Looking for a Love by The J. Geils Band

Overview

Key: C major · Chords used: 5 · Sections: 9

Form: Intro → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Solo → 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 – F (×3)
  I – IV
• C
  I

Chorus 1

• C – F (×2)
  I – IV
• C – E/B – Am – G – F – C
  I – III⁶₄ – vi – V – IV – I

Verse 1

• C – F (×4)
  I – IV
• C
  I

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Solo 1

• C – F (×4)
  I – IV
• C
  I

Solo 2

• C – F (×2)
  I – IV
• C
  I

Outro

• C – F (×10)
  I – IV
• C
  I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• E/B acts as V/vi: it resolves to Am.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0662, 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.