Secret Love by Freddy Fender

Overview

Key: G major · Chords used: 12 · Sections: 4

Form: Verse → Verse → Chorus → 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
  I
• Am – D (×4)
  ii – V
• G
  I

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 1

• Em – A – D – Dm – G – G7 – C – Cm – G – F – E – E7 – Am – D – G – F – E – A – D – G
  vi – II – V – v – I – I7 – IV – iv – I – bVII – VI – VI7 – ii – V – I – bVII – VI – II – V – I

Chorus 2

• Em – A – D – Dm – G – G7 – C – Cm
  vi – II – V – v – I – I7 – IV – iv
• G – F – E – E7 – Am – D (×2)
  I – bVII – VI – VI7 – ii – V
• G
  I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• Dm (v) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• Cm (iv) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• F (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• A acts as V/V: it resolves to D.
• G7 acts as V/IV: it resolves to C.
• E7 acts as V/ii: it resolves to Am.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0872, 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.