There'll Never Be by Switch

Overview

Key: G major · Chords used: 17 · Sections: 12

Form: Intro → Intro → Intro → Intro → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Interlude → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Outro

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

Intro 1

• D11
  V11

Intro 2

• Gmaj7 – Em7 – D11 – Bm7 – Em11 – D11
  Imaj7 – vi7 – V11 – iii7 – vi11 – V11

Intro 3

• Em – Cm/E♭ – Cm7/E♭ – Cm6/E♭ – G/D – C♯m7♭5
  vi – iv⁶ – iv⁶₅ – iv6 (bass E♭) – I⁶₄ – #ivø7

Intro 4

• C – Bm – Em – A9 – D11
  IV – iii – vi – II9 – V11

Verse 1

• Gmaj7 – Em7 – D11 – Bm7 – Em11 – D11
  Imaj7 – vi7 – V11 – iii7 – vi11 – V11

Pre-Chorus 1

• Em – Cm/E♭ – Cm7/E♭ – Cm6/E♭ – G/D – C♯m7♭5
  vi – iv⁶ – iv⁶₅ – iv6 (bass E♭) – I⁶₄ – #ivø7

Chorus 1

• C – Bm – Em – A9 – D11
  IV – iii – vi – II9 – V11

Interlude

• G7 – G7/E – G7/F (×4)
  I7 – I7 (bass E) – I⁴₂

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Pre-Chorus 2

Same chords as Pre-Chorus 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Outro

• G7 – G7/E – G7/F (×9)
  I7 – I7 (bass E) – I⁴₂

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• Cm/E♭ (iv⁶) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• Cm7/E♭ (iv⁶₅) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• Cm6/E♭ (iv6 (bass E♭)) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• A9 acts as V/V: it resolves to D11.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1078, 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.