Bidin' My Time by George Gershwin
Piano chords, voicings & structure breakdown · 36 steps · 13 unique chords
E♭maj7
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Harmonic Analysis & Structure
Overview
Key: E♭ major · Chords used: 13 · Sections: 6
Form: A Section → B Section → A Section → A Section → B Section → A Section
Where these chords come from: a lead sheet of this public-domain song, contributed by a musician to the Wikifonia archive and preserved in the OpenEWLD lead-sheet collection (Simonetta et al., 2018). It describes the song as written, not any particular recording. This page shows that lead sheet 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
A Section 1
- E♭maj7 – C7♭9 – Fm7 – B♭7 (×2)
Imaj7 – VI7b9 – ii7 – V7 - E♭6 – Caug7 – Fm7 – D♭9 – E♭6/B♭ – Fm7 – B♭7 – E♭6
I6 – VI+7 – ii7 – bVII9 – I6 (bass B♭) – ii7 – V7 – I6
B Section 1
- G7 – C6 (×2)
III7 – VI6 - Dm7 – G7 – C6
vii7 – III7 – VI6 - B♭7 – E♭6 (×2)
V7 – I6 - Cm7 – F7 – Fm7 – B♭7
vi7 – II7 – ii7 – V7
A Section 2
- E♭maj7 – C7♭9 – Fm7 – B♭7 (×2)
Imaj7 – VI7b9 – ii7 – V7 - E♭6 – Caug7 – Fm7 – D♭9 – E♭6/B♭ – Fm7 – B♭7 – E♭6 – B♭7
I6 – VI+7 – ii7 – bVII9 – I6 (bass B♭) – ii7 – V7 – I6 – V7
A Section 3
Same chords as A Section 1.
B Section 2
Same chords as B Section 1.
A Section 4
Same chords as A Section 1.
Chord vocabulary
| Chord | Roman numeral | Role | Heard in |
|---|---|---|---|
| E♭maj7 | Imaj7 | Home chord (tonic) | A Section |
| C7♭9 | VI7b9 | Secondary dominant (V/ii) | A Section |
| Fm7 | ii7 | In the key | A Section, B Section |
| B♭7 | V7 | In the key | A Section, B Section |
| E♭6 | I6 | Home chord (tonic) | A Section, B Section |
| Caug7 | VI+7 | Outside the key (chromatic) | A Section |
| D♭9 | bVII9 | Borrowed from E♭ minor | A Section |
| E♭6/B♭ | I6 (bass B♭) | Home chord (tonic) | A Section |
| G7 | III7 | Outside the key (chromatic) | B Section |
| C6 | VI6 | Outside the key (chromatic) | B Section |
| Dm7 | vii7 | Outside the key (chromatic) | B Section |
| Cm7 | vi7 | In the key | B Section |
| F7 | II7 | Outside the key (chromatic) | B Section |
Harmonic highlights
- D♭9 (bVII9) is borrowed from the parallel key, E♭ minor.
- C7♭9 acts as V/ii: it resolves to Fm7.
Sources & accuracy
- Chords: the OpenEWLD lead-sheet collection (Simonetta et al., 2018). Community-contributed lead sheet (chord symbols over the melody) from the Wikifonia archive, MIT licence. Title and songwriter credit as written on the sheet.
- Section names: detected by code from repeated 8-, 12- and 16-bar phrases (letters such as A and B mark different phrases; a phrase that comes back keeps its letter). Lead sheets rarely print section names.
- Not verified: only one lead sheet of this song is available, so it hasn't been cross-checked.
- Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.
Sources & Accuracy
Every chord on this page comes from the public-domain lead sheet listed first below. Piano voicings are our arrangement of the reported chord symbols, not a note-for-note transcription.
- the OpenEWLD lead-sheet collection (Simonetta et al., 2018)Community lead sheet
Chords as written in a lead sheet of a public-domain song, contributed by a musician to the Wikifonia archive; not checked against a recording.
Community-contributed lead sheet (chord symbols over the melody) from the Wikifonia archive, MIT licence. Title and songwriter credit as written on the sheet.
All Piano Voicings
| # | Section | Chord | Left hand | Right hand | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Section 1, part 1 (×2) | E♭maj7 | E♭2, B♭2 | B♭3, D4, G4 | — |
| 2 | A Section 1, part 1 (×2) | C7♭9 | C2, G2 | B♭3, D♭4, E4, G4 | — |
| 3 | A Section 1, part 1 (×2) | Fm7 | F2, C3 | C4, E♭4, A♭4 | — |
| 4 | A Section 1, part 1 (×2) | B♭7 | B♭2, F3 | D4, F4, A♭4 | — |
| 5 | A Section 1, part 2 | E♭6 | E♭2, B♭2 | C4, G4, B♭4 | — |
| 6 | A Section 1, part 2 | Caug7 | C2, C3 | E4, G♯4, B♭4 | — |
| 7 | A Section 1, part 2 | Fm7 | F2, C3 | E♭4, A♭4, C5 | — |
| 8 | A Section 1, part 2 | D♭9 | D♭2, A♭2 | E♭4, F4, A♭4, C♭5 | — |
| 9 | A Section 1, part 2 | E♭6/B♭ | B♭2 | E♭4, G4, B♭4, C5 | — |
| 10 | A Section 1, part 2 | Fm7 | F2, C3 | E♭4, A♭4, C5 | — |
| 11 | A Section 1, part 2 | B♭7 | B♭2, F3 | F4, A♭4, D5 | — |
| 12 | A Section 1, part 2 | E♭6 | E♭2, B♭2 | G4, B♭4, C5 | — |
| 13 | B Section 1, part 1 (×2) | G7 | G2, D3 | F4, B4, D5 | — |
| 14 | B Section 1, part 1 (×2) | C6 | C2, G2 | G4, A4, E5 | — |
| 15 | B Section 1, part 2 | Dm7 | D2, A2 | F4, A4, C5 | — |
| 16 | B Section 1, part 2 | G7 | G2, D3 | F4, B4, D5 | — |
| 17 | B Section 1, part 2 | C6 | C2, G2 | G4, A4, E5 | — |
| 18 | B Section 1, part 3 (×2) | B♭7 | B♭2, F3 | F4, A♭4, D5 | — |
| 19 | B Section 1, part 3 (×2) | E♭6 | E♭2, B♭2 | G4, B♭4, C5 | — |
| 20 | B Section 1, part 4 | Cm7 | C2, G2 | G4, B♭4, E♭5 | — |
| 21 | B Section 1, part 4 | F7 | F2, C3 | A4, C5, E♭5 | — |
| 22 | B Section 1, part 4 | Fm7 | F2, C3 | A♭4, C5, E♭5 | — |
| 23 | B Section 1, part 4 | B♭7 | B♭2, F3 | F4, A♭4, D5 | — |
| 24 | A Section 2, part 1 (×2) | E♭maj7 | E♭2, B♭2 | G4, B♭4, D5 | — |
| 25 | A Section 2, part 1 (×2) | C7♭9 | C2, G2 | G4, B♭4, D♭5, E5 | — |
| 26 | A Section 2, part 1 (×2) | Fm7 | F2, C3 | A♭4, C5, E♭5 | — |
| 27 | A Section 2, part 1 (×2) | B♭7 | B♭2, F3 | F4, A♭4, D5 | — |
| 28 | A Section 2, part 2 | E♭6 | E♭2, B♭2 | G4, B♭4, C5 | — |
| 29 | A Section 2, part 2 | Caug7 | C2, C3 | G♯4, B♭4, E5 | — |
| 30 | A Section 2, part 2 | Fm7 | F2, C3 | A♭4, C5, E♭5 | — |
| 31 | A Section 2, part 2 | D♭9 | D♭2, A♭2 | F4, A♭4, C♭5, E♭5 | — |
| 32 | A Section 2, part 2 | E♭6/B♭ | B♭2 | G4, B♭4, C5, E♭5 | — |
| 33 | A Section 2, part 2 | Fm7 | F2, C3 | A♭4, C5, E♭5 | — |
| 34 | A Section 2, part 2 | B♭7 | B♭2, F3 | F4, A♭4, D5 | — |
| 35 | A Section 2, part 2 | E♭6 | E♭2, B♭2 | G4, B♭4, C5 | — |
| 36 | A Section 2, part 2 | B♭7 | B♭2, F3 | F4, A♭4, D5 | — |