My World Fell Down by Sagittarius

Overview

Key: A♭ major · Chords used: 20 · Sections: 10

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Bridge → Chorus → Chorus → Outro

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♭mmaj7/A♭ – A♭ (×2)
  ivmaj⁴₃ – I

Verse 1

• D♭m – A♭m – E♭7/G – D♭m – A♭m – E♭7 – D♭m – A♭m – E♭7/G – D♭m – D♭sus4 – D♭
  iv – i – V⁶₅ – iv – i – V7 – iv – i – V⁶₅ – iv – IVsus4 – IV

Chorus 1

• F7 – B♭ (×2)
  VI7 – II
• E♭7 – A♭ – Adim – Gm – Adim/E♭ – Adim/C – E♭7 – A♭
  V7 – I – #i° – vii – #i°⁶₄ – #i°⁶ – V7 – I

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 3

• D♭m – A♭m (×3)
  iv – i
• D♭m – A♭
  iv – I

Bridge

• A♭ – D♭ (×2)
  I – IV
• A♭ – Fm – D♭ – D♭7
  I – vi – IV – IV7

Chorus 3

• F7 – B♭ (×2)
  VI7 – II
• E♭7 – A♭ – Adim – Gm – Adim/E♭ – Adim/C – G – C
  V7 – I – #i° – vii – #i°⁶₄ – #i°⁶ – VII – III

Chorus 4

• F7 – B♭ (×2)
  VI7 – II
• E7 – A – Adim – Gm – Adim/E♭ – Adim/C – E♭7 – A♭
  #V7 – #I – #i° – vii – #i°⁶₄ – #i°⁶ – V7 – I

Outro

• D♭m – A♭ (×2)
  iv – I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• D♭m (iv) is borrowed from the parallel key, A♭ minor.
• A♭m (i) is borrowed from the parallel key, A♭ minor.
• D♭sus4 (IVsus4) is borrowed from the parallel key, A♭ minor.
• B♭ acts as V/V: it resolves to E♭7.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1182, CC0), via ChoCo.
• Not verified: only one expert transcription of this song is available so far.
• 3 chords were simplified to the closest symbol our player supports (for example, an unusual added tone dropped).
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.