My Wish Came True by Elvis Presley

Overview

Key: D major · Chords used: 15 · Sections: 3

Form: Chorus → Verse → 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

Chorus 1

• D – A7 – D – D6 – G – D/A – A7 – D – E7 – A7 – G – G♯m7♭5 – A7 – D/A – A7 – D – D6 – G – D/A – A7
  I – V7 – I – I6 – IV – I⁶₄ – V7 – I – II7 – V7 – IV – #ivø7 – V7 – I⁶₄ – V7 – I – I6 – IV – I⁶₄ – V7

Verse

• D – Em7 – A7 – D – G – D – A9sus4 – A7 – D – C♯9 – F♯m – A7 – D/A – A7
  I – ii7 – V7 – I – IV – I – V9sus4 – V7 – I – VII9 – iii – V7 – I⁶₄ – V7

Chorus 2

• D – D6 – G – D – A7 – D – E7 – A7 – G – G♯m7♭5 – A7 – D/A – A7 – D – D7 – G – A – D – D6 – G – D/A – A7 – D – Em – A7 – D – Dmaj7
  I – I6 – IV – I – V7 – I – II7 – V7 – IV – #ivø7 – V7 – I⁶₄ – V7 – I – I7 – IV – V – I – I6 – IV – I⁶₄ – V7 – I – ii – V7 – I – Imaj7

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• E7 acts as V/V: it resolves to A7.
• C♯9 acts as V/iii: it resolves to F♯m.
• D7 acts as V/IV: it resolves to G.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1055, 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.