Everybody Loves Somebody by Dean Martin

Overview

Key: E♭ major · Chords used: 21 · Sections: 7

Form: Intro → Chorus → Chorus → Bridge → Chorus → Bridge → 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

• B♭7
  V7

Chorus 1

• A♭ – C7/G – C7 – Fm – D♭/F – B♭7 – E♭ – Gm – G♭m – Fm – Fm/B♭ – E/B♭ – E♭ – Fm/B♭ – E/B♭
  IV – VI⁴₃ – VI7 – ii – bVII⁶ – V7 – I – iii – biii – ii – ii (bass B♭) – #I (bass B♭) – I – ii (bass B♭) – #I (bass B♭)

Chorus 2

• E♭ – E♭aug – A♭ – C7/G – C7 – Fm – D♭/F – B♭7 – E♭ – Gm – G♭m – Fm – Fm/B♭ – E/B♭ – E♭
  I – I+ – IV – VI⁴₃ – VI7 – ii – bVII⁶ – V7 – I – iii – biii – ii – ii (bass B♭) – #I (bass B♭) – I

Bridge 1

• E♭7 – A♭ – E♭aug – A♭ – G7♯9 – Cm – Cmmaj7 – Cm7 – F – Fm/B♭ – Gm/B♭ – B♭9 – B♭7
  I7 – IV – I+ – IV – III7#9 – vi – vimaj7 – vi7 – II – ii (bass B♭) – iii⁶ – V9 – V7

Chorus 3

• E♭ – E♭aug – A♭ – C7/G – C7 – Fm – D♭/F – B♭ – E♭ – Gm – G♭m – Fm – Fm/B♭ – E/B♭ – E♭
  I – I+ – IV – VI⁴₃ – VI7 – ii – bVII⁶ – V – I – iii – biii – ii – ii (bass B♭) – #I (bass B♭) – I

Bridge 2

• E♭ – A♭ – E♭aug – A♭ – G7♯9 – Cm – Cmmaj7 – Cm7 – F – Fm/B♭ – Gm/B♭ – B♭9 – B♭7
  I – IV – I+ – IV – III7#9 – vi – vimaj7 – vi7 – II – ii (bass B♭) – iii⁶ – V9 – V7

Chorus 4

• E♭ – E♭aug – A♭ – C7/G – C7 – Fm – D♭/F – B♭ – E♭ – Gm – G♭m – Fm – B♭7 – E♭ – E♭aug – E♭
  I – I+ – IV – VI⁴₃ – VI7 – ii – bVII⁶ – V – I – iii – biii – ii – V7 – I – I+ – I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• D♭/F (bVII⁶) is borrowed from the parallel key, E♭ minor.
• C7 acts as V/ii: it resolves to Fm.
• E♭7 acts as V/IV: it resolves to A♭.
• G7♯9 acts as V/vi: it resolves to Cm.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0618, CC0), via ChoCo.
• Not verified: only one expert transcription of this song is available so far.
• 1 chord was 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.