If I Could Reach You by The 5th Dimension

Overview

Key: B♭ major · Chords used: 12 · Sections: 7

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Transition → Verse → Chorus → Outro

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

• B♭ – B♭maj7 – A♭6/B♭ – B♭maj7 (×2)
  I – Imaj7 – bVII6 (bass B♭) – Imaj7

Verse 1

• Gm – Dm – E♭ – B♭ – E♭ – B♭/D – B♭ – Cm – E♭/F – F – Gm – Dm – E♭ – B♭ – E♭ – B♭/D – Cm – E♭/F – F
  vi – iii – IV – I – IV – I⁶ – I – ii – IV (bass F) – V – vi – iii – IV – I – IV – I⁶ – ii – IV (bass F) – V

Chorus 1

• B♭maj7 – E♭maj7 (×2)
  Imaj7 – IVmaj7
• Dm – Gm (×2)
  iii – vi
• Cm – E♭/F – F
  ii – IV (bass F) – V

Transition

• B♭ – B♭maj7 – A♭6/B♭ – B♭maj7 (×2)
  I – Imaj7 – bVII6 (bass B♭) – Imaj7

Verse 2

• Gm – Dm – E♭ – B♭ – E♭ – B♭/D – Cm – E♭/F – F
  vi – iii – IV – I – IV – I⁶ – ii – IV (bass F) – V

Chorus 2

• B♭maj7 – E♭maj7 (×2)
  Imaj7 – IVmaj7
• Dm – Gm (×2)
  iii – vi
• Cm – Cmmaj7 – E♭/F – F
  ii – iimaj7 – IV (bass F) – V

Outro

• B♭maj7 – E♭maj7 (×2)
  Imaj7 – IVmaj7
• B♭
  I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• A♭6/B♭ (bVII6 (bass B♭)) is borrowed from the parallel key, B♭ minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0433, 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.