Kiss on My List by Daryl Hall & John Oates

Overview

Key: C major · Chords used: 18 · Sections: 10

Form: Intro → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Chorus → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Solo → 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

• C – G/C – Am/C – G/C – Cm7 – F – C
  I – V (bass C) – vi⁶ – V (bass C) – i7 – IV – I

Verse 1

• Cm – Fm – A♭ – B♭ – Cadd9 (×2)
  i – iv – bVI – bVII – Iadd9

Pre-Chorus 1

• Fsus2 – Fm
  IVsus2 – iv
• Gm7/D – Fm9 (×3)
  v⁴₃ – iv9
• F/G – G
  IV (bass G) – V

Chorus 1

• C – G/C – Am/C – G/C – Cm7 – F – C
  I – V (bass C) – vi⁶ – V (bass C) – i7 – IV – I

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Pre-Chorus 2

Same chords as Pre-Chorus 1.

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Solo

• G/C – F – Am7♭5/E♭ – Dm7 – G11
  V (bass C) – IV – viø⁴₃ – ii7 – V11

Outro

• C – G/C – Am/C – G/C – Cm7 – F (×4)
  I – V (bass C) – vi⁶ – V (bass C) – i7 – IV

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• Cm7 (i7) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• Cm (i) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• Fm (iv) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• A♭ (bVI) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• B♭ (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• Gm7/D (v⁴₃) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• Fm9 (iv9) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0018, 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.