Can't Take My Eyes Off You by Frankie Valli

Overview

Key: E major · Chords used: 26 · Sections: 11

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

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♯/E – Am6/E – E
  II (bass E) – iv6 (bass E) – I

Intro 2

Same chords as Intro 1.

A Section 1

• E – Emaj7 – E7 – A – Am6 – E – F♯/E – Am6/E – E
  I – Imaj7 – I7 – IV – iv6 – I – II (bass E) – iv6 (bass E) – I

A Section 2

Same chords as A Section 1.

B Section 1

• F♯m7♭5 – F♯m7 (×2)
  iiø7 – ii7
• B7♭9 – B9 – Bsus4 – B7
  V7b9 – V9 – Vsus4 – V7
• Am7/E – Emaj13 (×4)
  iv⁴₃ – Imaj13

B Section 2

• F♯m7♭5 – F♯m7 (×2)
  iiø7 – ii7
• B7♭9 – B9 – Bsus4 – B7
  V7b9 – V9 – Vsus4 – V7
• Am7/E – Emaj13 (×2)
  iv⁴₃ – Imaj13
• C♯7
  VI7

C Section 1

• F♯m7 – B7 – G♯m7 – C♯m7 – F♯m7 – B7 – Emaj7 – C♯7
  ii7 – V7 – iii7 – vi7 – ii7 – V7 – Imaj7 – VI7

C Section 2

• F♯m7 – B7 – G♯m7 – C♯m7 – F♯m7 – D9
  ii7 – V7 – iii7 – vi7 – ii7 – bVII9

D Section

• G – Gmaj7 – G7 – C – Cm6 – G – A/G – Cm6/G
  bIII – bIIImaj7 – bIII7 – bVI – bvi6 – bIII – IV (bass G) – bvi6 (bass G)

B Section 3

• F♯m7♭5 – F♯m7 (×2)
  iiø7 – ii7
• B7♭9 – B9 – Bsus4 – B7
  V7b9 – V9 – Vsus4 – V7
• Am7/E – Emaj13 (×2)
  iv⁴₃ – Imaj13

Outro

• C♯7 – F♯m7 – B7 – G♯m7 – C♯7 – F♯m7 – B7 – Emaj7 (×2)
  VI7 – ii7 – V7 – iii7 – VI7 – ii7 – V7 – Imaj7
• C♯7 – Emaj7
  VI7 – Imaj7

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
F♯/E	II (bass E)	Outside the key (chromatic)	Intro, A Section
Am6/E	iv6 (bass E)	Borrowed from E minor	Intro, A Section
E	I	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, A Section
Emaj7	Imaj7	Home chord (tonic)	A Section, C Section, Outro
E7	I7	Secondary dominant (V/IV)	A Section
A	IV	In the key	A Section
Am6	iv6	Borrowed from E minor	A Section
F♯m7♭5	iiø7	Borrowed from E minor	B Section
F♯m7	ii7	In the key	B Section, C Section, Outro
B7♭9	V7b9	Borrowed from E minor	B Section
B9	V9	In the key	B Section
Bsus4	Vsus4	In the key	B Section
B7	V7	In the key	B Section, C Section, Outro
Am7/E	iv⁴₃	Borrowed from E minor	B Section
Emaj13	Imaj13	Home chord (tonic)	B Section
C♯7	VI7	Secondary dominant (V/ii)	Outro
G♯m7	iii7	In the key	C Section, Outro
C♯m7	vi7	In the key	C Section
D9	bVII9	Borrowed from E minor	C Section
G	bIII	Borrowed from E minor	D Section
Gmaj7	bIIImaj7	Borrowed from E minor	D Section
G7	bIII7	Outside the key (chromatic)	D Section
C	bVI	Borrowed from E minor	D Section
Cm6	bvi6	Outside the key (chromatic)	D Section
A/G	IV (bass G)	Outside the key (chromatic)	D Section
Cm6/G	bvi6 (bass G)	Outside the key (chromatic)	D Section

Harmonic highlights

• Am6/E (iv6 (bass E)) is borrowed from the parallel key, E minor.
• Am6 (iv6) is borrowed from the parallel key, E minor.
• F♯m7♭5 (iiø7) is borrowed from the parallel key, E minor.
• B7♭9 (V7b9) is borrowed from the parallel key, E minor.
• Am7/E (iv⁴₃) is borrowed from the parallel key, E minor.
• D9 (bVII9) is borrowed from the parallel key, E minor.
• G (bIII) is borrowed from the parallel key, E minor.
• Gmaj7 (bIIImaj7) is borrowed from the parallel key, E minor.
• C (bVI) is borrowed from the parallel key, E minor.
• E7 acts as V/IV: it resolves to A.
• C♯7 acts as V/ii: it resolves to F♯m7.

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” (credited “Frankie Valli (Crewe-Gaudio)”, style Pop) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Performer confirmed from the Billboard year-end charts.
• 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 (Frankie Valli)” (credited “Manilow Barry”, style Pop) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Performer confirmed from the Billboard year-end charts. A separately posted chart of the same song; its chords match this page's closely when both are read in the same key (similarity 69%).
• 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.
• The chart's D.S./D.C./coda jumps have been written out in playing order.
• About the song: Wikipedia.
• 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.