Hungry Eyes by Eric Carmen

Overview

Key: F major · Chords used: 15 · Sections: 12

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Transition → Verse → Chorus ×2 → Bridge → Solo → 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

• Fadd9 – B♭add9 – Csus4 – C (×4)
  Iadd9 – IVadd9 – Vsus4 – V
• Fadd9
  Iadd9

Verse 1

• F – Am – Am9 – Dm/A – C/A – Am – Am9 – Dm7 – Dm11 – G – C/E – Dm7 – Dm11 – G – B♭ – C
  I – iii – iii9 – vi⁶₄ – V (bass A) – iii – iii9 – vi7 – vi11 – II – V⁶ – vi7 – vi11 – II – IV – V

Chorus 1

• F – B♭ – C (×4)
  I – IV – V

Transition

• F – C7/E
  I – V⁶₅

Verse 2

• Am – Am9 – Dm/A – C/A – Am – Am9 – Dm7 – Dm11 – G – C/E – Dm7 – Dm11 – G – B♭ – C
  iii – iii9 – vi⁶₄ – V (bass A) – iii – iii9 – vi7 – vi11 – II – V⁶ – vi7 – vi11 – II – IV – V

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Bridge

• Dm7 – Dm11 (×3)
  vi7 – vi11
• Dm7 – B♭ – C
  vi7 – IV – V

Solo

• F – B♭ – C (×4)
  I – IV – V

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chorus 5

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Outro

• F – B♭ – C (×6)
  I – IV – V

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• G acts as V/V: it resolves to C/E.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0791, CC0), via ChoCo.
• Not verified: only one expert transcription of this song is available so far.
• 2 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.