Jamie by Eddie Holland

Overview

Key: E♭ major · Chords used: 9 · Sections: 10

Form: Intro → Intro → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Bridge → 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 1

• B♭7
  V7

Intro 2

• E♭ – Cm – Fm7 – B♭7 (×2)
  I – vi – ii7 – V7

Verse 1

• E♭ – B♭7 – E♭ – E♭7 – A♭ – F7
  I – V7 – I – I7 – IV – II7

Chorus 1

• E♭ – Cm – A♭ – B♭7 (×3)
  I – vi – IV – V7

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

• E♭ – Cm – A♭ – B♭7 (×3)
  I – vi – IV – V7
• E♭ – A♭ – E♭7
  I – IV – I7

Bridge

• A♭ – G – A♭ – F – B♭7
  IV – III – IV – II – V7

Verse 3

• E♭ – B♭7 – E♭ – E♭7
  I – V7 – I – I7
• A♭ – F7 (×2)
  IV – II7

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 2.

Outro

• E♭ – Cm – A♭ – B♭7 (×3)
  I – vi – IV – V7

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• E♭7 acts as V/IV: it resolves to A♭.
• F acts as V/V: it resolves to B♭7.
• The Chorus 1 loops E♭ – Cm – A♭ – B♭7 (I – vi – IV – V7), a rotation of the ’50s progression (I–vi–IV–V family).

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1046, 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.