Ten Percent by Double Exposure

Overview

Key: C major · Chords used: 10 · Sections: 6

Form: Instrumental → Verse → Chorus → 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

Instrumental

• G9sus4 – A♭maj9 – B♭ – Cmaj7
  V9sus4 – bVImaj9 – bVII – Imaj7

Verse 1

• C/G – G – Cmaj7 (×2)
  I⁶₄ – V – Imaj7
• C7
  I7
• Fmaj7 – Em7 (×2)
  IVmaj7 – iii7
• Fmaj7 – D7 – G9sus4
  IVmaj7 – II7 – V9sus4

Chorus 1

• G9sus4 – A♭maj9 – B♭ – Cmaj7 (×2)
  V9sus4 – bVImaj9 – bVII – Imaj7

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chorus 3

• G9sus4 – A♭maj9 – B♭ – Cmaj7 (×2)
  V9sus4 – bVImaj9 – bVII – Imaj7
• G9sus4
  V9sus4

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• A♭maj9 (bVImaj9) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• B♭ (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• C7 acts as V/IV: it resolves to Fmaj7.
• D7 acts as V/V: it resolves to G9sus4.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1164, 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.