Put Your Hand in the Hand by Ocean

Overview

Key: E major · Chords used: 12 · Sections: 7

Form: Intro → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → 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.

Key changes

• Chorus 2 moves to A major.

Section by section

Intro

• E
  I

Chorus 1

• E – B – F♯m7 – B – E – E7 – A – A♯dim – E – C♯m – F♯m7
  I – V – ii7 – V – I – I7 – IV – #iv° – I – vi – ii7
• A – E (×2)
  IV – I
• B
  V

Verse 1

• E – B – F♯m7 – B – E – E7 – A – A♯dim – E – C♯m – F♯m7
  I – V – ii7 – V – I – I7 – IV – #iv° – I – vi – ii7
• A – E (×2)
  IV – I

Chorus 2

• A – E – Bm7 – E – A – A7 – D – D♯dim – A – F♯m – Bm7
  I – V – ii7 – V – I – I7 – IV – #iv° – I – vi – ii7
• D – A (×2)
  IV – I
• E
  V

Verse 2

• A – E – E7 – A – A7 – D – D♯dim – A – F♯m – Bm7
  I – V – V7 – I – I7 – IV – #iv° – I – vi – ii7
• D – A (×2)
  IV – I
• E
  V

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 2.

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 2.

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• E7 acts as V/IV: it resolves to A.
• A7 acts as V/IV: it resolves to D.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0429, 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.