Hello Hello by The Sopwith Camel

Overview

Key: C major · Chords used: 25 · Sections: 6

Form: Intro → Chorus → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Pre-Chorus → 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

Intro

• B – C – Am – F – G – C – G7
  VII – I – vi – IV – V – I – V7

Chorus 1

• C – F (×4)
  I – IV
• G – Am – Am/G – D/F♯ – F – D7/F♯ – C – G – C
  V – vi – vi (bass G) – II⁶ – IV – II⁶₅ – I – V – I

Pre-Chorus 1

• B7 – Em – B7 – Am – G – C – F – D7 – G7
  VII7 – iii – VII7 – vi – V – I – IV – II7 – V7

Chorus 2

• C – C/G – Fadd9 (×2)
  I – I⁶₄ – IVadd9
• C – Fadd9 (×2)
  I – IVadd9
• G – Am – Am/G – D/F♯ – F – D7/F♯ – C – G – C
  V – vi – vi (bass G) – II⁶ – IV – II⁶₅ – I – V – I

Pre-Chorus 2

Same chords as Pre-Chorus 1.

Chorus 3

• C – Fadd9 (×4)
  I – IVadd9
• G – Am – Am/G – D/F♯ – F – D7/F♯ – C – G7 – C – B – B♭ – A7 – D7 – G7 – C – Cdim – Bdim – B♭dim – Adim – A♭dim – Gdim – G♭dim – Fdim – C7/B♭
  V – vi – vi (bass G) – II⁶ – IV – II⁶₅ – I – V7 – I – VII – bVII – VI7 – II7 – V7 – I – i° – vii° – bvii° – vi° – bvi° – v° – bv° – iv° – I⁴₂

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• B♭ (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• B7 acts as V/iii: it resolves to Em.
• D7 acts as V/V: it resolves to G7.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0964, 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.