Good Morning Starshine by Oliver

Overview

Key: B♭ major · Chords used: 14 · Sections: 8

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

• F11 – B♭ – B♭maj7
  V11 – I – Imaj7
• Cm7 – F7 (×2)
  ii7 – V7
• B♭
  I

Verse 1

• E♭ – F (×6)
  IV – V
• B♭
  I
• F – E♭ (×4)
  V – IV
• D7 – Gm – B♭ – E♭ – B♭m – C7 – F7 – B♭
  III7 – vi – I – IV – i – II7 – V7 – I

Chorus 1

• B♭
  I
• Cm7 – F7 (×2)
  ii7 – V7
• B♭ – B♭7 – E♭ – D7 – Gm – Cm – B♭ – F7 – B♭
  I – I7 – IV – III7 – vi – ii – I – V7 – I

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Bridge

• A♭/E♭
  bVII⁶₄
• E♭ – F (×4)
  IV – V

Chorus 3

• B♭
  I
• Cm7 – F7 (×2)
  ii7 – V7
• B♭ – E♭ – D7 – Gm – Cm
  I – IV – III7 – vi – ii
• B♭ – Gm – Cm7 – F7 – B♭maj7 (×2)
  I – vi – ii7 – V7 – Imaj7

Outro

• B♭ – Cm7 – F7 – B♭maj7 (×3)
  I – ii7 – V7 – Imaj7
• B♭
  I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• B♭m (i) is borrowed from the parallel key, B♭ minor.
• A♭/E♭ (bVII⁶₄) is borrowed from the parallel key, B♭ minor.
• D7 acts as V/vi: it resolves to Gm.
• C7 acts as V/V: it resolves to F7.
• B♭7 acts as V/IV: it resolves to E♭.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0834, 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.