Sukiyaki by A Taste Of Honey

Overview

Key: E♭ major · Chords used: 21 · Sections: 7

Form: Intro → Verse → Verse → Chorus → Solo → Verse → 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

• B♭ – A♭maj7/B♭ (×4)
  V – IVmaj7 (bass B♭)

Verse 1

• B♭ – A♭maj7/B♭ (×4)
  V – IVmaj7 (bass B♭)
• E♭/B♭ – A♭/B♭ – B♭ – Gsus4 – G – E♭ – A♭ – Fm – B♭7
  I⁶₄ – IV (bass B♭) – V – IIIsus4 – III – I – IV – ii – V7

Verse 2

• E♭maj7 – Cm – E♭ – Cm – B♭ – E♭ – Gm – Cm – B♭ – E♭ – A♭maj7 – Gsus4 – G – E♭ – A♭ – Fm – E♭add9
  Imaj7 – vi – I – vi – V – I – iii – vi – V – I – IVmaj7 – IIIsus4 – III – I – IV – ii – Iadd9

Chorus

• A♭maj7 – B♭7 – E♭ – E♭7 – A♭m7 – D♭7 – Gm – Cm – B♭7sus4 – B♭7
  IVmaj7 – V7 – I – I7 – iv7 – bVII7 – iii – vi – V7sus4 – V7
• E♭ – Cm (×2)
  I – vi
• B♭ – E♭ – Gm – Cm – B♭ – E♭ – A♭maj7 – Gsus4 – G – E♭ – A♭ – Fm – E♭maj7
  V – I – iii – vi – V – I – IVmaj7 – IIIsus4 – III – I – IV – ii – Imaj7

Solo

• E♭ – Cm (×2)
  I – vi
• B♭sus4 – E♭ – Gm – Cm – B♭ – E♭ – A♭maj7 – Gsus4 – G – E♭ – A♭ – Fm – E♭maj7
  Vsus4 – I – iii – vi – V – I – IVmaj7 – IIIsus4 – III – I – IV – ii – Imaj7

Verse 3

• E♭ – Cm (×2)
  I – vi
• B♭ – E♭ – Gm – Cm – B♭ – E♭ – A♭maj7 – Gsus4 – G – E♭ – A♭ – Fm – Cm – F – Fm – Gm – A♭ – B♭sus4
  V – I – iii – vi – V – I – IVmaj7 – IIIsus4 – III – I – IV – ii – vi – II – ii – iii – IV – Vsus4

Outro

• E♭/B♭ – A♭maj7/B♭ (×8)
  I⁶₄ – IVmaj7 (bass B♭)
• E♭
  I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• A♭m7 (iv7) is borrowed from the parallel key, E♭ minor.
• D♭7 (bVII7) 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 1286, 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.