Way Over Yonder by Carole King

Overview

Key: C major · Chords used: 37 · Sections: 9

Form: Intro → Chorus → Bridge → Verse → Bridge → Chorus → Solo → Verse → Outro

Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the Isophonics reference annotations (Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary University of London). 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.

Key changes

• Solo moves to D major.

Section by section

Intro

• Dm7
  ii7

Chorus 1

• C – F/C – C – C/B – Am – Dm7 – Dm7/G – C – F – F/E – F/D – C
  I – IV⁶₄ – I – I (bass B) – vi – ii7 – ii7 (bass G) – I – IV – IV (bass E) – IV (bass D) – I

Bridge 1

• A7sus4 – Dm7 – Dm7/G – F – F/G – C – F – C/E – Dm7 – C – G7
  VI7sus4 – ii7 – ii7 (bass G) – IV – IV (bass G) – I – IV – I⁶ – ii7 – I – V7

Verse 1

• C – C/B – C/A – G – G7 – Dm7 – Dm7/G – C – F/C – C – C/B – C/B♭
  I – I (bass B) – I (bass A) – V – V7 – ii7 – ii7 (bass G) – I – IV⁶₄ – I – I (bass B) – I (bass B♭)

Bridge 2

• A7sus4 – Dm7 – C/G – Dm7/G – F – C/E – Dm7 – Dm7/G
  VI7sus4 – ii7 – I⁶₄ – ii7 (bass G) – IV – I⁶ – ii7 – ii7 (bass G)

Chorus 2

• C – F/G – C – C/B – Am – Dm – Dm7 – Dm7/G – C – A7
  I – IV (bass G) – I – I (bass B) – vi – ii – ii7 – ii7 (bass G) – I – VI7

Solo

• D – Gmaj7/D – D – A/C♯ – Bm – Em7 – Asus4
  I – IVmaj⁴₃ – I – V⁶ – vi – ii7 – Vsus4

Verse 2

• D – G/D – D – D/C♯ – Bm – Em7 – Em7/A – D – G/D – D – D/C♯ – D/C
  I – IV⁶₄ – I – I (bass C♯) – vi – ii7 – ii7 (bass A) – I – IV⁶₄ – I – I (bass C♯) – I (bass C)

Outro

• Bm7 – Em7 – D/A – Asus4 – G – D/F♯ – Em – Em/A – Gmaj7 – G/A – D – G/D – D – Em/D – D
  vi7 – ii7 – I⁶₄ – Vsus4 – IV – I⁶ – ii – ii (bass A) – IVmaj7 – IV (bass A) – I – IV⁶₄ – I – ii (bass D) – I

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the Isophonics reference annotations (Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary University of London). Expert chord and structure annotation of the original recording (CC BY 4.0 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.