The Tracks of My Tears by The Miracles

Overview

Key: G major · Chords used: 3 · Sections: 11

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Tag → Verse → Chorus → Tag → Interlude → Bridge → Chorus ×2

Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the Rock Corpus RS 200 (de Clercq & Temperley, 2011), analysis by Trevor de Clercq. 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 – D – G – C (×2)
  I – IV – V – I – IV
• G
  I

Verse 1

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

Chorus 1

• G – C – D (×3)
  I – IV – V
• G – C – G
  I – IV – I

Tag 1

• C – G (×2)
  IV – I

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Tag 2

Same chords as Tag 1.

Interlude

• G
  I

Bridge

• C – G (×8)
  IV – I
• D
  V

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
G	I	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, Verse, Chorus, Tag, Interlude, Bridge
C	IV	In the key	Intro, Verse, Chorus, Tag, Bridge
D	V	In the key	Intro, Verse, Chorus, Bridge

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the Rock Corpus RS 200 (de Clercq & Temperley, 2011), analysis by Trevor de Clercq. Expert by-ear harmonic analysis of the original recording, shown on this page.
• Cross-check: the Rock Corpus RS 200 (de Clercq & Temperley, 2011), analysis by David Temperley. Independent by-ear analysis of the same recording. The two analysts agree on the chord (root and major/minor) for 97% of the song.
• Verified: two independent expert transcriptions agree on this song's harmony.
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.