Is That All There Is by Peggy Lee

Overview

Key: C minor · Chords used: 21 · Sections: 8

Form: Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Verse → 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

Verse 1

• G13 – C (×2)
  V13 – I
• F – C – G – C – F – C – G/B♭ – B♭
  IV – I – V – I – IV – I – V (bass B♭) – bVII

Chorus 1

• G13 – Gdim – G7sus4 – G13 – G9 – Cm9 – Cm7 – F9 – Cm9 – E♭m9 – B♭maj7 – B♭6 – B♭aug – B♭ – A7 – A7♭5/E♭ – D7
  V13 – v° – V7sus4 – V13 – V9 – i9 – i7 – IV9 – i9 – biii9 – bVIImaj7 – bVII6 – bVII+ – bVII – VI7 – VI7♭5 (bass E♭) – II7

Verse 2

• Cm7 – E♭m9 – Cm7 – E♭ – Cm7 – E♭m9 – B♭ (×2)
  i7 – biii9 – i7 – bIII – i7 – biii9 – bVII

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 3

• Cm7 – E♭m9 (×3)
  i7 – biii9
• B♭
  bVII
• Cm7 – E♭m9 (×3)
  i7 – biii9
• B♭maj7
  bVIImaj7

Chorus 3

• G13 – Gdim – G7sus4 – G13 – G9
  V13 – v° – V7sus4 – V13 – V9

Verse 4

Same chords as Verse 3.

Chorus 4

• G13 – Gdim – G7sus4 – G13 – G9 – Cm9 – Cm7 – F9 – Cm9 – E♭m9 – B♭maj7 – B♭6 – B♭aug – B♭ – A7 – A7♭5/E♭ – D7 – Gm
  V13 – v° – V7sus4 – V13 – V9 – i9 – i7 – IV9 – i9 – biii9 – bVIImaj7 – bVII6 – bVII+ – bVII – VI7 – VI7♭5 (bass E♭) – II7 – v

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• G13 (V13) is borrowed from the parallel key, C major.
• C (I) is borrowed from the parallel key, C major.
• F (IV) is borrowed from the parallel key, C major.
• G9 (V9) is borrowed from the parallel key, C major.
• D7 acts as V/v: it resolves to Gm.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0059, CC0), via ChoCo.
• Not verified: only one expert transcription of this song is available so far.
• 4 chords were simplified to the closest symbol our player supports (for example, an unusual added tone dropped).
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.