Just a Dream by Jimmy Clanton

Overview

Key: G major · Chords used: 7 · Sections: 5

Form: Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Verse

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

• G – G7 – D7 – G – C (×2)
  I – I7 – V7 – I – IV
• G – G7 – G6 – G
  I – I7 – I6 – I

Chorus 1

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

Verse 2

• G – G7 – D7 – G – C – G – G7 – G6 – G
  I – I7 – V7 – I – IV – I – I7 – I6 – I

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 3

• G – G7
  I – I7
• D7 – G (×3)
  V7 – I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• Cm (iv) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• 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 0185, 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.