Baby Don't Go by Sonny & Cher
Piano chords, voicings & structure breakdown · 18 steps · 3 unique chords · 1960s
C
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Harmonic Analysis & Structure
Overview
Key: C major · Chords used: 3 · Sections: 11
Form: Intro → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Chorus
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
- C – F/C (×4)
I – IV⁶₄ - C
I
Chorus 1
- Dm7
ii7 - C – F/C (×2)
I – IV⁶₄ - C
I
Verse 1
- C – F/C (×8)
I – IV⁶₄ - C – Dm7
I – ii7 - C – F/C (×4)
I – IV⁶₄ - C
I
Chorus 2
- Dm7
ii7 - C – F/C (×3)
I – IV⁶₄ - C
I
Chorus 3
Same chords as Chorus 1.
Verse 2
Same chords as Verse 1.
Chorus 4
Same chords as Chorus 2.
Chorus 5
Same chords as Chorus 1.
Verse 3
Same chords as Verse 1.
Chorus 6
Same chords as Chorus 2.
Chorus 7
Same chords as Chorus 1.
Chord vocabulary
| Chord | Roman numeral | Role | Heard in |
|---|---|---|---|
| C | I | Home chord (tonic) | Intro, Chorus, Verse |
| F/C | IV⁶₄ | In the key | Intro, Chorus, Verse |
| Dm7 | ii7 | In the key | Chorus, Verse |
Sources & accuracy
- Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1212, 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.
Sources & Accuracy
Every chord on this page comes from the expert transcription listed first below. Piano voicings are our arrangement of the reported chord symbols, not a note-for-note transcription.
- the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011)Expert transcription
Annotated from the original recording by trained musicians for a published research dataset.
Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1212, CC0), via ChoCo.
All Piano Voicings
| # | Section | Chord | Left hand | Right hand | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Intro, part 1 (×4) | C | C2, G2 | C4, E4, G4 | — |
| 2 | Intro, part 1 (×4) | F/C | C2 | C4, F4, A4 | — |
| 3 | Intro, part 2 | C | C2, G2 | C4, E4, G4 | — |
| 4 | Chorus 1, part 1 | Dm7 | D2, A2 | C4, F4, A4 | — |
| 5 | Chorus 1, part 2 (×2) | C | C2, G2 | C4, E4, G4 | — |
| 6 | Chorus 1, part 2 (×2) | F/C | C2 | C4, F4, A4 | — |
| 7 | Chorus 1, part 3 | C | C2, G2 | C4, E4, G4 | — |
| 8 | Verse 1, part 1 (×8) | C | C2, G2 | C4, E4, G4 | — |
| 9 | Verse 1, part 1 (×8) | F/C | C2 | C4, F4, A4 | — |
| 10 | Verse 1, part 2 | C | C2, G2 | C4, E4, G4 | — |
| 11 | Verse 1, part 2 | Dm7 | D2, A2 | C4, F4, A4 | — |
| 12 | Verse 1, part 3 (×4) | C | C2, G2 | C4, E4, G4 | — |
| 13 | Verse 1, part 3 (×4) | F/C | C2 | C4, F4, A4 | — |
| 14 | Verse 1, part 4 | C | C2, G2 | C4, E4, G4 | — |
| 15 | Chorus 2, part 1 | Dm7 | D2, A2 | C4, F4, A4 | — |
| 16 | Chorus 2, part 2 (×3) | C | C2, G2 | C4, E4, G4 | — |
| 17 | Chorus 2, part 2 (×3) | F/C | C2 | C4, F4, A4 | — |
| 18 | Chorus 2, part 3 | C | C2, G2 | C4, E4, G4 | — |