Torn Between Two Lovers by Mary MacGregor

Overview

Key: B♭ major · Chords used: 15 · Sections: 9

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

• F7/A – A – Cm – Cm/A – Cm/G – F7 – F7/G – F7/A – B♭
  V⁶₅ – VII – ii – ii (bass A) – ii⁶₄ – V7 – V7 (bass G) – V⁶₅ – I

Verse 1

• Cm – F9 – B♭ – Cm – F7 – B♭ – B♭maj7 – B♭6 – B♭ – Cm – F9 – B♭ – Gm – Cm – E♭ – Cm – F7
  ii – V9 – I – ii – V7 – I – Imaj7 – I6 – I – ii – V9 – I – vi – ii – IV – ii – V7

Verse 2

• Cm – F9 – B♭ – E♭ – F7 – B♭ – B♭maj7 – B♭6 – B♭ – Cm – F9 – B♭ – Gm – Cm – E♭ – Cm – F7
  ii – V9 – I – IV – V7 – I – Imaj7 – I6 – I – ii – V9 – I – vi – ii – IV – ii – V7

Chorus 1

• Cm – F7 – Dm – G7 – Cm – F7 – B♭ – G7 – Cm – F7 – Dm – G7 – Cm – F7 – B♭
  ii – V7 – iii – VI7 – ii – V7 – I – VI7 – ii – V7 – iii – VI7 – ii – V7 – I

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 4

• Cm – F9 – B♭ – Gm – Cm – E♭ – Cm – F7
  ii – V9 – I – vi – ii – IV – ii – V7

Chorus 3

• Cm – F7 – Dm – G7 – Cm – F7 – B♭ – G7 (×2)
  ii – V7 – iii – VI7 – ii – V7 – I – VI7

Chorus 4

• Cm – F7 – Dm – G7 – Cm – F7 – B♭ – G7
  ii – V7 – iii – VI7 – ii – V7 – I – VI7

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• G7 acts as V/ii: it resolves to Cm.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1138, 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.