Hey Baby by Bruce Channel

Overview

Key: A major · Chords used: 11 · Sections: 10

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

• A – F♯7 – Bm7 – E7 (×4)
  I – VI7 – ii7 – V7

Chorus 1

• A – F♯7 – Bm7 – E7 (×4)
  I – VI7 – ii7 – V7

Chorus 2

• A – F♯7 – Bm7 – E7 – A – D – A – A7 – A – F♯ – Bm – E – A – D – A – A7
  I – VI7 – ii7 – V7 – I – IV – I – I7 – I – VI – ii – V – I – IV – I – I7

Verse

• D – A – A7 – D – B
  IV – I – I7 – IV – II

Chorus 3

• A – F♯7 – Bm7 – E7 (×3)
  I – VI7 – ii7 – V7
• A – D – A
  I – IV – I

Bridge 1

• F♯7 – B7 – E7 – A
  VI7 – II7 – V7 – I

Chorus 4

• A – F♯ – Bm7 – E7 (×4)
  I – VI – ii7 – V7

Bridge 2

Same chords as Bridge 1.

Chorus 5

• A – F♯7 – Bm – E7 – A – F♯7 – Bm7 – E7 (×2)
  I – VI7 – ii – V7 – I – VI7 – ii7 – V7

Chorus 6

• A – F♯7 – Bm – E7 – A – F♯7 – Bm7 – E7
  I – VI7 – ii – V7 – I – VI7 – ii7 – V7

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• F♯7 acts as V/ii: it resolves to Bm7.
• A7 acts as V/IV: it resolves to D.
• F♯ acts as V/ii: it resolves to Bm.
• B7 acts as V/V: it resolves to E7.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0789, 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.