If Not You by Dr. Hook

Overview

Key: D major · Chords used: 8 · Sections: 8

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Solo → Chorus → 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

• D
  I

Verse 1

• D – Em – A7 – D – G – A7 (×2)
  I – ii – V7 – I – IV – V7

Chorus 1

• G – A7 – D – Bm – G – A7 – D
  IV – V7 – I – vi – IV – V7 – I

Solo

• D – Em – A7 – D – G – A7sus4 – A7
  I – ii – V7 – I – IV – V7sus4 – V7

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 2

• D – Em – A7 – D – G – A – D – Em – A – D – G – A – A7
  I – ii – V7 – I – IV – V – I – ii – V – I – IV – V – V7

Chorus 3

• G – A7 – D – Bm – G – A7 – D – D7
  IV – V7 – I – vi – IV – V7 – I – I7

Outro

• G – A7 – D – Bm – G – A7 – D
  IV – V7 – I – vi – IV – V7 – I

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0914, 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.