Dreaming of You by Selena

Overview

Key: E♭ major · Chords used: 36 · Sections: 14

Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the Uspop2002 chord annotations (Music and Audio Research Lab, New York University). 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

Part 1 (0:00)

• A♭maj7 – D♭maj7 – G♭maj7 (×3)
  IVmaj7 – bVIImaj7 – bIIImaj7
• A♭maj7 – D♭maj7
  IVmaj7 – bVIImaj7

Part 2 (0:23)

• G♭maj7 – A♭
  bIIImaj7 – IV
• Fm7 – Cm7 (×2)
  ii7 – vi7
• E♭ – A♭ – D♭ – E♭ – Cm7 – D♭9 – E♭/G – A♭ – Fm7
  I – IV – bVII – I – vi7 – bVII9 – I⁶ – IV – ii7

Part 3 (0:46)

• G♭m7♭5 – A♭maj7 – Fm – B♭/F – E♭add9/F – A♭/C – D♭9 – B♭m7 – A♭/C – D♭ – E♭7 – A♭maj7 – B♭m7/F
  biiiø7 – IVmaj7 – ii – V⁶₄ – Iadd9 (bass F) – IV⁶ – bVII9 – v7 – IV⁶ – bVII – I7 – IVmaj7 – v⁴₃

Part 4 (1:08)

• A♭maj7 – D♭maj7 – G♭maj7 – D♭/F – E♭/G – A♭maj7 – D♭maj7 – G♭maj7 – A♭
  IVmaj7 – bVIImaj7 – bIIImaj7 – bVII⁶ – I⁶ – IVmaj7 – bVIImaj7 – bIIImaj7 – IV
• Fm7 – Cm7 (×2)
  ii7 – vi7
• E♭/G – A♭ – D♭/F
  I⁶ – IV – bVII⁶

Part 5 (1:29)

• E♭ – A♭maj7 – D♭maj7 – G♭maj7 – D♭/F – E♭/G – A♭maj7 – D♭maj7 – G♭maj7 – A♭
  I – IVmaj7 – bVIImaj7 – bIIImaj7 – bVII⁶ – I⁶ – IVmaj7 – bVIImaj7 – bIIImaj7 – IV
• Fm7 – Cm7 (×2)
  ii7 – vi7
• E♭/G – A♭
  I⁶ – IV

Part 6 (1:51)

• D♭/F – E♭ – A♭maj7/C – D♭9 – E♭/G – A♭ – Fm7 – G♭m7♭5 – A♭maj7 – Fm – B♭/F – E♭add9/F – A♭/C – D♭9
  bVII⁶ – I – IVmaj⁶₅ – bVII9 – I⁶ – IV – ii7 – biiiø7 – IVmaj7 – ii – V⁶₄ – Iadd9 (bass F) – IV⁶ – bVII9

Part 7 (2:13)

• B♭m7 – A♭/C – D♭ – E♭7 – A♭ – E♭m9 – G♭maj7 – A♭ – E♭m9 – D♭/F – A♭ – E♭m9
  v7 – IV⁶ – bVII – I7 – IV – i9 – bIIImaj7 – IV – i9 – bVII⁶ – IV – i9

Part 8 (2:35)

• G♭maj7 – A♭ – E♭m9 – D♭/F – A♭
  bIIImaj7 – IV – i9 – bVII⁶ – IV
• B♭maj7 – E♭maj7 – A♭maj7 (×2)
  Vmaj7 – Imaj7 – IVmaj7
• B♭
  V

Part 9 (2:58)

• Gm7 – Dm7 (×2)
  iii7 – vii7
• F – B♭ – E♭/G – F – B♭maj7/D – E♭9 – F/A – B♭ – Gm7 – Am7♭5 – B♭maj7
  II – V – I⁶ – II – Vmaj⁶₅ – I9 – II⁶ – V – iii7 – #ivø7 – Vmaj7

Part 10 (3:21)

• Gm – C/G – Fadd9/G – B♭/D – E♭9 – Cm7 – B♭/D – E♭ – F7 – B♭maj7/D – E♭9 – F/A – B♭ – Gm7
  iii – VI⁶₄ – IIadd9 (bass G) – V⁶ – I9 – vi7 – V⁶ – I – II7 – Vmaj⁶₅ – I9 – II⁶ – V – iii7

Part 11 (3:43)

• Am7♭5 – B♭maj7 – Gm – C/G – Fadd9/G – B♭/D – E♭9 – Cm7 – B♭/D – E♭ – F7 – B♭maj7/D – E♭9 – F/A – B♭
  #ivø7 – Vmaj7 – iii – VI⁶₄ – IIadd9 (bass G) – V⁶ – I9 – vi7 – V⁶ – I – II7 – Vmaj⁶₅ – I9 – II⁶ – V

Part 12 (4:04)

• Gm7 – Am7♭5 – B♭maj7 – Gm – C/G – Fadd9/G – B♭/D – E♭9 – Cm7 – B♭/D – E♭ – F7 – B♭maj7/D – E♭9
  iii7 – #ivø7 – Vmaj7 – iii – VI⁶₄ – IIadd9 (bass G) – V⁶ – I9 – vi7 – V⁶ – I – II7 – Vmaj⁶₅ – I9

Part 13 (4:26)

• F/A – B♭ – Gm7 – Am7♭5 – B♭maj7 – Gm – C/G – Fadd9/G – B♭/D – E♭9 – Cm7 – B♭/D – E♭ – F7
  II⁶ – V – iii7 – #ivø7 – Vmaj7 – iii – VI⁶₄ – IIadd9 (bass G) – V⁶ – I9 – vi7 – V⁶ – I – II7

Part 14 (4:48)

• B♭maj7/D – E♭9 – F/A – B♭ – Gm7 – Am7♭5 – B♭maj7 – Gm – C/G – Fadd9/G – B♭/D – E♭9
  Vmaj⁶₅ – I9 – II⁶ – V – iii7 – #ivø7 – Vmaj7 – iii – VI⁶₄ – IIadd9 (bass G) – V⁶ – I9

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• G♭maj7 (bIIImaj7) is borrowed from the parallel key, E♭ minor.
• D♭ (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, E♭ minor.
• D♭9 (bVII9) is borrowed from the parallel key, E♭ minor.
• B♭m7 (v7) is borrowed from the parallel key, E♭ minor.
• B♭m7/F (v⁴₃) is borrowed from the parallel key, E♭ minor.
• D♭/F (bVII⁶) is borrowed from the parallel key, E♭ minor.
• E♭m9 (i9) is borrowed from the parallel key, E♭ minor.
• E♭7 acts as V/IV: it resolves to A♭maj7.
• F acts as V/V: it resolves to B♭.
• F/A acts as V/V: it resolves to B♭.
• Fadd9/G acts as V/V: it resolves to B♭/D.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the Uspop2002 chord annotations (Music and Audio Research Lab, New York University). Chord annotation of the original recording (Dreaming Of You), time-stamped by researchers; CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo.
• Section names: this annotation doesn't name verses or choruses, so they aren't guessed. Instead, code used the chord timings to find the bars and cut the song into 8-bar parts. Each part is labelled with the time it starts in the annotated recording (Dreaming Of You), and a part with exactly the same chords as an earlier one says so.
• The key was estimated by code from the chords; this annotation doesn't state it.
• 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.