You Go to My Head by J. Fred Coots

Overview

Key: E♭ major · Chords used: 30 · Sections: 7

Form: A Section → A Section → B Section → A Section → C Section → A Section → A Section

Where these chords come from: a chord chart of this song written by a musician and shared on the iReal Pro forums, archived in the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). It's one musician's reading of the song, not a transcription checked against the recording. This page shows that chart 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

A Section 1

• E♭maj7 – Gm7 – A♭m7 – D♭7 – G♭maj7 – Fm7♭5 – B♭7 – E♭m7 – Cm7♭5 – Fm7♭5 – B♭7 – E♭maj7 – E♭maj7/D – Cm7 – Fm7 – E7
  Imaj7 – iii7 – iv7 – bVII7 – bIIImaj7 – iiø7 – V7 – i7 – viø7 – iiø7 – V7 – Imaj7 – Imaj⁴₂ – vi7 – ii7 – #I7

A Section 2

• E♭maj7 – Gm7 – A♭m7 – D♭7 – G♭maj7 – Fm7♭5 – B♭7 – E♭m7 – Cm7♭5 – Fm7♭5 – B♭7 – E♭maj7 – B♭m7 – A7
  Imaj7 – iii7 – iv7 – bVII7 – bIIImaj7 – iiø7 – V7 – i7 – viø7 – iiø7 – V7 – Imaj7 – v7 – #IV7

B Section

• A♭6 – Adim – Gm7/B♭ – C7 – C7/C – C7/B♭ – Am7 – D7 – D7/C – Bm7 – E7♭9 – Am7 – D7 – Gmaj7 – G♭7 – Fm7 – E7
  IV6 – #iv° – iii⁶₅ – VI7 – VI7 – VI⁴₂ – #iv7 – VII7 – VII⁴₂ – #v7 – #I7b9 – #iv7 – VII7 – IIImaj7 – bIII7 – ii7 – #I7

A Section 3

Same chords as A Section 2.

C Section

• A♭maj7 – D♭7 – Gm7 – C7 – C7/B♭ – Am7 – D7 – Gm7 – G♭7 – Fm7 – E7
  IVmaj7 – bVII7 – iii7 – VI7 – VI⁴₂ – #iv7 – VII7 – iii7 – bIII7 – ii7 – #I7

A Section 4

• E♭maj7 – Cm7
  Imaj7 – vi7
• Fm7 – B♭7 (×2)
  ii7 – V7
• B♭7/B♭
  V7

A Section 5

• Gm7 – G♭7 – Fm7 – E7 – E♭maj7
  iii7 – bIII7 – ii7 – #I7 – Imaj7

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
E♭maj7	Imaj7	Home chord (tonic)	A Section
Gm7	iii7	In the key	A Section, C Section
A♭m7	iv7	Borrowed from E♭ minor	A Section
D♭7	bVII7	Borrowed from E♭ minor	A Section, C Section
G♭maj7	bIIImaj7	Borrowed from E♭ minor	A Section
Fm7♭5	iiø7	Borrowed from E♭ minor	A Section
B♭7	V7	In the key	A Section
E♭m7	i7	Borrowed from E♭ minor	A Section
Cm7♭5	viø7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
E♭maj7/D	Imaj⁴₂	Home chord (tonic)	A Section
Cm7	vi7	In the key	A Section
Fm7	ii7	In the key	A Section, B Section, C Section
E7	#I7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, B Section, C Section
B♭m7	v7	Borrowed from E♭ minor	A Section
A7	#IV7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
A♭6	IV6	In the key	B Section
Adim	#iv°	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
Gm7/B♭	iii⁶₅	In the key	B Section
C7	VI7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section, C Section
C7/C	VI7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
C7/B♭	VI⁴₂	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section, C Section
Am7	#iv7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section, C Section
D7	VII7	Secondary dominant (V/iii)	C Section
D7/C	VII⁴₂	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
Bm7	#v7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
E7♭9	#I7b9	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
Gmaj7	IIImaj7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
G♭7	bIII7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section, C Section, A Section
A♭maj7	IVmaj7	In the key	C Section
B♭7/B♭	V7	In the key	A Section

Harmonic highlights

• A♭m7 (iv7) is borrowed from the parallel key, E♭ minor.
• D♭7 (bVII7) is borrowed from the parallel key, E♭ minor.
• G♭maj7 (bIIImaj7) is borrowed from the parallel key, E♭ minor.
• Fm7♭5 (iiø7) is borrowed from the parallel key, E♭ minor.
• E♭m7 (i7) is borrowed from the parallel key, E♭ minor.
• B♭m7 (v7) is borrowed from the parallel key, E♭ minor.
• D7 acts as V/iii: it resolves to Gm7.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “You Go To My Head-Rev JE” (credited “Coots Fred”, style Ballad) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Performer/songwriter confirmed from Wikidata.
• Section names: from the chart's own markings: section names written on the chart (Intro, Verse, Chorus…) are kept, and rehearsal letters are shown as “A Section”, “B Section” and so on (the B of an AABA song is called the Bridge).
• Cross-check: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “You Go To My Head” (credited “Coots Fred”, style Ballad) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Performer/songwriter confirmed from Wikidata. A separately posted chart of the same song; its chords match this page's closely when both are read in the same key (similarity 74%).
• Chord charts are often written in a key that suits a particular singer or band, so this may not be the key of the original recording.
• About the song: Wikipedia.
• Verified: two community charts of this song, posted in different forum threads, agree on its harmony. They're still charts, not transcriptions checked against the recording.
• 4 chords were simplified to the closest symbol our player supports (for example, an unusual added tone dropped).
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.