Dial My Heart by The Boys

Overview

Key: A major · Chords used: 14 · Sections: 13

Form: Intro → Instrumental → Verse → Chorus → Interlude → Verse → Chorus → Instrumental → Solo → Chorus ×2 → Interlude → 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.

Section by section

Intro

• Gmaj9
  bVIImaj9

Instrumental 1

• A/B – Em7 – Em9/F♯ – A/B – Em9 (×2)
  I (bass B) – v7 – v9 (bass F♯) – I (bass B) – v9

Verse 1

• Em9 – A/B – Em9 – Asus4(no5) – A♯dim
  v9 – I (bass B) – v9 – Isus4(no5) – #i°

Chorus 1

• A/B – Em9 (×4)
  I (bass B) – v9

Interlude 1

• Bm – B♭ – Asus4 – A – Bm – E7♭5/B♭ – Gmaj7/A – A – B7(no3)
  ii – bII – Isus4 – I – ii – V7♭5 (bass B♭) – bVIImaj7 (bass A) – I – II7(no3)

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Instrumental 2

• A/B – Em7 – A/B – Em9 (×2)
  I (bass B) – v7 – I (bass B) – v9

Solo

• Em9 – A/B (×3)
  v9 – I (bass B)
• Em9 – Asus4(no5) – A♯dim
  v9 – Isus4(no5) – #i°

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Interlude 2

• A/B – Em7 – A/B – Em9 (×2)
  I (bass B) – v7 – I (bass B) – v9

Chorus 5

• A/B – Em9 (×4)
  I (bass B) – v9
• A/B – Em7 – A/B – Em9 (×2)
  I (bass B) – v7 – I (bass B) – v9
• A/B
  I (bass B)

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• Em7 (v7) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0078, CC0), via ChoCo.
• Not verified: only one expert transcription of this song is available so far.
• 3 chords were simplified to the closest symbol our player supports (for example, an unusual added tone dropped).
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.