Just a Friend by Biz Markie

Overview

Key: C major · Chords used: 4 · 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

• C – F – Dm/F – G7 (×5)
  I – IV – ii⁶ – V7

Chorus 1

• C – F – Dm/F – G7 (×3)
  I – IV – ii⁶ – V7

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 3

• C – F – Dm/F – G7 (×6)
  I – IV – ii⁶ – V7

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0827, 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.