All I Ever Need Is You by Sonny & Cher

Overview

Key: B♭ major · Chords used: 13 · Sections: 6

Form: Intro → Verse → Bridge → Verse → Transition → Verse

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

• B♭
  I

Verse 1

• B♭ – D7 – Gm – B♭7 – E♭ – B♭ – Gm – C7 – F7 – F7sus4 – F7 – B♭ – D7 – Gm – B♭7 – E♭ – B♭ – Gm – C7 – F7 – B♭
  I – III7 – vi – I7 – IV – I – vi – II7 – V7 – V7sus4 – V7 – I – III7 – vi – I7 – IV – I – vi – II7 – V7 – I

Bridge

• E♭ – F – E♭ – Dm7 – E♭ – B♭ – F/A – Gm – F – E♭ – E♭/D – C7sus4 – F
  IV – V – IV – iii7 – IV – I – V⁶ – vi – V – IV – IV (bass D) – II7sus4 – V

Verse 2

• B♭ – D7 – Gm – B♭7 – E♭ – B♭ – Gm – C7 – F7 – F7sus4 – F7 – B♭ – D7 – Gm – B♭7 – E♭ – B♭ – Gm – C7 – F7
  I – III7 – vi – I7 – IV – I – vi – II7 – V7 – V7sus4 – V7 – I – III7 – vi – I7 – IV – I – vi – II7 – V7

Transition

• B♭
  I

Verse 3

• B♭ – D7 – Gm – B♭7 – E♭ – B♭ – Gm – C7 – F7 – F7sus4 – F7
  I – III7 – vi – I7 – IV – I – vi – II7 – V7 – V7sus4 – V7

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• D7 acts as V/vi: it resolves to Gm.
• B♭7 acts as V/IV: it resolves to E♭.
• C7 acts as V/V: it resolves to F7.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0950, 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.