Can We Still Be Friends by Todd Rundgren

Overview

Key: C♯ minor · Chords used: 20 · Sections: 9

Form: Intro → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Solo → Chorus → Verse → Solo

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♯m9
  i9

Chorus 1

• Amaj7♯11 – C♯m9 – C♯m9/B (×2)
  bVImaj7#11 – i9 – i9 (bass B)

Verse 1

• Amaj7 – G♯7 – F♯m7 – B7sus4 – B7 – Emaj7 – E7 – Amaj7 – G♯m7 – F♯7sus4 – F♯7 – B7sus4 – B6
  bVImaj7 – V7 – iv7 – bVII7sus4 – bVII7 – bIIImaj7 – bIII7 – bVImaj7 – v7 – IV7sus4 – IV7 – bVII7sus4 – bVII6

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Solo 1

• C♯m9 – G♯m7 – F♯m7 – B – Bsus4/A – B/A – C♯m9 – G♯m9 – F♯m9 – B7sus4 – B
  i9 – v7 – iv7 – bVII – bVIIsus4 (bass A) – bVII (bass A) – i9 – v9 – iv9 – bVII7sus4 – bVII

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Solo 2

• C♯m9 – G♯m9 – F♯m7 – B – Asus2 – B/A (×4)
  i9 – v9 – iv7 – bVII – bVIsus2 – bVII (bass A)

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• E7 acts as V/bVI: it resolves to Amaj7.
• F♯7 acts as V/bVII: it resolves to B7sus4.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1076, CC0), via ChoCo.
• Not verified: only one expert transcription of this song is available so far.
• 2 chords were 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.