Daddy's Home by Cliff Richard

Overview

Key: E major · Chords used: 19 · Sections: 5

Form: Intro → Verse → Verse → Bridge → Verse

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

• E – C♯m7 – F♯m7 – B7 – E – F – E – F♯m7 – B7
  I – vi7 – ii7 – V7 – I – bII – I – ii7 – V7

Verse 1

• Emaj7 – C♯m7 – F♯m7 – B7 (×4)
  Imaj7 – vi7 – ii7 – V7

Verse 2

• Emaj7 – C♯m7 – F♯m7 – B7 (×3)
  Imaj7 – vi7 – ii7 – V7
• E – F – E7
  I – bII – I7

Bridge

• A – B7 – Emaj7 (×3)
  IV – V7 – Imaj7
• E/D♯ – C♯m – F♯7 – F♯7/E – F♯7/D♯ – F♯7/C♯ – B7 – B7/A – B7/G♯ – B7/F♯
  I (bass D♯) – vi – II7 – II⁴₂ – II7 (bass D♯) – II⁴₃ – V7 – V⁴₂ – V7 (bass G♯) – V⁴₃

Verse 3

• Emaj7 – C♯m7 – F♯m7 – B7 (×3)
  Imaj7 – vi7 – ii7 – V7
• Emaj7 – C♯m7 – F♯m7 – B9 – B7♭9 – Emaj7
  Imaj7 – vi7 – ii7 – V9 – V7b9 – Imaj7

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• B7♭9 (V7b9) is borrowed from the parallel key, E minor.
• F♯7/C♯ acts as V/V: it resolves to B7.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1161, 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.