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Joni Mitchell · 1969

Both Sides Now

7 notes across the harmonic analysis · 2 different passage shapes.

Chord-derived pitch classes, after David Temperley. The melody and other unannotated notes are not included. Method & limits

CGDAEB0G♭1D♭2A♭3E♭4B♭5F6

All annotated harmonies combined

Whole analysis

Circle 127 · 7 notes

D♭ · E♭ · F · G♭ · A♭ · B♭ · B

Fits within a diatonic collection; no tonic is implied. This combines notes across time; compare the passages below to see where the field changes.

CGDAEBG♭0D♭1A♭E♭B♭4F

Source passage · In

Intro

Circle 25 · 3 notes

D♭ · G♭ · B♭

Fits within a diatonic collection; no tonic is implied. This field belongs to this passage, not necessarily the whole song.

CGDAEB0G♭1D♭2A♭3E♭4B♭5F6

Source passage · Vr

Verse

Circle 127 · 7 notes

D♭ · E♭ · F · G♭ · A♭ · B♭ · B

Fits within a diatonic collection; no tonic is implied. This field belongs to this passage, not necessarily the whole song.

CGDAEB0G♭1D♭2A♭3E♭4B♭5F6

Source passage · Ch

Chorus

Circle 127 · 7 notes

D♭ · E♭ · F · G♭ · A♭ · B♭ · B

Fits within a diatonic collection; no tonic is implied. This field belongs to this passage, not necessarily the whole song.

Source & interpretation

David Temperley’s harmonic analysis of Both Sides Now ↗, from the de Clercq–Temperley RS 200 corpus. Retrieved 19 October 2026.

The complete field includes all harmonies in the source’s S rule. The passages are its named top-level units; direct chords outside those units still contribute to the whole field. Repeated units with the same notes are merged. Labels such as “Passage A” preserve the source where a conventional section name is not given.

Notes and circle assignments are calculated by Chordfields from that analysis. They have not been independently verified against the recording. Read the full method.