Seasons of the Heart by John Denver

Overview

Key: C major · Chords used: 5 · Sections: 7

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Interlude → 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

• C – F (×2)
  I – IV

Verse 1

• C – F – G
  I – IV – V
• C – F – G7 (×3)
  I – IV – V7
• C – C7
  I – I7

Chorus 1

• F – G7 – C (×3)
  IV – V7 – I
• F – G7
  IV – V7

Interlude

• C – F – C – G
  I – IV – I – V

Verse 2

• C – F – G7 (×4)
  I – IV – V7
• C – C7
  I – I7

Chorus 2

• F – G7 – C (×4)
  IV – V7 – I
• F – G7
  IV – V7

Outro

• C – F – C
  I – IV – I

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0463, 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.