Lonely Eyes by Robert John

Overview

Key: F major · Chords used: 18 · Sections: 11

Form: Instrumental → Verse → Bridge → Chorus → Verse → Bridge → Chorus → Verse → Bridge → 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

Instrumental

• F – Am – B♭ – B♭/C
  I – iii – IV – IV (bass C)

Verse 1

• F – C/F – B♭ – Gm – B♭/C
  I – V (bass F) – IV – ii – IV (bass C)

Bridge 1

• Dm – Am – B♭ – B♭/C
  vi – iii – IV – IV (bass C)

Chorus 1

• F – Am – B♭ – B♭/C – F – Am – B♭ – B♭m – F – B♭/C
  I – iii – IV – IV (bass C) – I – iii – IV – iv – I – IV (bass C)

Verse 2

• F – C/F – B♭ – Gm – B♭/C (×2)
  I – V (bass F) – IV – ii – IV (bass C)

Bridge 2

• Dm – Am – B♭ – C7
  vi – iii – IV – V7

Chorus 2

• F – Am – B♭ – B♭/C – F – Am – B♭ – B♭m – F – D
  I – iii – IV – IV (bass C) – I – iii – IV – iv – I – VI

Verse 3

• G – D/G – C – Am – C/D
  II – VI (bass G) – V – iii – V (bass D)

Bridge 3

• Em – Bm – C – D7 – C/D
  vii – #iv – V – VI7 – V (bass D)

Chorus 3

• G – Bm – C – C/D – G – Bm – C – Cm – G – C/D
  II – #iv – V – V (bass D) – II – #iv – V – v – II – V (bass D)

Outro

• G – Bm – C – C/D (×3)
  II – #iv – V – V (bass D)

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• B♭m (iv) is borrowed from the parallel key, F minor.
• Cm (v) is borrowed from the parallel key, F minor.
• G acts as V/V: it resolves to C/D.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0154, 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.