Lonely Weekends by Charlie Rich

Overview

Key: F major · Chords used: 4 · Sections: 10

Form: Intro → Chorus → Verse → Bridge → Chorus → Solo → Solo → 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

Intro

• F – B♭ (×3)
  I – IV
• F
  I

Chorus 1

• F – B♭ (×8)
  I – IV
• F
  I

Verse

• F – B♭ (×7)
  I – IV
• F
  I

Bridge 1

• B♭ – E♭ (×6)
  IV – bVII
• C7
  V7

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Solo 1

• F – B♭ (×8)
  I – IV

Solo 2

• F – B♭ (×7)
  I – IV
• F
  I

Bridge 2

Same chords as Bridge 1.

Chorus 3

• F – B♭ (×8)
  I – IV

Outro

• F – B♭ (×10)
  I – IV

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• E♭ (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, F minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1113, 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.