One Bad Apple by The Osmonds

Overview

Key: C major · Chords used: 12 · Sections: 10

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Transition → Verse → Chorus → Transition → Verse → Chorus ×2

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

• C – F – G – C – F (×2)
  I – IV – V – I – IV
• C
  I

Verse 1

• C – F – Dm7 – G7sus4 (×2)
  I – IV – ii7 – V7sus4
• C
  I

Chorus 1

• C – G7/B – Am7 – G7 – F – C/E – Dm – Em7 – Fmaj7 – F – G7 (×2)
  I – V⁶₅ – vi7 – V7 – IV – I⁶ – ii – iii7 – IVmaj7 – IV – V7
• C
  I

Transition 1

• C – F – G – C – F (×2)
  I – IV – V – I – IV
• C
  I

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Transition 2

Same chords as Transition 1.

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0432, 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.