Floy Joy by The Supremes

Overview

Key: F major · Chords used: 12 · Sections: 10

Form: Interlude → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Bridge → Chorus → Verse → 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

Interlude

• Fadd9
  Iadd9

Chorus 1

• F – Gm
  I – ii

Verse 1

• F – F/E♭ – D – B♭ – Gm7 – Gm7/C (×2)
  I – I (bass E♭) – VI – IV – ii7 – ii7 (bass C)

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 3

• F – Gm (×3)
  I – ii

Bridge

• B♭ – Am – A♭ – E♭ – F – B♭ – Am – Gm7 – C
  IV – iii – bIII – bVII – I – IV – iii – ii7 – V

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 5

• F – Gm (×4)
  I – ii
• F
  I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• A♭ (bIII) is borrowed from the parallel key, F minor.
• E♭ (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, F minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0320, 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.