The Anaheim, Azusa & Cucamonga Sewing Circle, Book Review and Timing Association by Jan & Dean

Overview

Key: D major · Chords used: 19 · Sections: 11

Form: Chorus → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Verse → Pre-Chorus → 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

Chorus 1

• B – E – A – E – B – C♯m – B – D
  VI – II – V – II – VI – vii – VI – I

Verse 1

• D – D/A (×4)
  I – I⁶₄
• G – G/D – G7 – G/D
  IV – IV⁶₄ – IV7 – IV⁶₄
• D – D/A (×2)
  I – I⁶₄
• D – Cm – C7
  I – bvii – bVII7

Pre-Chorus 1

• F – B♭ – C7 – F – B♭ – G7 – C – E
  bIII – bVI – bVII7 – bIII – bVI – IV7 – bVII – II

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Pre-Chorus 2

Same chords as Pre-Chorus 1.

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Pre-Chorus 3

Same chords as Pre-Chorus 1.

Chorus 4

• B – E – A – E – B – C♯m – B – E/G♯
  VI – II – V – II – VI – vii – VI – II⁶

Chorus 5

• A – B – Cdim – C♯m – G♯m – E – A – B7sus4/E
  V – VI – bvii° – vii – #iv – II – V – VI7sus4 (bass E)
• E – E/B – E/G♯ (×8)
  II – II⁶₄ – II⁶

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• C7 (bVII7) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• F (bIII) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• B♭ (bVI) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• C (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• E acts as V/V: it resolves to A.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0689, 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.