Time Is on My Side by The Rolling Stones

Overview

Key: F major · Chords used: 7 · Sections: 9

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

• B♭maj7 – Dm – G7 – C7
  IVmaj7 – vi – II7 – V7

Chorus 1

• F – B♭ – C (×2)
  I – IV – V

Verse 1

• Dm – C – Dm – G7
  vi – V – vi – II7
• C – B♭ (×3)
  V – IV
• C – C7
  V – V7

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Bridge

• B♭ – F (×2)
  IV – I
• B♭ – Dm – G7 – C7
  IV – vi – II7 – V7

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Outro

• F – B♭ – C (×3)
  I – IV – V
• F
  I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• G7 acts as V/V: it resolves to C7.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0387, 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.