on to get the kind of harmonies you want, I think.
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