Crazy by Patsy Cline

Overview

Key: B♭ major · Chords used: 23 · Sections: 6

Form: Intro → Verse → Verse → Bridge → Verse → Verse

Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the Rock Corpus RS 200 (de Clercq & Temperley, 2011), analysis by Trevor de Clercq. 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

• Verse 4 moves to B major.

Section by section

Intro

• B♭ – E♭ – Dm – Cm – F
  I – IV – iii – ii – V

Verse 1

• B♭ – A♭ – G – Cm – F – Edim7/B♭ – B♭ – Bdim – Cm – F
  I – bVII – VI – ii – V – #iv°⁴₃ – I – #i° – ii – V

Verse 2

• B♭ – A♭ – G – Cm – F – F7 – B♭ – Cm – Edim7/B♭ – B♭7
  I – bVII – VI – ii – V – V7 – I – ii – #iv°⁴₃ – I7

Bridge

• E♭ – Edim7 – B♭ – A – B♭ – B – C7 – F7
  IV – #iv°7 – I – VII – I – #I – II7 – V7

Verse 3

• B♭ – A♭ – G – Cm – E♭ – Dm – Cm – Bdim – Cm – F – B♭ – F♯7
  I – bVII – VI – ii – IV – iii – ii – #i° – ii – V – I – #V7

Verse 4

• B – A – G♯ – C♯m – E – D♯m – C♯m – Cdim – C♯m – F♯ – B – E7 – B
  I – bVII – VI – ii – IV – iii – ii – bii° – ii – V – I – IV7 – I

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
B♭	I	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, Verse, Bridge
E♭	IV	In the key	Intro, Bridge, Verse
Dm	iii	In the key	Intro, Verse
Cm	ii	In the key	Intro, Verse
F	V	In the key	Intro, Verse
A♭	bVII	Borrowed from B♭ minor	Verse
G	VI	Secondary dominant (V/ii)	Verse
Edim7/B♭	#iv°⁴₃	Outside the key (chromatic)	Verse
Bdim	#i°	Outside the key (chromatic)	Verse
F7	V7	In the key	Verse, Bridge
B♭7	I7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Verse
Edim7	#iv°7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge
A	VII	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge
B	#I	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge
C7	II7	Secondary dominant (V/V)	Bridge
F♯7	#V7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Verse
B	I (in B major)	Home chord (tonic)	Verse
A	bVII (in B major)	Borrowed from B minor	Verse
G♯	VI (in B major)	Secondary dominant (V/ii)	Verse
C♯m	ii (in B major)	In the key	Verse
E	IV (in B major)	In the key	Verse
D♯m	iii (in B major)	In the key	Verse
Cdim	bii° (in B major)	Outside the key (chromatic)	Verse
F♯	V (in B major)	In the key	Verse
E7	IV7 (in B major)	Outside the key (chromatic)	Verse

Harmonic highlights

• A♭ (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, B♭ minor.
• A (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, B minor.
• G acts as V/ii: it resolves to Cm.
• C7 acts as V/V: it resolves to F7.
• G♯ acts as V/ii: it resolves to C♯m.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the Rock Corpus RS 200 (de Clercq & Temperley, 2011), analysis by Trevor de Clercq. Expert by-ear harmonic analysis of the original recording, shown on this page.
• Cross-check: the Rock Corpus RS 200 (de Clercq & Temperley, 2011), analysis by David Temperley. Independent by-ear analysis of the same recording. The two analysts agree on the chord (root and major/minor) for 97% of the song.
• Verified: two independent expert transcriptions agree on this song's harmony.
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.