Out of Sight, Out of Mind by Little Anthony & The Imperials

Overview

Key: A♭ major · Chords used: 18 · Sections: 9

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Bridge → Verse → 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

• A♭ – E♭ (×2)
  I – V

Verse 1

• A♭ – A♭maj7/G – Fm – Adim – B♭m – B♭mmaj7/A – B♭m7/A♭ – E♭
  I – Imaj⁴₂ – vi – #i° – ii – iimaj⁴₂ – ii⁴₂ – V

Chorus 1

• E♭ – A♭ – D♭ – E♭
  V – I – IV – V

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

• E♭ – A♭ – E♭
  V – I – V

Bridge

• D♭ – A♭ – Fm – B♭m7 – E♭ – A♭ – C7 – Fm – B♭7 – E♭7 – E♭
  IV – I – vi – ii7 – V – I – III7 – vi – II7 – V7 – V

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 3

• E♭ – G♭13 – F7
  V – bVII13 – VI7

Outro

• B♭m7 – E♭9 – A♭maj7 – G♭maj9 – A♭maj7
  ii7 – V9 – Imaj7 – bVIImaj9 – Imaj7

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• G♭13 (bVII13) is borrowed from the parallel key, A♭ minor.
• C7 acts as V/vi: it resolves to Fm.
• B♭7 acts as V/V: it resolves to E♭7.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0927, 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.