Liar, Liar by The Castaways

Overview

Key: C major · Chords used: 6 · Sections: 14

Form: Intro → Chorus → Verse → Transition → Verse → Transition → Solo → Chorus → Verse → Transition → Verse → Transition → 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

• C – Cm/E♭ – Gm – F (×2)
  I – i⁶ – v – IV

Chorus 1

• C – Cm/E♭ – Gm – F (×2)
  I – i⁶ – v – IV

Verse 1

• C – Cm/E♭ – Gm – F (×4)
  I – i⁶ – v – IV

Transition 1

• C – A♭ – G – F
  I – bVI – V – IV

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Transition 2

Same chords as Transition 1.

Solo

• C – Cm/E♭ – Gm – F (×2)
  I – i⁶ – v – IV

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Transition 3

Same chords as Transition 1.

Verse 4

Same chords as Verse 1.

Transition 4

Same chords as Transition 1.

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Outro

• C – Cm/E♭ – Gm – F (×2)
  I – i⁶ – v – IV
• C
  I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• Cm/E♭ (i⁶) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• Gm (v) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• A♭ (bVI) 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 0848, 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.