Lyin' Eyes by Eagles

Overview

Key: G major · Chords used: 10 · Sections: 14

Form: Intro → Verse → Verse → Verse → Chorus → Interlude → Verse → Verse → Chorus → Interlude → Verse → Verse ×2 → 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

Intro

• G – Gmaj7 – C – Am – D7 – G
  I – Imaj7 – IV – ii – V7 – I

Verse 1

• G – Gmaj7 – C – Am – D7 – G – Gmaj7 – C – Am – C – G
  I – Imaj7 – IV – ii – V7 – I – Imaj7 – IV – ii – IV – I

Verse 2

• G – Gmaj7 – C – Am – D7 – G – Gmaj7 – C – Am – C – G – C – D7
  I – Imaj7 – IV – ii – V7 – I – Imaj7 – IV – ii – IV – I – IV – V7

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 1

• G – C/G – G – Em – Bm – Am – D7 – G – G7 – C – A – Am – D7
  I – IV⁶₄ – I – vi – iii – ii – V7 – I – I7 – IV – II – ii – V7

Interlude 1

• G – Gmaj7 – C – Am – D7 – G
  I – Imaj7 – IV – ii – V7 – I

Verse 4

Same chords as Verse 2.

Verse 5

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Interlude 2

Same chords as Interlude 1.

Verse 6

Same chords as Verse 2.

Verse 7

Same chords as Verse 1.

Verse 8

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 3

• G – C/G – G – Em – Bm – Am – D7 – G – G7 – C – A
  I – IV⁶₄ – I – vi – iii – ii – V7 – I – I7 – IV – II
• Am – D7 – G – Gmaj7 (×3)
  ii – V7 – I – Imaj7
• Am – D7 – G – C – G
  ii – V7 – I – IV – I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• G7 acts as V/IV: it resolves to C.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0296, 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.