We're All Alone by Rita Coolidge

Overview

Key: G major · Chords used: 19 · Sections: 9

Form: Intro → Verse → Verse → Chorus → Interlude → Verse → Chorus → Chorus → Solo

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

• G – Am – Bm – Am7
  I – ii – iii – ii7

Verse 1

• G – F♯m7 – B7 – Em – G7/D – G7 – C – G6/B – B♭dim – Amadd9 – D7 – D7/C – Bm7 – Em – Am7 – Gadd9/D
  I – vii7 – III7 – vi – I⁴₃ – I7 – IV – I6 (bass B) – biii° – iiadd9 – V7 – V⁴₂ – iii7 – vi – ii7 – Iadd9 (bass D)

Verse 2

• G – F♯m7 – B7 – Em – G7/D – G7 – C – G6/B – B♭dim – Amadd9 – D7 – D7/C – Bm7 – Em – Am7 – D9sus4
  I – vii7 – III7 – vi – I⁴₃ – I7 – IV – I6 (bass B) – biii° – iiadd9 – V7 – V⁴₂ – iii7 – vi – ii7 – V9sus4

Chorus 1

• G – Am – Bm – B7 – Em – Dm7 – G7 – C – G6/B – B♭dim – Amadd9 – D9sus4
  I – ii – iii – III7 – vi – v7 – I7 – IV – I6 (bass B) – biii° – iiadd9 – V9sus4

Interlude

• G – Am – Bm – Am7
  I – ii – iii – ii7

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 2.

Chorus 2

• G – Am – Bm – B7 – Em – Dm7 – G7 – C – G6/B – B♭dim – Amadd9 – D7 – D7/C – Bm7 – Em – Am7 – D9sus4
  I – ii – iii – III7 – vi – v7 – I7 – IV – I6 (bass B) – biii° – iiadd9 – V7 – V⁴₂ – iii7 – vi – ii7 – V9sus4

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 2.

Solo

• G – Am – Bm – B7 – Em – Dm7 – G7 – C – G6/B – B♭dim – Amadd9 – D7 – D7/C – Bm7 – Em – Am7 – D9sus4 – G – Am – Bm – B7 – Em – Dm7 – G7
  I – ii – iii – III7 – vi – v7 – I7 – IV – I6 (bass B) – biii° – iiadd9 – V7 – V⁴₂ – iii7 – vi – ii7 – V9sus4 – I – ii – iii – III7 – vi – v7 – I7

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• Dm7 (v7) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• B7 acts as V/vi: it resolves to Em.
• G7 acts as V/IV: it resolves to C.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0806, 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.