Lovers Who Wander by Dion

Overview

Key: C major · Chords used: 5 · Sections: 11

Form: Intro → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Bridge → Verse → Chorus → Bridge → Verse → 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 – Am – F – G
  I – vi – IV – V

Chorus 1

• C – Am – F – G
  I – vi – IV – V

Verse 1

• C – Am – F – G
  I – vi – IV – V

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Bridge 1

• F – C – D – G
  IV – I – II – V

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Bridge 2

Same chords as Bridge 1.

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Outro

• C – Am – F – G
  I – vi – IV – V

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• D acts as V/V: it resolves to G.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1210, 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.