The People in Me by The Music Machine

Overview

Key: A♭ minor · Chords used: 6 · Sections: 7

Form: Verse → Verse → Chorus → Verse ×2 → Chorus → Verse

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

Verse 1

• A♭m – D♭ – E♭7 (×4)
  i – IV – V7

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 1

• B – D♭
  #II – IV
• A♭m – Gm (×2)
  i – vii
• B – D♭ – A♭m – Gm – A♭m – D♭ – E♭
  #II – IV – i – vii – i – IV – V

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Verse 4

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 5

• A♭m – D♭ – E♭7 (×3)
  i – IV – V7

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• D♭ (IV) is borrowed from the parallel key, A♭ major.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0643, 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.