Never My Love by The 5th Dimension

Overview

Key: G major · Chords used: 29 · Sections: 9

Form: Intro → Pre-Verse → Verse → Verse → Chorus → Instrumental → Verse → 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.

Key changes

• Verse 3 moves to A major.

Section by section

Intro

• D
  V

Pre-Verse

• G
  I

Verse 1

• G – D/F♯ – F – C – G – Em – Gmaj7 – Cmaj7 – G
  I – V⁶ – bVII – IV – I – vi – Imaj7 – IVmaj7 – I

Verse 2

• G – D/F♯ – F – C – G – Em – G – C – G
  I – V⁶ – bVII – IV – I – vi – I – IV – I

Chorus 1

• B9sus4 – B7 – Em7 – A7sus4 – A7 – D – G – C – Cmaj7 – C6 – Bm – D/C
  III9sus4 – III7 – vi7 – II7sus4 – II7 – V – I – IV – IVmaj7 – IV6 – iii – V (bass C)

Instrumental

• G – D/F♯ – F – C – G – Em – G – Dmaj7 – A
  I – V⁶ – bVII – IV – I – vi – I – Vmaj7 – II

Verse 3

• A – E/G♯ – G – D – A – F♯m – A – D – A
  I – V⁶ – bVII – IV – I – vi – I – IV – I

Chorus 2

• C♯9sus4 – C♯7 – F♯m7 – B7sus4 – B7 – E – A – Dmaj7 – D6 – C♯m7 – Dmaj13
  III9sus4 – III7 – vi7 – II7sus4 – II7 – V – I – IVmaj7 – IV6 – iii7 – IVmaj13

Outro

• A – A/G – F♯m – F – G (×4)
  I – I (bass G) – vi – bVI – bVII
• A
  I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• F (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• G (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• F (bVI) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• B7 acts as V/vi: it resolves to Em7.
• A7 acts as V/V: it resolves to D.
• C♯7 acts as V/vi: it resolves to F♯m7.
• B7 acts as V/V: it resolves to E.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0022, 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.