In the Navy by Village People

Overview

Key: G major · Chords used: 13 · Sections: 8

Form: Interlude → Verse → Chorus → Transition → Verse → Chorus → Bridge → 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

Interlude

• Gm – F7 – E♭maj7 – Dsus4 – D – Gm – F7 – E♭maj7 – D7
  i – bVII7 – bVImaj7 – Vsus4 – V – i – bVII7 – bVImaj7 – V7

Verse 1

• Gm – B♭ – Cm – B♭ – Cm7 – D (×2)
  i – bIII – iv – bIII – iv7 – V

Chorus 1

• Gmaj7 – Am7 – D – Am7 – D – G – D (×2)
  Imaj7 – ii7 – V – ii7 – V – I – V

Transition

• Gm
  i

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Bridge

• Gm7
  i7

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• Gm (i) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• F7 (bVII7) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• E♭maj7 (bVImaj7) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• B♭ (bIII) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• Cm (iv) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• Cm7 (iv7) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• Gm7 (i7) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0306, 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.