Every Time I Think of You by The Babys

Overview

Key: G major · Chords used: 14 · Sections: 8

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Solo → Chorus → Outro

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

• G
  I

Verse 1

• G – Cm – C – G – D/F♯ – Em – Bm – Dm7 – E♭ (×2)
  I – iv – IV – I – V⁶ – vi – iii – v7 – bVI

Chorus 1

• B♭ – Dm7 – E♭ – D♭ – Fm7 – G♭
  bIII – v7 – bVI – bV – bvii7 – bI
• B♭ – E♭m (×3)
  bIII – bvi
• G
  I

Verse 2

• G – Cm – C – G – D/F♯ – Em – Bm – C – D (×2)
  I – iv – IV – I – V⁶ – vi – iii – IV – V

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Solo

• G – Cm – C – G – D/F♯ – Em – Bm – C – D (×2)
  I – iv – IV – I – V⁶ – vi – iii – IV – V

Chorus 3

• B♭ – Dm7 – E♭ – D♭ – Fm7 – G♭
  bIII – v7 – bVI – bV – bvii7 – bI

Outro

• G – Cm (×16)
  I – iv

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• Cm (iv) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• Dm7 (v7) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• E♭ (bVI) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• B♭ (bIII) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1070, 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.