Sunflower by Glen Campbell

Overview

Key: G major · Chords used: 4 · Sections: 7

Form: Intro → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Instrumental

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

• G – C/G (×4)
  I – IV⁶₄

Chorus 1

• G – C (×2)
  I – IV
• G – D
  I – V
• G – C (×2)
  I – IV
• D – G
  V – I

Verse 1

• C – G (×2)
  IV – I
• D
  V

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Instrumental

• G – C (×2)
  I – IV
• G – D
  I – V
• G – C (×2)
  I – IV
• D – G (×2)
  V – I
• C – G (×2)
  IV – I
• D
  V
• G – C (×2)
  I – IV
• D
  V

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0347, 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.