Could I Have This Dance by Anne Murray

Overview

Key: B major · Chords used: 20 · Sections: 13

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Transition → Verse → Chorus → Transition → Chorus → Transition → Chorus → Interlude → Chorus → Chorus

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.

Key changes

• Chorus 4 moves to C major.

Section by section

Intro

• B – Bmaj7 – C♯m7 – F♯7sus4
  I – Imaj7 – ii7 – V7sus4

Verse 1

• B – B7 – E – F♯ – E – F♯ – B – F♯ (×2)
  I – I7 – IV – V – IV – V – I – V

Chorus 1

• B – B7
  I – I7
• E – F♯ (×2)
  IV – V
• B – B7 – E – Em – B – F♯
  I – I7 – IV – iv – I – V

Transition 1

• B – F♯
  I – V

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Transition 2

Same chords as Transition 1.

Chorus 3

• B
  I
• E – F♯ (×2)
  IV – V
• B – B7 – E – Em – B – F♯
  I – I7 – IV – iv – I – V

Transition 3

• B – G
  I – bVI

Chorus 4

• C
  I
• F – G (×2)
  IV – V
• C – C7 – F – Fm – C – G
  I – I7 – IV – iv – I – V

Interlude

• C – F – C/E – Dm – C
  I – IV – I⁶ – ii – I

Chorus 5

• C
  I
• F – G (×2)
  IV – V
• C – C7 – F – Fm – C – G – C – A
  I – I7 – IV – iv – I – V – I – VI

Chorus 6

• D7 – G7 – A7 – G – A – D
  II7 – V7 – VI7 – V – VI – II

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• Em (iv) is borrowed from the parallel key, B minor.
• G (bVI) is borrowed from the parallel key, B minor.
• Fm (iv) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• B7 acts as V/IV: it resolves to E.
• C7 acts as V/IV: it resolves to F.
• D7 acts as V/V: it resolves to G7.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0199, 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.