Sexy Eyes by Dr. Hook

Overview

Key: C major · Chords used: 12 · Sections: 11

Form: Intro → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Interlude → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Solo → Pre-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

Intro

• Fmaj7 – Cmaj7 – Am7 (×2)
  IVmaj7 – Imaj7 – vi7

Verse 1

• Dm7 – G11 – Cmaj7 – Am7 – Dm7 – G11 – Cmaj7 – Gm7 – C7
  ii7 – V11 – Imaj7 – vi7 – ii7 – V11 – Imaj7 – v7 – I7

Pre-Chorus 1

• Fmaj7 – Em7 – Fmaj7 – G7sus4
  IVmaj7 – iii7 – IVmaj7 – V7sus4

Chorus 1

• Fmaj7 – Cmaj7 – Am7 – Fmaj7 – Cmaj7 – Em9 – A7sus4 – A7
  IVmaj7 – Imaj7 – vi7 – IVmaj7 – Imaj7 – iii9 – VI7sus4 – VI7

Interlude

• Fmaj7 – Em7 – Fmaj7 – G7sus4
  IVmaj7 – iii7 – IVmaj7 – V7sus4

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Pre-Chorus 2

Same chords as Pre-Chorus 1.

Chorus 2

• Fmaj7 – Cmaj7 – Am7 – Fmaj7 – Cmaj7 – Em9 – A7sus4 – A7 (×2)
  IVmaj7 – Imaj7 – vi7 – IVmaj7 – Imaj7 – iii9 – VI7sus4 – VI7

Solo

• Dm7 – G11 – Cmaj7 – Am7 – Dm7 – G11 – Cmaj7 – Gm7 – C7
  ii7 – V11 – Imaj7 – vi7 – ii7 – V11 – Imaj7 – v7 – I7

Pre-Chorus 3

Same chords as Pre-Chorus 1.

Chorus 3

• Fmaj7 – Cmaj7 – Am7 – Fmaj7 – Cmaj7 – Em9 – A7sus4 – A7 (×2)
  IVmaj7 – Imaj7 – vi7 – IVmaj7 – Imaj7 – iii9 – VI7sus4 – VI7
• Fmaj7 – Cmaj7 – Am7
  IVmaj7 – Imaj7 – vi7

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• Gm7 (v7) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0831, 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.