Behind Closed Doors by Charlie Rich

Overview

Key: G♭ major · Chords used: 16 · Sections: 6

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Interlude → Verse → 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.

Key changes

• Interlude moves to G major.

Section by section

Intro

• G♭ – A♭7 – D♭ – G♭ – A♭7
  I – II7 – V – I – II7

Verse 1

• D♭ – G♭ – A♭7 (×2)
  V – I – II7
• E♭7 – A♭7 – D♭ – G♭ – A♭7 – D♭ – E♭m7 – G♭ – A♭7 – D♭
  VI7 – II7 – V – I – II7 – V – vi7 – I – II7 – V

Chorus 1

• G♭ – A♭7 – D♭ (×2)
  I – II7 – V
• G♭ – Fm7
  I – vii7
• E♭m7 – Fm7 – G♭ – A♭7sus4 (×2)
  vi7 – vii7 – I – II7sus4
• D♭
  V

Interlude

• G – A7 – D – G – A7
  I – II7 – V – I – II7

Verse 2

• D – G – A7 (×2)
  V – I – II7
• E7 – A7 – D – G – A7 – D – Em7 – G – A7 – D
  VI7 – II7 – V – I – II7 – V – vi7 – I – II7 – V

Chorus 2

• G – A7 – D (×2)
  I – II7 – V
• G – F♯m7
  I – vii7
• Em7 – F♯m7 – G – A7sus4 (×2)
  vi7 – vii7 – I – II7sus4
• D – D/F♯ – G – A9sus4 – D
  V – V⁶ – I – II9sus4 – V

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• A♭7 acts as V/V: it resolves to D♭.
• A7 acts as V/V: it resolves to D.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1218, 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.