Your Song by Elton John

Overview

Key: E♭ major · Chords used: 14 · Sections: 11

Form: Intro → Verse → Verse → Chorus → Intro → Verse → Verse → Chorus → Tag → Intro → Outro

Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the Rock Corpus RS 200 (de Clercq & Temperley, 2011), analysis by Trevor de Clercq. 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 1

• E♭ – A♭/E♭ – B♭sus4 – A♭/E♭
  I – IV⁶₄ – Vsus4 – IV⁶₄

Verse 1

• E♭ – A♭ – B♭/D – Gm – Cm – Cm7/B♭ – F/A – A♭ – E♭/B♭ – B♭ – G/B – Cm – E♭ – Fm – A♭ – B♭
  I – IV – V⁶ – iii – vi – vi⁴₂ – II⁶ – IV – I⁶₄ – V – III⁶ – vi – I – ii – IV – V

Verse 2

• E♭ – A♭ – B♭/D – Gm – Cm – Cm7/B♭ – F/A – A♭ – E♭/B♭ – B♭ – G/B – Cm – E♭ – Fm – A♭ – E♭
  I – IV – V⁶ – iii – vi – vi⁴₂ – II⁶ – IV – I⁶₄ – V – III⁶ – vi – I – ii – IV – I

Chorus 1

• B♭/D – Cm – Fm – A♭ (×2)
  V⁶ – vi – ii – IV
• Cm – Cm7/B♭ – F/A – A♭ – E♭/G – A♭ – B♭
  vi – vi⁴₂ – II⁶ – IV – I⁶ – IV – V

Intro 2

Same chords as Intro 1.

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Verse 4

Same chords as Verse 2.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Tag

• Cm – Cm7/B♭ – F/A – A♭ – E♭/G – A♭
  vi – vi⁴₂ – II⁶ – IV – I⁶ – IV

Intro 3

Same chords as Intro 1.

Outro

• E♭
  I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• G/B acts as V/vi: it resolves to Cm.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the Rock Corpus RS 200 (de Clercq & Temperley, 2011), analysis by Trevor de Clercq. Expert by-ear harmonic analysis of the original recording, shown on this page.
• Cross-check: the Rock Corpus RS 200 (de Clercq & Temperley, 2011), analysis by David Temperley. Independent by-ear analysis of the same recording. The two analysts agree on the chord (root and major/minor) for 85% of the song.
• Not verified: the two RS 200 analysts differ in places (see their agreement above).
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.