Can't Take My Eyes Off You by Barry Manilow

Overview

Key: E major · Chords used: 14 · Sections: 7

Form: Intro → Intro → A Section → A Section → B Section → B Section → C Section

Where these chords come from: a chord chart of this song written by a musician and shared on the iReal Pro forums, archived in the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). It's one musician's reading of the song, not a transcription checked against the recording. This page shows that chart 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 1

• F♯7/E – F♯ – E – Emaj9
  II⁴₂ – II – I – Imaj9

Intro 2

Same chords as Intro 1.

A Section 1

• E – Emaj7 – E7 – A – E – F♯7/E – F♯ – E
  I – Imaj7 – I7 – IV – I – II⁴₂ – II – I

A Section 2

• E – Emaj7 – E7 – A – E – F♯7/E – F♯ – E – C♯7♯9
  I – Imaj7 – I7 – IV – I – II⁴₂ – II – I – VI7#9

B Section 1

• F♯ – B7 – E – C♯
  II – V7 – I – VI

B Section 2

• F♯ – B7 – E – C♯7♯9
  II – V7 – I – VI7#9

C Section

• F♯ – B13 – Emaj9 – C♯m11 – F♯ – B7sus4 – B7 – Emaj13 – C♯7♯9 – F♯ – B13 – Emaj9 – C♯m11 – F♯ – A
  II – V13 – Imaj9 – vi11 – II – V7sus4 – V7 – Imaj13 – VI7#9 – II – V13 – Imaj9 – vi11 – II – IV

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
F♯7/E	II⁴₂	Outside the key (chromatic)	Intro, A Section
F♯	II	Secondary dominant (V/V)	B Section, C Section
E	I	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, A Section, B Section
Emaj9	Imaj9	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, C Section
Emaj7	Imaj7	Home chord (tonic)	A Section
E7	I7	Secondary dominant (V/IV)	A Section
A	IV	In the key	A Section, C Section
C♯7♯9	VI7#9	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, B Section, C Section
B7	V7	In the key	B Section, C Section
C♯	VI	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
B13	V13	In the key	C Section
C♯m11	vi11	In the key	C Section
B7sus4	V7sus4	In the key	C Section
Emaj13	Imaj13	Home chord (tonic)	C Section

Harmonic highlights

• F♯ acts as V/V: it resolves to B7.
• E7 acts as V/IV: it resolves to A.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Can't Take My Eyes Off You 1” (credited “Manilow Barry”, style Pop) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Artist as credited on the chart.
• Section names: from the chart's own markings: section names written on the chart (Intro, Verse, Chorus…) are kept, and rehearsal letters are shown as “A Section”, “B Section” and so on (the B of an AABA song is called the Bridge).
• Cross-check: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Can't Take My Eyes Off You” (credited “Manilow Barry”, style Pop) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Artist as credited on the chart. A separately posted chart of the same song; its chords match this page's closely when both are read in the same key (similarity 95%).
• Chord charts are often written in a key that suits a particular singer or band, so this may not be the key of the original recording.
• Verified: two community charts of this song, posted in different forum threads, agree on its harmony. They're still charts, not transcriptions checked against the recording.
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.