I Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World by Ronnie Milsap

Overview

Key: G major · Chords used: 11 · Sections: 8

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Transition → Verse → Chorus → Solo → 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 – C (×2)
  I – IV

Verse 1

• Am – G – Cmaj7 – G – Em – C – Am – D – C – Bm – Am
  ii – I – IVmaj7 – I – vi – IV – ii – V – IV – iii – ii

Chorus 1

• G – C – Am – D – B7/D♯ – Em – Em/D – Am – Dsus4 (×2)
  I – IV – ii – V – III⁶₅ – vi – vi (bass D) – ii – Vsus4

Transition

• G – C (×2)
  I – IV

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Solo

• G – C – Am – D – B7/D♯ – Em – Em/D – Am – Dsus4
  I – IV – ii – V – III⁶₅ – vi – vi (bass D) – ii – Vsus4

Chorus 3

• G – C – Am – D – B7/D♯ – Em – Em/D – Am – Dsus4 – G – C – Am – D – B/D♯ – Em – Em/D – Am – Dsus4
  I – IV – ii – V – III⁶₅ – vi – vi (bass D) – ii – Vsus4 – I – IV – ii – V – III⁶ – vi – vi (bass D) – ii – Vsus4

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• B7/D♯ acts as V/vi: it resolves to Em.
• B/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 0131, 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.