Honey by Seymour Simons
Piano chords, voicings & structure breakdown · 43 steps · 13 unique chords
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Harmonic Analysis & Structure
Overview
Key: F major · Chords used: 13 · Sections: 4
Form: A Section → B Section → A Section → B Section
Where these chords come from: a lead sheet of this public-domain song, contributed by a musician to the Wikifonia archive and preserved in the OpenEWLD lead-sheet collection (Simonetta et al., 2018). It describes the song as written, not any particular recording. This page shows that lead sheet 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
A Section 1
- F – B♭/F – F – G7 – C7 – Gm7 – C7 – A – Dm – G7 – C7 – Gm7 – C7
I – IV⁶₄ – I – II7 – V7 – ii7 – V7 – III – vi – II7 – V7 – ii7 – V7
B Section 1
- F – B♭ – F – A7 – Dm – F7 – B♭ – D♭7 – F – Cm7 – D7 – G7 – C7 – F – Gm7 – C7
I – IV – I – III7 – vi – I7 – IV – bVI7 – I – v7 – VI7 – II7 – V7 – I – ii7 – V7
A Section 2
Same chords as A Section 1.
B Section 2
- F – B♭ – F – A7 – Dm – F7 – B♭ – D♭7 – F – Cm7 – D7 – G7 – C7 – F
I – IV – I – III7 – vi – I7 – IV – bVI7 – I – v7 – VI7 – II7 – V7 – I
Chord vocabulary
| Chord | Roman numeral | Role | Heard in |
|---|---|---|---|
| F | I | Home chord (tonic) | A Section, B Section |
| B♭/F | IV⁶₄ | In the key | A Section |
| G7 | II7 | Secondary dominant (V/V) | A Section, B Section |
| C7 | V7 | In the key | A Section, B Section |
| Gm7 | ii7 | In the key | A Section, B Section |
| A | III | Secondary dominant (V/vi) | A Section |
| Dm | vi | In the key | A Section, B Section |
| B♭ | IV | In the key | B Section |
| A7 | III7 | Secondary dominant (V/vi) | B Section |
| F7 | I7 | Secondary dominant (V/IV) | B Section |
| D♭7 | bVI7 | Outside the key (chromatic) | B Section |
| Cm7 | v7 | Borrowed from F minor | B Section |
| D7 | VI7 | Outside the key (chromatic) | B Section |
Harmonic highlights
- Cm7 (v7) is borrowed from the parallel key, F minor.
- G7 acts as V/V: it resolves to C7.
- A acts as V/vi: it resolves to Dm.
- A7 acts as V/vi: it resolves to Dm.
- F7 acts as V/IV: it resolves to B♭.
Sources & accuracy
- Chords: the OpenEWLD lead-sheet collection (Simonetta et al., 2018). Community-contributed lead sheet (chord symbols over the melody) from the Wikifonia archive, MIT licence. Title and songwriter credit as written on the sheet.
- Section names: detected by code from repeated 8-, 12- and 16-bar phrases (letters such as A and B mark different phrases; a phrase that comes back keeps its letter). Lead sheets rarely print section names.
- Not verified: only one lead sheet of this song is available, so it hasn't been cross-checked.
- Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.
Sources & Accuracy
Every chord on this page comes from the public-domain lead sheet listed first below. Piano voicings are our arrangement of the reported chord symbols, not a note-for-note transcription.
- the OpenEWLD lead-sheet collection (Simonetta et al., 2018)Community lead sheet
Chords as written in a lead sheet of a public-domain song, contributed by a musician to the Wikifonia archive; not checked against a recording.
Community-contributed lead sheet (chord symbols over the melody) from the Wikifonia archive, MIT licence. Title and songwriter credit as written on the sheet.
All Piano Voicings
| # | Section | Chord | Left hand | Right hand | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Section 1 | F | F2, C3 | C4, F4, A4 | — |
| 2 | A Section 1 | B♭/F | F2 | D4, F4, B♭4 | — |
| 3 | A Section 1 | F | F2, C3 | C4, F4, A4 | — |
| 4 | A Section 1 | G7 | G2, D3 | D4, F4, B4 | — |
| 5 | A Section 1 | C7 | C2, G2 | E4, G4, B♭4 | — |
| 6 | A Section 1 | Gm7 | G2, D3 | D4, F4, B♭4 | — |
| 7 | A Section 1 | C7 | C2, G2 | E4, G4, B♭4 | — |
| 8 | A Section 1 | A | A2, E3 | E4, A4, C♯5 | — |
| 9 | A Section 1 | Dm | D2, A2 | F4, A4, D5 | — |
| 10 | A Section 1 | G7 | G2, D3 | F4, B4, D5 | — |
| 11 | A Section 1 | C7 | C2, G2 | G4, B♭4, E5 | — |
| 12 | A Section 1 | Gm7 | G2, D3 | F4, B♭4, D5 | — |
| 13 | A Section 1 | C7 | C2, G2 | G4, B♭4, E5 | — |
| 14 | B Section 1 | F | F2, C3 | F4, A4, C5 | — |
| 15 | B Section 1 | B♭ | B♭2, F3 | F4, B♭4, D5 | — |
| 16 | B Section 1 | F | F2, C3 | F4, A4, C5 | — |
| 17 | B Section 1 | A7 | A2, E3 | E4, G4, C♯5 | — |
| 18 | B Section 1 | Dm | D2, A2 | F4, A4, D5 | — |
| 19 | B Section 1 | F7 | F2, C3 | E♭4, A4, C5 | — |
| 20 | B Section 1 | B♭ | B♭2, F3 | F4, B♭4, D5 | — |
| 21 | B Section 1 | D♭7 | D♭2, A♭2 | F4, A♭4, C♭5 | — |
| 22 | B Section 1 | F | F2, C3 | F4, A4, C5 | — |
| 23 | B Section 1 | Cm7 | C2, G2 | E♭4, G4, B♭4 | — |
| 24 | B Section 1 | D7 | D2, A2 | C4, F♯4, A4 | — |
| 25 | B Section 1 | G7 | G2, D3 | D4, F4, B4 | — |
| 26 | B Section 1 | C7 | C2, G2 | E4, G4, B♭4 | — |
| 27 | B Section 1 | F | F2, C3 | F4, A4, C5 | — |
| 28 | B Section 1 | Gm7 | G2, D3 | F4, B♭4, D5 | — |
| 29 | B Section 1 | C7 | C2, G2 | G4, B♭4, E5 | — |
| 30 | B Section 2 | F | F2, C3 | F4, A4, C5 | — |
| 31 | B Section 2 | B♭ | B♭2, F3 | F4, B♭4, D5 | — |
| 32 | B Section 2 | F | F2, C3 | F4, A4, C5 | — |
| 33 | B Section 2 | A7 | A2, E3 | E4, G4, C♯5 | — |
| 34 | B Section 2 | Dm | D2, A2 | F4, A4, D5 | — |
| 35 | B Section 2 | F7 | F2, C3 | E♭4, A4, C5 | — |
| 36 | B Section 2 | B♭ | B♭2, F3 | F4, B♭4, D5 | — |
| 37 | B Section 2 | D♭7 | D♭2, A♭2 | F4, A♭4, C♭5 | — |
| 38 | B Section 2 | F | F2, C3 | F4, A4, C5 | — |
| 39 | B Section 2 | Cm7 | C2, G2 | E♭4, G4, B♭4 | — |
| 40 | B Section 2 | D7 | D2, A2 | C4, F♯4, A4 | — |
| 41 | B Section 2 | G7 | G2, D3 | D4, F4, B4 | — |
| 42 | B Section 2 | C7 | C2, G2 | E4, G4, B♭4 | — |
| 43 | B Section 2 | F | F2, C3 | F4, A4, C5 | — |