Here Come Those Tears Again by Jackson Browne

Overview

Key: B♭ major · Chords used: 14 · Sections: 13

Form: Intro → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Solo → Verse → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Verse → Chorus ×2 → 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♭ – B♭/A♭ – Gm7 – E♭9sus4 – E♭
  I – I (bass A♭) – vi7 – IV9sus4 – IV
• B♭/F – F9sus4 (×2)
  I⁶₄ – V9sus4

Verse 1

• Gm7 – E♭9sus4 – E♭ – Fsus4
  vi7 – IV9sus4 – IV – Vsus4

Pre-Chorus 1

• B♭ – B♭/A♭ – Gm – E♭ – Fsus4 – D7
  I – I (bass A♭) – vi – IV – Vsus4 – III7

Verse 2

• Gm – Fsus4 – Gm – E♭ – Cm – B♭ – E♭ – Fsus4
  vi – Vsus4 – vi – IV – ii – I – IV – Vsus4

Chorus 1

• B♭ – B♭/A♭ – Gm – E♭ – Fsus4
  I – I (bass A♭) – vi – IV – Vsus4

Solo

• B♭ – B♭/A♭ – Gm – E♭ – Fsus4 – D7 – Gm – F7/A
  I – I (bass A♭) – vi – IV – Vsus4 – III7 – vi – V⁶₅

Verse 3

• B♭ – B♭/A♭ – Gm – E♭ – Fsus4 – D7
  I – I (bass A♭) – vi – IV – Vsus4 – III7

Verse 4

• Gm – F7sus4 – Gm7 – F/A – E♭ – Fsus4
  vi – V7sus4 – vi7 – V⁶ – IV – Vsus4

Pre-Chorus 2

Same chords as Pre-Chorus 1.

Verse 5

Same chords as Verse 2.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Outro

• B♭ – B♭/A♭ – Gm – E♭ – Fsus4 – B♭ – B♭/A♭
  I – I (bass A♭) – vi – IV – Vsus4 – I – I (bass A♭)

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• E♭9sus4 (IV9sus4) is borrowed from the parallel key, B♭ minor.
• D7 acts as V/vi: it resolves to Gm.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0395, CC0), via ChoCo.
• Not verified: only one expert transcription of this song is available so far.
• 5 chords were simplified to the closest symbol our player supports (for example, an unusual added tone dropped).
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.