Years From Now by Dr. Hook

Overview

Key: G major · Chords used: 8 · Sections: 9

Form: Intro → Verse → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Solo → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → 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

• G – D – C – D (×2)
  I – V – IV – V

Verse 1

• G – D – C – D (×2)
  I – V – IV – V
• G – B7 – C – A – D
  I – III7 – IV – II – V

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Pre-Chorus 1

• C – D – G – B7 – Em – A7 – D (×2)
  IV – V – I – III7 – vi – II7 – V
• Dsus4 – D
  Vsus4 – V

Chorus 1

• G – D – C – D (×2)
  I – V – IV – V
• G – B7 – C – D – G – D – C – D
  I – III7 – IV – V – I – V – IV – V

Solo

• G – D – C – D – G – B7 – C – A – D
  I – V – IV – V – I – III7 – IV – II – V

Pre-Chorus 2

Same chords as Pre-Chorus 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Outro

• G – D – C – D – G – B7 – C – D – G – D – C – D (×2)
  I – V – IV – V – I – III7 – IV – V – I – V – IV – V

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• B7 acts as V/vi: it resolves to Em.
• A acts as V/V: it resolves to D.
• A7 acts as V/V: it resolves to D.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0656, 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.