Heaven's Just a Sin Away by The Kendalls

Overview

Key: F♯ major · Chords used: 8 · Sections: 11

Form: Intro → Chorus → Transition → Bridge → Chorus → Solo → Transition → Bridge → Chorus → Transition → 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.

Key changes

• Chorus 4 moves to G major.

Section by section

Intro

• F♯
  I

Chorus 1

• F♯ – B – F♯ – G♯ – C♯ – F♯ – B – F♯ – C♯
  I – IV – I – II – V – I – IV – I – V

Transition 1

• F♯
  I

Bridge 1

• B – F♯ – B – C♯
  IV – I – IV – V

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Solo

• F♯ – B – F♯ – C♯
  I – IV – I – V

Transition 2

Same chords as Transition 1.

Bridge 2

Same chords as Bridge 1.

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Transition 3

• F♯ – D
  I – bVI

Chorus 4

• G – C – G – A – D – G – C
  I – IV – I – II – V – I – IV

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• D (bVI) is borrowed from the parallel key, F♯ minor.
• G♯ acts as V/V: it resolves to C♯.
• A acts as V/V: it resolves to D.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0671, 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.