Living Doll by Cliff Richard

Overview

Key: A major · Chords used: 7 · Sections: 6

Form: Chorus → Bridge → Chorus → Solo → Bridge → Chorus

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

Chorus 1

• A – B7 – E7 – A – F♯7 – A – E – A
  I – II7 – V7 – I – VI7 – I – V – I

Bridge 1

• D – A – D – E
  IV – I – IV – V

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Solo

• A – B7 – E7 – A – F♯7 – A – E – A
  I – II7 – V7 – I – VI7 – I – V – I

Bridge 2

Same chords as Bridge 1.

Chorus 3

• A – B7 – E7 – A – F♯7 – A – E – A69
  I – II7 – V7 – I – VI7 – I – V – I69

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• B7 acts as V/V: it resolves to E7.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0740, 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.