Out of My Mind by Johnny Tillotson

Overview

Key: G major · Chords used: 5 · Sections: 4

Form: Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus

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

Verse 1

• G – G7 – C – D – C – G – G7 – C – D – G – G7
  I – I7 – IV – V – IV – I – I7 – IV – V – I – I7

Chorus 1

• C – G – D7 – G – G7 – C – G – D7 – G
  IV – I – V7 – I – I7 – IV – I – V7 – I

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• G7 acts as V/IV: it resolves to C.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0638, 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.