Oh Me, Oh My (Dreams in My Arms) by Al Green

Overview

Key: F major · Chords used: 14 · Sections: 6

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Instrumental → 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

• F – B♭ – Gm – A7
  I – IV – ii – III7

Verse

• F – B♭/F – Am – B♭ – Gm – A7 (×2)
  I – IV⁶₄ – iii – IV – ii – III7

Chorus 1

• F – D7 – B♭ – E♭9 – E7 – A♭m – D♭7 – C7
  I – VI7 – IV – bVII9 – VII7 – biii – bVI7 – V7

Instrumental

• F – Gm – Am – B♭ – Am – A♭dim – Gm – C7
  I – ii – iii – IV – iii – biii° – ii – V7

Chorus 2

• F – D7 – B♭ – E♭9 – E7 – A♭m7 – D♭7 – C7
  I – VI7 – IV – bVII9 – VII7 – biii7 – bVI7 – V7

Outro

• F – D7 – B♭ – E♭9 – E7 (×2)
  I – VI7 – IV – bVII9 – VII7
• C7 – F – D7 – B♭ – E♭9 – E7 – C7
  V7 – I – VI7 – IV – bVII9 – VII7 – V7

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• E♭9 (bVII9) is borrowed from the parallel key, F minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0573, CC0), via ChoCo.
• Not verified: only one expert transcription of this song is available so far.
• 4 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.