Oh My Angel by Bertha Tillman

Overview

Key: C major · Chords used: 18 · Sections: 5

Form: Intro → Verse → Verse → Chorus → Verse

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 D♭ major.

Section by section

Intro

• Fmaj7/A – Em7/G – Dm7/F – Cmaj7 – Dm7 – Em7 – Dm7
  IVmaj⁶₅ – iii⁶₅ – ii⁶₅ – Imaj7 – ii7 – iii7 – ii7

Verse 1

• Cmaj7 – Dm7 – Em7 – Dm7 (×4)
  Imaj7 – ii7 – iii7 – ii7

Verse 2

• Cmaj7 – Dm7 – Em7 – Dm7 (×3)
  Imaj7 – ii7 – iii7 – ii7
• Cmaj7 – F – Cmaj7 – C7
  Imaj7 – IV – Imaj7 – I7

Chorus

• F – G – C – Am – F – G – C – C7 – F – G – C – Am – F – G7 – A♭7
  IV – V – I – vi – IV – V – I – I7 – IV – V – I – vi – IV – V7 – bVI7

Verse 3

• D♭maj7 – E♭m7 – Fm7 – E♭m7 (×3)
  Imaj7 – ii7 – iii7 – ii7
• D♭maj7 – G♭ – D♭
  Imaj7 – IV – I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• C7 acts as V/IV: it resolves to F.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0511, 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.