Must of Got Lost by The J. Geils Band

Overview

Key: C major · Chords used: 9 · Sections: 7

Form: Intro → 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

Intro

• C – F (×2)
  I – IV

Verse 1

• C – Gm – F – C – Gm – F – C – Gm – F – Em – Dm – G (×2)
  I – v – IV – I – v – IV – I – v – IV – iii – ii – V
• C
  I

Chorus 1

• C – F/C – C – Dm7 – F – G – C – F/G – C – F/C – C – Dm7 – F – G – C – F – C
  I – IV⁶₄ – I – ii7 – IV – V – I – IV (bass G) – I – IV⁶₄ – I – ii7 – IV – V – I – IV – I

Verse 2

• C – Gm – F (×3)
  I – v – IV
• Em – Dm – G – C
  iii – ii – V – I

Chorus 2

• C – F/C – C – Dm7 – F – G – C – F/G (×2)
  I – IV⁶₄ – I – ii7 – IV – V – I – IV (bass G)
• C
  I

Bridge

• C – F (×3)
  I – IV

Chorus 3

• C – F/C – C – Dm7 – F – G – C – F/G (×4)
  I – IV⁶₄ – I – ii7 – IV – V – I – IV (bass G)
• C
  I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• Gm (v) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1069, 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.