No Charge by Melba Montgomery
Piano chords, voicings & structure breakdown · 22 steps · 4 unique chords · 1970s
G
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Harmonic Analysis & Structure
Overview
Key: G major · Chords used: 4 · Sections: 7
Form: Intro → Verse → Verse → Chorus → Chorus → Verse → 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
- G
I
Verse 1
- G – D7 – G
I – V7 – I
Verse 2
- C – D7 – G – C – G – D7 – G – D – G
IV – V7 – I – IV – I – V7 – I – V – I
Chorus 1
- C – D7 – G – C – G – D7 – G
IV – V7 – I – IV – I – V7 – I
Chorus 2
Same chords as Chorus 1.
Verse 3
Same chords as Verse 1.
Outro
- D7 – G
V7 – I
Chord vocabulary
| Chord | Roman numeral | Role | Heard in |
|---|---|---|---|
| G | I | Home chord (tonic) | Intro, Verse, Chorus, Outro |
| D7 | V7 | In the key | Verse, Chorus, Outro |
| C | IV | In the key | Verse, Chorus |
| D | V | In the key | Verse |
Sources & accuracy
- Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0167, 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.
Sources & Accuracy
Every chord on this page comes from the expert transcription listed first below. Piano voicings are our arrangement of the reported chord symbols, not a note-for-note transcription.
- the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011)Expert transcription
Annotated from the original recording by trained musicians for a published research dataset.
Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0167, CC0), via ChoCo.
All Piano Voicings
| # | Section | Chord | Left hand | Right hand | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Intro | G | G2, D3 | B3, D4, G4 | — |
| 2 | Verse 1 | G | G2, D3 | B3, D4, G4 | — |
| 3 | Verse 1 | D7 | D2, A2 | A3, C4, F♯4 | — |
| 4 | Verse 1 | G | G2, D3 | B3, D4, G4 | — |
| 5 | Verse 2 | C | C2, G2 | C4, E4, G4 | — |
| 6 | Verse 2 | D7 | D2, A2 | C4, F♯4, A4 | — |
| 7 | Verse 2 | G | G2, D3 | D4, G4, B4 | — |
| 8 | Verse 2 | C | C2, G2 | E4, G4, C5 | — |
| 9 | Verse 2 | G | G2, D3 | D4, G4, B4 | — |
| 10 | Verse 2 | D7 | D2, A2 | C4, F♯4, A4 | — |
| 11 | Verse 2 | G | G2, D3 | D4, G4, B4 | — |
| 12 | Verse 2 | D | D2, A2 | D4, F♯4, A4 | — |
| 13 | Verse 2 | G | G2, D3 | D4, G4, B4 | — |
| 14 | Chorus 1 | C | C2, G2 | E4, G4, C5 | — |
| 15 | Chorus 1 | D7 | D2, A2 | F♯4, A4, C5 | — |
| 16 | Chorus 1 | G | G2, D3 | G4, B4, D5 | — |
| 17 | Chorus 1 | C | C2, G2 | G4, C5, E5 | — |
| 18 | Chorus 1 | G | G2, D3 | G4, B4, D5 | — |
| 19 | Chorus 1 | D7 | D2, A2 | F♯4, A4, C5 | — |
| 20 | Chorus 1 | G | G2, D3 | G4, B4, D5 | — |
| 21 | Outro | D7 | D2, A2 | F♯4, A4, C5 | — |
| 22 | Outro | G | G2, D3 | G4, B4, D5 | — |