The Yellow Rose of Texas by Don George
Piano chords, voicings & structure breakdown · 51 steps · 4 unique chords
F7
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Harmonic Analysis & Structure
Overview
Key: B♭ major · Chords used: 4 · Sections: 9
Form: Lead-in → A Section → A Section → B Section → B Section → B Section → B Section → C Section → C Section
Where these chords come from: a lead sheet of this public-domain song, contributed by a musician to the Wikifonia archive and preserved in the OpenEWLD lead-sheet collection (Simonetta et al., 2018). It describes the song as written, not any particular recording. This page shows that lead sheet 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
Lead-in
- F7 – B♭
V7 – I
A Section 1
- F7 – B♭ – Cm
V7 – I – ii - F7 – B♭ (×2)
V7 – I
A Section 2
- F7 – B♭ – Cm
V7 – I – ii - F7 – B♭ (×3)
V7 – I - F7
V7
B Section 1
- B♭ – F7 – B♭ – Cm7 – F7 – B♭ – F7
I – V7 – I – ii7 – V7 – I – V7
B Section 2
- B♭ – F7 – B♭ – Cm7
I – V7 – I – ii7 - F7 – B♭ (×3)
V7 – I
B Section 3
- B♭ – F7 – B♭ – Cm – F7 – B♭ – F7
I – V7 – I – ii – V7 – I – V7
B Section 4
- B♭ – F7 – B♭ – Cm
I – V7 – I – ii - F7 – B♭ (×3)
V7 – I
C Section 1
- F7 – B♭ (×2)
V7 – I - Cm7 – F7 – B♭ – F7
ii7 – V7 – I – V7
C Section 2
- B♭ – F7 – B♭ – Cm7
I – V7 – I – ii7 - F7 – B♭ (×3)
V7 – I
Chord vocabulary
| Chord | Roman numeral | Role | Heard in |
|---|---|---|---|
| F7 | V7 | In the key | Lead-in, A Section, B Section, C Section |
| B♭ | I | Home chord (tonic) | Lead-in, A Section, B Section, C Section |
| Cm | ii | In the key | A Section, B Section |
| Cm7 | ii7 | In the key | B Section, C Section |
Sources & accuracy
- Chords: the OpenEWLD lead-sheet collection (Simonetta et al., 2018). Community-contributed lead sheet (chord symbols over the melody) from the Wikifonia archive, MIT licence. Title and songwriter credit as written on the sheet.
- Section names: detected by code from repeated 8-, 12- and 16-bar phrases (letters such as A and B mark different phrases; a phrase that comes back keeps its letter). Lead sheets rarely print section names.
- Not verified: only one lead sheet of this song is available, so it hasn't been cross-checked.
- Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.
Sources & Accuracy
Every chord on this page comes from the public-domain lead sheet listed first below. Piano voicings are our arrangement of the reported chord symbols, not a note-for-note transcription.
- the OpenEWLD lead-sheet collection (Simonetta et al., 2018)Community lead sheet
Chords as written in a lead sheet of a public-domain song, contributed by a musician to the Wikifonia archive; not checked against a recording.
Community-contributed lead sheet (chord symbols over the melody) from the Wikifonia archive, MIT licence. Title and songwriter credit as written on the sheet.
All Piano Voicings
| # | Section | Chord | Left hand | Right hand | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lead-in | F7 | F2, C3 | C4, E♭4, A4 | — |
| 2 | Lead-in | B♭ | B♭2, F3 | D4, F4, B♭4 | — |
| 3 | A Section 1, part 1 | F7 | F2, C3 | C4, E♭4, A4 | — |
| 4 | A Section 1, part 1 | B♭ | B♭2, F3 | D4, F4, B♭4 | — |
| 5 | A Section 1, part 1 | Cm | C2, G2 | E♭4, G4, C5 | — |
| 6 | A Section 1, part 2 (×2) | F7 | F2, C3 | E♭4, A4, C5 | — |
| 7 | A Section 1, part 2 (×2) | B♭ | B♭2, F3 | F4, B♭4, D5 | — |
| 8 | A Section 2, part 1 | F7 | F2, C3 | E♭4, A4, C5 | — |
| 9 | A Section 2, part 1 | B♭ | B♭2, F3 | F4, B♭4, D5 | — |
| 10 | A Section 2, part 1 | Cm | C2, G2 | G4, C5, E♭5 | — |
| 11 | A Section 2, part 2 (×3) | F7 | F2, C3 | A4, C5, E♭5 | — |
| 12 | A Section 2, part 2 (×3) | B♭ | B♭2, F3 | F4, B♭4, D5 | — |
| 13 | A Section 2, part 3 | F7 | F2, C3 | E♭4, A4, C5 | — |
| 14 | B Section 1 | B♭ | B♭2, F3 | F4, B♭4, D5 | — |
| 15 | B Section 1 | F7 | F2, C3 | E♭4, A4, C5 | — |
| 16 | B Section 1 | B♭ | B♭2, F3 | F4, B♭4, D5 | — |
| 17 | B Section 1 | Cm7 | C2, G2 | G4, B♭4, E♭5 | — |
| 18 | B Section 1 | F7 | F2, C3 | A4, C5, E♭5 | — |
| 19 | B Section 1 | B♭ | B♭2, F3 | F4, B♭4, D5 | — |
| 20 | B Section 1 | F7 | F2, C3 | E♭4, A4, C5 | — |
| 21 | B Section 2, part 1 | B♭ | B♭2, F3 | F4, B♭4, D5 | — |
| 22 | B Section 2, part 1 | F7 | F2, C3 | E♭4, A4, C5 | — |
| 23 | B Section 2, part 1 | B♭ | B♭2, F3 | F4, B♭4, D5 | — |
| 24 | B Section 2, part 1 | Cm7 | C2, G2 | G4, B♭4, E♭5 | — |
| 25 | B Section 2, part 2 (×3) | F7 | F2, C3 | A4, C5, E♭5 | — |
| 26 | B Section 2, part 2 (×3) | B♭ | B♭2, F3 | F4, B♭4, D5 | — |
| 27 | B Section 3 | B♭ | B♭2, F3 | F4, B♭4, D5 | — |
| 28 | B Section 3 | F7 | F2, C3 | E♭4, A4, C5 | — |
| 29 | B Section 3 | B♭ | B♭2, F3 | F4, B♭4, D5 | — |
| 30 | B Section 3 | Cm | C2, G2 | G4, C5, E♭5 | — |
| 31 | B Section 3 | F7 | F2, C3 | A4, C5, E♭5 | — |
| 32 | B Section 3 | B♭ | B♭2, F3 | F4, B♭4, D5 | — |
| 33 | B Section 3 | F7 | F2, C3 | E♭4, A4, C5 | — |
| 34 | B Section 4, part 1 | B♭ | B♭2, F3 | F4, B♭4, D5 | — |
| 35 | B Section 4, part 1 | F7 | F2, C3 | E♭4, A4, C5 | — |
| 36 | B Section 4, part 1 | B♭ | B♭2, F3 | F4, B♭4, D5 | — |
| 37 | B Section 4, part 1 | Cm | C2, G2 | G4, C5, E♭5 | — |
| 38 | B Section 4, part 2 (×3) | F7 | F2, C3 | A4, C5, E♭5 | — |
| 39 | B Section 4, part 2 (×3) | B♭ | B♭2, F3 | F4, B♭4, D5 | — |
| 40 | C Section 1, part 1 (×2) | F7 | F2, C3 | E♭4, A4, C5 | — |
| 41 | C Section 1, part 1 (×2) | B♭ | B♭2, F3 | F4, B♭4, D5 | — |
| 42 | C Section 1, part 2 | Cm7 | C2, G2 | G4, B♭4, E♭5 | — |
| 43 | C Section 1, part 2 | F7 | F2, C3 | A4, C5, E♭5 | — |
| 44 | C Section 1, part 2 | B♭ | B♭2, F3 | F4, B♭4, D5 | — |
| 45 | C Section 1, part 2 | F7 | F2, C3 | E♭4, A4, C5 | — |
| 46 | C Section 2, part 1 | B♭ | B♭2, F3 | F4, B♭4, D5 | — |
| 47 | C Section 2, part 1 | F7 | F2, C3 | E♭4, A4, C5 | — |
| 48 | C Section 2, part 1 | B♭ | B♭2, F3 | F4, B♭4, D5 | — |
| 49 | C Section 2, part 1 | Cm7 | C2, G2 | G4, B♭4, E♭5 | — |
| 50 | C Section 2, part 2 (×3) | F7 | F2, C3 | A4, C5, E♭5 | — |
| 51 | C Section 2, part 2 (×3) | B♭ | B♭2, F3 | F4, B♭4, D5 | — |