Judy by Elvis Presley

Overview

Key: G major · Chords used: 6 · Sections: 4

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Solo

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

• D7
  V7

Verse

• G – D7 – G – G7 – C – A7 – D7
  I – V7 – I – I7 – IV – II7 – V7

Chorus

• G – D7 – G – C – D7 – G
  I – V7 – I – IV – V7 – I

Solo

• G – D – D7 – G – C
  I – V – V7 – I – IV
• D7 – G (×2)
  V7 – I
• D7
  V7

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• G7 acts as V/IV: it resolves to C.
• A7 acts as V/V: it resolves to D7.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0565, 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.