I Will by Dean Martin

Overview

Key: D major · Chords used: 9 · Sections: 4

Form: Intro → Verse → Verse → Verse

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

• D – D6 – Dmaj7 – D6 (×2)
  I – I6 – Imaj7 – I6

Verse 1

• D – D6 – Dmaj7 – D6
  I – I6 – Imaj7 – I6
• A – Aadd9 (×4)
  V – Vadd9
• D – D6 – Dmaj7 – D6 – D7 – G – Gm – D – A7 – D – D6 – Dmaj7 – D6
  I – I6 – Imaj7 – I6 – I7 – IV – iv – I – V7 – I – I6 – Imaj7 – I6

Verse 2

• D – D6 – Dmaj7 – D6
  I – I6 – Imaj7 – I6
• A – Aadd9 (×4)
  V – Vadd9
• D – D6 – Dmaj7 – D6 – D7 – G – Gm – D – A7 – D – D6 – A7
  I – I6 – Imaj7 – I6 – I7 – IV – iv – I – V7 – I – I6 – V7

Verse 3

• D – D6 – Dmaj7 – D6
  I – I6 – Imaj7 – I6
• A – Aadd9 (×4)
  V – Vadd9
• D – D6 – Dmaj7 – D6 – D7 – G – Gm – D – A7 – D – D6 – Dmaj7 – D6 – D – A7 – D
  I – I6 – Imaj7 – I6 – I7 – IV – iv – I – V7 – I – I6 – Imaj7 – I6 – I – V7 – I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• Gm (iv) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• D7 acts as V/IV: it resolves to G.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0734, 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.