I Need You by LeAnn Rimes

Overview

Key: G major · Chords used: 19 · Sections: 17

Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the Uspop2002 chord annotations (Music and Audio Research Lab, New York University). 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

Part 1 (0:03)

• Em9 – Cmaj13 – Em9
  vi9 – IVmaj13 – vi9

Part 2 (0:12)

• Cmaj13 – D7 – G – Dsus2 – D – Cadd9 – Am11 – G
  IVmaj13 – V7 – I – Vsus2 – V – IVadd9 – ii11 – I

Part 3 (0:25)

• Dsus2 – D – Csus2 – G – Em9 – Cmaj9 – G
  Vsus2 – V – IVsus2 – I – vi9 – IVmaj9 – I

Part 4 (0:38)

• Em9 – Cmaj9 – Am11 – G/B – Am11
  vi9 – IVmaj9 – ii11 – I⁶ – ii11

Part 5 (0:51)

• Cadd9 – D – G – D/F♯ – D – Cadd9 – Am11 – Em7
  IVadd9 – V – I – V⁶ – V – IVadd9 – ii11 – vi7

Part 6 (1:04)

• Bm7 – Cadd9 – Am11 – G/B – Cadd9 – D7sus4 – G
  iii7 – IVadd9 – ii11 – I⁶ – IVadd9 – V7sus4 – I

Part 7 (1:18)

• Dsus2 – D – Cadd9 – Am11 – G – Dsus2 – D – Cadd9
  Vsus2 – V – IVadd9 – ii11 – I – Vsus2 – V – IVadd9

Part 8 (1:29)

• G – Em7 – Cadd9 – Gsus2 – Em7 – Cmaj9
  I – vi7 – IVadd9 – Isus2 – vi7 – IVmaj9

Part 9 (1:43)

• Am11 – Gsus2 – Am11 – Cmaj9 – D
  ii11 – Isus2 – ii11 – IVmaj9 – V

Part 10 (1:56)

• G – D/F♯ – D – Cadd9 – Am11 – Em7 – Bm7 – Cadd9
  I – V⁶ – V – IVadd9 – ii11 – vi7 – iii7 – IVadd9

Part 11 (2:08)

• Am11 – G/B – Cadd9 – D7sus4 – G – Em7
  ii11 – I⁶ – IVadd9 – V7sus4 – I – vi7

Part 12 (2:22)

• D – Cmaj9 – Am7 – Gmaj7/B – Cmaj7 – D – G – D/F♯ – D – Cadd9 – Am11
  V – IVmaj9 – ii7 – Imaj⁶₅ – IVmaj7 – V – I – V⁶ – V – IVadd9 – ii11

Part 13 (2:35)

• Em7 – Bm7 – Cadd9 – Am11 – G/B – Cadd9 – D7sus4
  vi7 – iii7 – IVadd9 – ii11 – I⁶ – IVadd9 – V7sus4

Part 14 (2:48)

• G – Dsus2 – D – Cadd9 – Am11 – D7sus4 – G – Dsus2 – D – Cadd9 – D7 – Am7
  I – Vsus2 – V – IVadd9 – ii11 – V7sus4 – I – Vsus2 – V – IVadd9 – V7 – ii7

Part 15 (3:01)

• D7sus4 – G – Dsus2 – D – Cadd9 – Am11 – D7sus4 – G – Dsus2 – D – Cadd9 – D7
  V7sus4 – I – Vsus2 – V – IVadd9 – ii11 – V7sus4 – I – Vsus2 – V – IVadd9 – V7

Part 16 (3:14)

• Am7 – D7sus4 – G – Dsus2 – D – Cadd9 – Am11 – D7sus4 – G – Dsus2 – D – Cadd9
  ii7 – V7sus4 – I – Vsus2 – V – IVadd9 – ii11 – V7sus4 – I – Vsus2 – V – IVadd9

Part 17 (3:26)

• D7 – Am7 – D7sus4 – G – Dsus2 – D – Cadd9 – Am11 – D7sus4 – G – Dsus2 – D – Cadd9 – D7 – Am7 – D7sus4 – G
  V7 – ii7 – V7sus4 – I – Vsus2 – V – IVadd9 – ii11 – V7sus4 – I – Vsus2 – V – IVadd9 – V7 – ii7 – V7sus4 – I

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the Uspop2002 chord annotations (Music and Audio Research Lab, New York University). Chord annotation of the original recording (I Need You), time-stamped by researchers; CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo.
• Section names: this annotation doesn't name verses or choruses, so they aren't guessed. Instead, code used the chord timings to find the bars and cut the song into 8-bar parts. Each part is labelled with the time it starts in the annotated recording (I Need You), and a part with exactly the same chords as an earlier one says so.
• The key was estimated by code from the chords; this annotation doesn't state it.
• Not verified: only one expert transcription of this song is available so far.
• 1 chord was 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.