Carrie-Anne by The Hollies

Overview

Key: C major · Chords used: 7 · Sections: 11

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Bridge → Solo → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Outro

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 – G7 (×4)
  I – V7

Verse 1

• C – F (×7)
  I – IV
• G
  V

Chorus 1

• C – F – G7 (×4)
  I – IV – V7

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Bridge

• F – B♭ (×2)
  IV – bVII
• G
  V

Solo

• C – F (×7)
  I – IV
• G
  V

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Outro

• F – C/E – G7/D – C
  IV – I⁶ – V⁴₃ – I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• B♭ (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0477, CC0), via ChoCo.
• Not verified: only one expert transcription of this song is available so far.
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.