After the Lovin' by Engelbert Humperdinck

Overview

Key: C major · Chords used: 52 · Sections: 9

Form: Intro → Verse → Verse → Transition → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Outro

Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). This page shows that transcription as-is: the analysis below is generated directly from it by code, not written by AI. Consecutive repeats of a chord are shown once, and the piano voicings are our playable arrangement of each chord symbol, not a note-for-note transcription.

Section by section

Intro

• Am – Eaug – Am – D7 – Dm7 – Em7 – F – Am7 – Dmaj9 – G11
  vi – III+ – vi – II7 – ii7 – iii7 – IV – vi7 – IImaj9 – V11

Verse 1

• C – Cmaj7 – C6 – Cmaj7 – Dm – Dmmaj7 – Dm7 – G – Dm7 – B♭/D – G/D – G – C – G11 – G
  I – Imaj7 – I6 – Imaj7 – ii – iimaj7 – ii7 – V – ii7 – bVII⁶ – V⁶₄ – V – I – V11 – V

Verse 2

• C – Cmaj7 – C6 – Cmaj7 – Dm – Dmmaj7 – Dm7 – G – Dm7 – B♭/D – G/D – G – C – C11 – C7
  I – Imaj7 – I6 – Imaj7 – ii – iimaj7 – ii7 – V – ii7 – bVII⁶ – V⁶₄ – V – I – I11 – I7

Transition

• Fmaj7 – Cmaj7 – G11 – C – Cmaj7 – Am – Eaug – Am – F♯m7♭5/A
  IVmaj7 – Imaj7 – V11 – I – Imaj7 – vi – III+ – vi – #ivø⁶₅
• Dm7 – G7 (×2)
  ii7 – V7

Verse 3

• C – Cmaj7 – C6 – Cmaj7 – Dm – Dmmaj7 – Dm7 – G – Dm7 – B♭/D – G/D – G – A7
  I – Imaj7 – I6 – Imaj7 – ii – iimaj7 – ii7 – V – ii7 – bVII⁶ – V⁶₄ – V – VI7

Chorus 1

• F – E7 – E7/G♯ – Am – Ammaj7 – D7♯11 – D7 – Dm7 – Em7 – Dm7 – G11 – C – A♭7
  IV – III7 – III⁶₅ – vi – vimaj7 – II7#11 – II7 – ii7 – iii7 – ii7 – V11 – I – bVI7

Verse 4

• D♭ – D♭maj7 – D♭6 – D♭maj7 – E♭m – E♭mmaj7 – E♭m7 – A♭ – E♭m7 – B/E♭ – A♭ – B♭11 – A♭dim7/B♭
  bII – bIImaj7 – bII6 – bIImaj7 – biii – biiimaj7 – biii7 – bVI – biii7 – VII⁶ – bVI – bVII11 – bvi°7 (bass B♭)

Chorus 2

• G♭maj7 – F7 – B♭m – B♭mmaj7 – E♭9 – E♭m7 – Fm7 – E♭m7 – A♭11 – D♭ – B♭7sus4 – B♭7
  bVmaj7 – IV7 – bvii – bviimaj7 – bIII9 – biii7 – iv7 – biii7 – bVI11 – bII – bVII7sus4 – bVII7

Outro

• E♭m7 – Fm7 – E♭m7 – A♭11 – D♭ – B♭m7 – B♭7 – E♭m7 – Fm7 – E♭m7 – A♭11 – D♭ – Faug – B♭m7 – E♭7 – E♭m7 – Fm7 – D♭/F – A♭/B♭ – E♭m7 – A♭11 – D♭maj7
  biii7 – iv7 – biii7 – bVI11 – bII – bvii7 – bVII7 – biii7 – iv7 – biii7 – bVI11 – bII – IV+ – bvii7 – bIII7 – biii7 – iv7 – bII⁶ – bVI (bass B♭) – biii7 – bVI11 – bIImaj7

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• B♭/D (bVII⁶) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• A♭ (bVI) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• B♭11 (bVII11) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• Fm7 (iv7) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• B♭7sus4 (bVII7sus4) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• B♭7 (bVII7) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• A♭/B♭ (bVI (bass B♭)) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• E7/G♯ acts as V/vi: it resolves to Am.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0506, CC0), via ChoCo.
• Not verified: only one expert transcription of this song is available so far.
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.