Patches by Clarence Carter

Overview

Key: B major · Chords used: 10 · Sections: 7

Form: Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → 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

Verse 1

• B – B/A♯ – B7/A – E – G♯7 – C♯m
  I – I (bass A♯) – I⁴₂ – IV – VI7 – ii
• F♯ – E (×3)
  V – IV
• B – Bm/D – E (×2)
  I – i⁶ – IV
• B
  I

Chorus 1

• B – D♯m – B7/A – E – G♯7 – C♯m
  I – iii – I⁴₂ – IV – VI7 – ii

Verse 2

• F♯ – E (×3)
  V – IV
• B – Bm/D – E (×2)
  I – i⁶ – IV
• B
  I

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 3

• B – B/A♯ – B7/A – E – C♯ – G♯7 – C♯m
  I – I (bass A♯) – I⁴₂ – IV – II – VI7 – ii
• F♯ – E (×3)
  V – IV
• B – Bm/D – E (×2)
  I – i⁶ – IV
• B
  I

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Outro

• B – D♯m – B7/A – E – G♯7 – C♯m (×2)
  I – iii – I⁴₂ – IV – VI7 – ii

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• Bm/D (i⁶) is borrowed from the parallel key, B minor.
• B7/A acts as V/IV: it resolves to E.
• G♯7 acts as V/ii: it resolves to C♯m.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0276, 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.