I Love You So by Bobbi Martin

Overview

Key: B♭ major · Chords used: 13 · Sections: 4

Form: Theme → Theme → Theme → Theme

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

Theme 1

• F7 – B♭ – Dm7♭5 – G7 – Cm7 – F7 – B♭ – Bdim – Cm – F7sus4 – F7
  V7 – I – iiiø7 – VI7 – ii7 – V7 – I – #i° – ii – V7sus4 – V7

Theme 2

• F7 – B♭ – Dm7♭5 – G7 – Cm7 – F7 – B♭ – E♭ – B♭7 – E♭ – B♭ – F7 – B♭ – E♭ – C9 – F7
  V7 – I – iiiø7 – VI7 – ii7 – V7 – I – IV – I7 – IV – I – V7 – I – IV – II9 – V7

Theme 3

• F7 – B♭ – Dm7♭5 – G7 – Cm7 – F7
  V7 – I – iiiø7 – VI7 – ii7 – V7
• B♭ – E♭ (×2)
  I – IV
• B♭ – F7 – B♭ – E♭ – C7 – F7 – F7sus4 – F7
  I – V7 – I – IV – II7 – V7 – V7sus4 – V7

Theme 4

• F7 – B♭ – Dm7♭5 – G7 – Cm7 – F7 – B♭ – E♭ – E♭m – B♭
  V7 – I – iiiø7 – VI7 – ii7 – V7 – I – IV – iv – I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• E♭m (iv) is borrowed from the parallel key, B♭ minor.
• G7 acts as V/ii: it resolves to Cm7.
• B♭7 acts as V/IV: it resolves to E♭.
• C9 acts as V/V: it resolves to F7.
• C7 acts as V/V: it resolves to F7.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0056, 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.