Handy Man by Jimmy Jones

Overview

Key: B♭ major · Chords used: 6 · Sections: 9

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

• B♭ – Gm (×2)
  I – vi

Chorus 1

• B♭ – Gm – E♭ – F – B♭ – F7
  I – vi – IV – V – I – V7

Chorus 2

• B♭ – Gm – E♭ – F – B♭ – B♭7
  I – vi – IV – V – I – I7

Bridge 1

• E♭ – B♭ – E♭ – F
  IV – I – IV – V

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Solo

• B♭ – Gm – E♭ – F – B♭ – B♭7
  I – vi – IV – V – I – I7

Bridge 2

Same chords as Bridge 1.

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Outro

• B♭ – Gm (×5)
  I – vi
• B♭
  I

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0250, 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.