This Should Go on Forever by Rod Bernard

Overview

Key: G♭ major · Chords used: 8 · Sections: 7

Form: Intro → Chorus → Chorus → Bridge → Chorus → Bridge → 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

Intro

• D♭aug
  V+

Chorus 1

• G♭ – D♭ – A♭ – A♭/G
  I – V – II – II (bass G)
• G♭ – D♭ (×2)
  I – V

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Bridge 1

• G♭ – D♭ – E♭ – A♭ – E♭7/G – A♭
  I – V – VI – II – VI⁶₅ – II

Chorus 3

• G♭ – D♭ – A♭ – A♭/G – G♭ – D♭
  I – V – II – II (bass G) – I – V

Bridge 2

Same chords as Bridge 1.

Chorus 4

• G♭ – D♭ – A♭ – A♭/G – G♭ – D♭ – G♭ – D♭9
  I – V – II – II (bass G) – I – V – I – V9

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• D♭aug (V+) is borrowed from the parallel key, G♭ minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0707, 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.