My Boy by Elvis Presley

Overview

Key: D major · Chords used: 13 · Sections: 11

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Transition → Verse → Chorus → Transition → Verse → Chorus ×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

• D
  I

Verse 1

• D – A/C♯ – Bm – F♯m – Bm – Gmaj7 – F♯m7 – Em7 – F♯7sus4 – F♯7
  I – V⁶ – vi – iii – vi – IVmaj7 – iii7 – ii7 – III7sus4 – III7

Chorus 1

• Bm – Em7 – A7 – Dmaj7 – G♯m7♭5 – C♯7 – F♯7sus4 – F♯7
  vi – ii7 – V7 – Imaj7 – #ivø7 – VII7 – III7sus4 – III7

Transition 1

• D
  I

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Transition 2

Same chords as Transition 1.

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chorus 5

• Bm – Em7 – A7 – Dmaj7 – G♯m7♭5 – C♯7 – F♯7sus4 – F♯7 – Bm
  vi – ii7 – V7 – Imaj7 – #ivø7 – VII7 – III7sus4 – III7 – vi

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• F♯7 acts as V/vi: it resolves to Bm.
• C♯7 acts as V/III: it resolves to F♯7sus4.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0326, 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.