I Don't Love You Anymore by Teddy Pendergrass
Piano chords, voicings & structure breakdown · 19 steps · 11 unique chords · 1970s
G
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Harmonic Analysis & Structure
Overview
Key: G major · Chords used: 11 · Sections: 8
Form: Intro → Chorus → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Verse → Pre-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
- G – Am – Am/D (×4)
I – ii – ii (bass D)
Chorus 1
- G – Am – Am/D (×8)
I – ii – ii (bass D)
Verse 1
- D6 – C6 (×2)
V6 – IV6 - D6 – B7/D♯ – Em – Cm7/E♭
V6 – III⁶₅ – vi – iv⁶₅
Pre-Chorus 1
- Am – Bm (×6)
ii – iii - D7sus4 – D7
V7sus4 – V7
Chorus 2
Same chords as Chorus 1.
Verse 2
Same chords as Verse 1.
Pre-Chorus 2
Same chords as Pre-Chorus 1.
Chorus 3
- G – Am – Am/D (×62)
I – ii – ii (bass D)
Chord vocabulary
| Chord | Roman numeral | Role | Heard in |
|---|---|---|---|
| G | I | Home chord (tonic) | Intro, Chorus |
| Am | ii | In the key | Intro, Chorus, Pre-Chorus |
| Am/D | ii (bass D) | In the key | Intro, Chorus |
| D6 | V6 | In the key | Verse |
| C6 | IV6 | In the key | Verse |
| B7/D♯ | III⁶₅ | Secondary dominant (V/vi) | Verse |
| Em | vi | In the key | Verse |
| Cm7/E♭ | iv⁶₅ | Borrowed from G minor | Verse |
| Bm | iii | In the key | Pre-Chorus |
| D7sus4 | V7sus4 | In the key | Pre-Chorus |
| D7 | V7 | In the key | Pre-Chorus |
Harmonic highlights
- Cm7/E♭ (iv⁶₅) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
- B7/D♯ acts as V/vi: it resolves to Em.
Sources & accuracy
- Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0797, 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 0797, CC0), via ChoCo.
All Piano Voicings
| # | Section | Chord | Left hand | Right hand | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Intro (×4) | G | G2, D3 | B3, D4, G4 | — |
| 2 | Intro (×4) | Am | A2, E3 | C4, E4, A4 | — |
| 3 | Intro (×4) | Am/D | D2 | C4, E4, A4 | — |
| 4 | Chorus 1 (×8) | G | G2, D3 | B3, D4, G4 | — |
| 5 | Chorus 1 (×8) | Am | A2, E3 | C4, E4, A4 | — |
| 6 | Chorus 1 (×8) | Am/D | D2 | C4, E4, A4 | — |
| 7 | Verse 1, part 1 (×2) | D6 | D2, A2 | B3, F♯4, A4 | — |
| 8 | Verse 1, part 1 (×2) | C6 | C2, G2 | A3, E4, G4 | — |
| 9 | Verse 1, part 2 | D6 | D2, A2 | B3, F♯4, A4 | — |
| 10 | Verse 1, part 2 | B7/D♯ | D♯2 | B3, D♯4, F♯4, A4 | — |
| 11 | Verse 1, part 2 | Em | E2, B2 | B3, E4, G4 | — |
| 12 | Verse 1, part 2 | Cm7/E♭ | E♭2 | B♭3, C4, E♭4, G4 | — |
| 13 | Pre-Chorus 1, part 1 (×6) | Am | A2, E3 | A3, C4, E4 | — |
| 14 | Pre-Chorus 1, part 1 (×6) | Bm | B1, F♯2 | B3, D4, F♯4 | — |
| 15 | Pre-Chorus 1, part 2 | D7sus4 | D2, A2 | A3, C4, G4 | — |
| 16 | Pre-Chorus 1, part 2 | D7 | D2, A2 | A3, C4, F♯4 | — |
| 17 | Chorus 3 (×62) | G | G2, D3 | B3, D4, G4 | — |
| 18 | Chorus 3 (×62) | Am | A2, E3 | C4, E4, A4 | — |
| 19 | Chorus 3 (×62) | Am/D | D2 | C4, E4, A4 | — |