Suite: Judy Blue Eyes by Crosby, Stills & Nash

Overview

Key: E major · Chords used: 14 · Sections: 23

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Interlude → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Transition → Verse → Chorus → Interlude → Verse → Solo → Verse → Solo → Verse → Solo → Verse → Solo → 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

• E
  I

Verse 1

• E – Asus4 – A – Asus4 – A – E – B – A11 (×2)
  I – IVsus4 – IV – IVsus4 – IV – I – V – IV11

Chorus 1

• E – B – A11 – E – A11
  I – V – IV11 – I – IV11

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

• E – B – A11
  I – V – IV11

Interlude 1

• E
  I

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 4

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 4

• E – B
  I – V
• A11 – E (×4)
  IV11 – I

Transition

• E
  I

Verse 5

• E – A – A11 (×2)
  I – IV – IV11
• E
  I

Chorus 5

• D – A (×2)
  bVII – IV

Interlude 2

Same chords as Interlude 1.

Verse 6

Same chords as Verse 5.

Solo 1

• E
  I

Verse 7

• Bm/E – E – Bm/E – E7sus4 – E7 – E7(no3) – Dmaj7/E – C♯m7/E
  v (bass E) – I – v (bass E) – I7sus4 – I7 – I7(no3) – bVIImaj7 (bass E) – vi⁶₅

Solo 2

Same chords as Solo 1.

Verse 8

Same chords as Verse 7.

Solo 3

Same chords as Solo 1.

Verse 9

Same chords as Verse 7.

Solo 4

Same chords as Solo 1.

Outro

• A – Bm7 – F♯m – D – E (×16)
  IV – v7 – ii – bVII – I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• Asus4 (IVsus4) is borrowed from the parallel key, E minor.
• D (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, E minor.
• Bm/E (v (bass E)) is borrowed from the parallel key, E minor.
• E7sus4 (I7sus4) is borrowed from the parallel key, E minor.
• E7(no3) (I7(no3)) is borrowed from the parallel key, E minor.
• Bm7 (v7) is borrowed from the parallel key, E minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0518, 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.