He's So Fine by The Chiffons
Piano chords, voicings & structure breakdown · 13 steps · 6 unique chords · 1960s
Am7
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Harmonic Analysis & Structure
Overview
Key: G major · Chords used: 6 · Sections: 5
Form: Intro → Verse → Verse → Bridge → 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
- Am7 – D (×2)
ii7 – V
Verse 1
- Am7 – D (×4)
ii7 – V - G
I
Verse 2
Same chords as Verse 1.
Bridge
- C – G – C – D7
IV – I – IV – V7
Verse 3
- Am7 – D (×4)
ii7 – V - G – Em (×4)
I – vi
Chord vocabulary
| Chord | Roman numeral | Role | Heard in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Am7 | ii7 | In the key | Intro, Verse |
| D | V | In the key | Intro, Verse |
| G | I | Home chord (tonic) | Verse, Bridge |
| C | IV | In the key | Bridge |
| D7 | V7 | In the key | Bridge |
| Em | vi | In the key | Verse |
Sources & accuracy
- Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1292, 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.
Sources & Accuracy
Every chord on this page comes from the expert transcription listed first below. Piano voicings are our arrangement of the reported chord symbols, not a note-for-note transcription.
- the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011)Expert transcription
Annotated from the original recording by trained musicians for a published research dataset.
Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1292, CC0), via ChoCo.
All Piano Voicings
| # | Section | Chord | Left hand | Right hand | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Intro (×2) | Am7 | A2, E3 | C4, E4, G4 | — |
| 2 | Intro (×2) | D | D2, A2 | A3, D4, F♯4 | — |
| 3 | Verse 1, part 1 (×4) | Am7 | A2, E3 | C4, E4, G4 | — |
| 4 | Verse 1, part 1 (×4) | D | D2, A2 | A3, D4, F♯4 | — |
| 5 | Verse 1, part 2 | G | G2, D3 | B3, D4, G4 | — |
| 6 | Bridge | C | C2, G2 | C4, E4, G4 | — |
| 7 | Bridge | G | G2, D3 | B3, D4, G4 | — |
| 8 | Bridge | C | C2, G2 | C4, E4, G4 | — |
| 9 | Bridge | D7 | D2, A2 | C4, F♯4, A4 | — |
| 10 | Verse 3, part 1 (×4) | Am7 | A2, E3 | C4, E4, G4 | — |
| 11 | Verse 3, part 1 (×4) | D | D2, A2 | A3, D4, F♯4 | — |
| 12 | Verse 3, part 2 (×4) | G | G2, D3 | B3, D4, G4 | — |
| 13 | Verse 3, part 2 (×4) | Em | E2, B2 | B3, E4, G4 | — |