Heart in Hand by Brenda Lee

Overview

Key: C major · Chords used: 8 · Sections: 6

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

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 – F – C – Am – Dm – G – F
  V – IV – I – vi – ii – V – IV

Verse 1

• C – Am – Dm – G (×3)
  I – vi – ii – V
• C – F – C – G – F
  I – IV – I – V – IV

Verse 2

• C – Am – Dm – G (×2)
  I – vi – ii – V
• C – Am – F – G – C
  I – vi – IV – V – I

Bridge

• F – Fm – C – E – Am – F – G – D – G – F
  IV – iv – I – III – vi – IV – V – II – V – IV

Verse 3

• C – Am – Dm – G (×2)
  I – vi – ii – V
• C – Am – F – G – C – F – C – G – F
  I – vi – IV – V – I – IV – I – V – IV

Verse 4

• C – Am – Dm – G (×2)
  I – vi – ii – V
• C – Am – F – G – F – C
  I – vi – IV – V – IV – I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• Fm (iv) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• E acts as V/vi: it resolves to Am.
• D acts as V/V: it resolves to G.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0484, 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.