Blue Eyes Cryin' by Willie Nelson

Overview

Key: E major · Chords used: 6 · Sections: 5

Form: Intro → Verse → Verse → Solo → 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

• E
  I

Verse 1

• E – B (×2)
  I – V
• E
  I

Verse 2

• A
  IV
• E – B (×2)
  I – V
• E
  I

Solo

• E – B (×2)
  I – V
• E – C9(no5) – E7/B – B♭7♭5
  I – bVI9(no5) – I⁴₃ – bV7♭5

Verse 3

• A
  IV
• E – B (×2)
  I – V
• E – A – E
  I – IV – I

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0126, CC0), via ChoCo.
• Not verified: only one expert transcription of this song is available so far.
• 1 chord was simplified to the closest symbol our player supports (for example, an unusual added tone dropped).
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.