Mony Mony by Tommy James

Overview

Key: A major · Chords used: 5 · Sections: 6

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

Verse 1

• A – D (×4)
  I – IV
• E
  V

Chorus 1

• A – G (×4)
  I – bVII
• A
  I
• D – C (×4)
  IV – bIII
• D – E
  IV – V

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Bridge

• A – E
  I – V

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• G (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• C (bIII) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0928, 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.