I Only Have Eyes for You – Verse
I Only Have Eyes for You – Chorus
I Only Have Eyes for You – Bridge
Related Music Concepts
Augmented Chords
A chord with a raised fifth that creates a bright, unresolved tension
Seventh Chords
Adding one more note to the basic chords
Add Chords
A chord with an added tone that enriches its sound
Altered Chords
Altered (raised or lowered) notes create tension and complexity in chords
Non-Standard Mode
New scales and home base chords for a different mood
Extended Chords
Stacking thirds beyond the 7th to create more complex sounds
Borrowed Chords
Using chords from parallel modes for contrast and emotion
Chord Progression Novelty
How unusual the chord sequence is compared to other songs
Inverted Chords
Using a different bass note to change a chord's sound
Half-Diminished Chords
A diminished triad with a minor seventh on top — softer than fully diminished
Secondary Chords
Chords that temporarily shift the harmonic center
Song Stats
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Key
C Mixolydian
Tempo
180 BPM
Meter
6/4
Genre
Pop, Rock, R&B/Soul/Funk
Melody Range
G3 – G4
Mood
Smooth, Unexpected, Upbeat
Most Used Chord
I
Chord Complexity
70
Chord Complexity: Tracks when a song goes beyond simple three-note chords—either by adding extra tones (like 7ths or add9s) or by borrowing notes from outside the key—creating richer, more sophisticated harmonies.
Melodic Complexity
38
Melodic Complexity: Reflects two factors: the use of notes outside the key and rhythmic syncopation, together capturing how intricate or surprising a melody feels.
Chord-Melody Tension
15
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty
84
Chord Prog. Novelty: Measures how uncommon a song's chord changes are compared to others in the Hooktheory database, highlighting progressions that deviate from typical patterns.
Song Stats
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Key
F Major
Tempo
180 BPM
Meter
6/4
Genre
Pop, Rock, R&B/Soul/Funk
Melody Range
C4 – G4
Mood
Smooth, Complex, Unexpected, Upbeat, Bright
Most Used Chord
V
Chord Complexity
92
Chord Complexity: Tracks when a song goes beyond simple three-note chords—either by adding extra tones (like 7ths or add9s) or by borrowing notes from outside the key—creating richer, more sophisticated harmonies.
Melodic Complexity
100
Melodic Complexity: Reflects two factors: the use of notes outside the key and rhythmic syncopation, together capturing how intricate or surprising a melody feels.
Chord-Melody Tension
0
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty
90
Chord Prog. Novelty: Measures how uncommon a song's chord changes are compared to others in the Hooktheory database, highlighting progressions that deviate from typical patterns.
Song Stats
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Key
F Major
Tempo
180 BPM
Meter
6/4
Genre
Pop, Rock, R&B/Soul/Funk
Melody Range
F3 – G4
Mood
Complex, Unexpected, Upbeat, Bright
Most Used Chord
ii
Chord Complexity
89
Chord Complexity: Tracks when a song goes beyond simple three-note chords—either by adding extra tones (like 7ths or add9s) or by borrowing notes from outside the key—creating richer, more sophisticated harmonies.
Melodic Complexity
96
Melodic Complexity: Reflects two factors: the use of notes outside the key and rhythmic syncopation, together capturing how intricate or surprising a melody feels.
Chord-Melody Tension
50
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty
90
Chord Prog. Novelty: Measures how uncommon a song's chord changes are compared to others in the Hooktheory database, highlighting progressions that deviate from typical patterns.
Song Stats
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Keys
C Mixolydian, F Major
Tempo
180 BPM
Meter
6/4
Genre
Pop, Rock, R&B/Soul/Funk
Melody Range
F3 – G4
Mood
Smooth, Complex, Unexpected, Upbeat
Most Used Chord
I
Chord Complexity
87
Chord Complexity: Tracks when a song goes beyond simple three-note chords—either by adding extra tones (like 7ths or add9s) or by borrowing notes from outside the key—creating richer, more sophisticated harmonies.
Melodic Complexity
97
Melodic Complexity: Reflects two factors: the use of notes outside the key and rhythmic syncopation, together capturing how intricate or surprising a melody feels.
Chord-Melody Tension
15
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty
90
Chord Prog. Novelty: Measures how uncommon a song's chord changes are compared to others in the Hooktheory database, highlighting progressions that deviate from typical patterns.
About I Only Have Eyes for You
About the Key
C Mixolydian
It is the 5th most popular key among Mixolydian keys and the 29th most popular among all keys. The C Mixolydian scale is similar to the C Major scale except that its 7th note (B♭) is a half step lower.
I IV VII
Most Important Chords
Mixolydian chord progressions are heavily featured in many genres of music like classic rock, which relies on the major chord built on the 7th scale degree.
C Mixolydian Cheat Sheet
Popular chords, progressions, downloadable MIDI files and more
About the Chord Progressions
| Section | Progression | Songs with this progression |
|---|---|---|
| Verse |
I7
VIIadd6add9
v7
ii7
I7
VIIadd6add9
|
No other theorytabs with this progression |
| Chorus |
V7
I9
iii7
III7
|
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| Bridge |
V7
I9
V9/ii
ii9
V7
Iadd9
V7/IV
|
|
About the Melody
Melody data is compiled from all analyzed melody sections, so depending on how a user analyzed a song, "melody" might include instrumental notes.
F3 – G4
Melody range across 14 semitones
3.68 beats/note
Across 276.0 beats of melody
Stepwise Motion
Jumpiness
Repeaty
93%
Diatonic
Percentage of notes within the song's key.
84%
Chord Tones
Percentage of notes that fall on a chord tone of the underlying harmony.
Edgy
Consonance
How smoothly the melody blends with the harmony (0 = dissonant, 1 = consonant).
Steady
Syncopation
How often the melody emphasizes off-beats. Higher = more syncopated.
About the Metrics
Chord Complexity
Chord Complexity tracks when a song goes beyond simple three-note chords—either by adding extra tones (like 7ths or add9s) or by borrowing notes from outside the key—creating richer, more sophisticated harmonies.
Melodic Complexity
Melodic Complexity reflects two factors: the use of notes outside the key and rhythmic syncopation, together capturing how intricate or surprising a melody feels.
Chord-Melody Tension
Chord-Melody Tension quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Progression Novelty
Chord Progression Novelty measures how uncommon a song's chord changes are compared to others in the Hooktheory database, highlighting progressions that deviate from typical patterns.
Chord-Bass Melody
Chord–Bass Melody evaluates how smoothly the bass moves between chords, scoring higher when it travels step-wise, ascending or descending, instead of jumping directly between root position chords.
Hooktheory's metrics are calculated against the entire database of analyzed songs, where 50 is the "average song." Learn more about each of these metrics here.
Chord Complexity
87
Measures how diverse and sophisticated the chord vocabulary is in this song.
Percentile: 87/100 — above average
Melodic Complexity
97
Measures the range, intervallic variety, and rhythmic complexity of the melody.
Percentile: 97/100 — above average
Chord-Melody Tension
15
Measures how much the melody notes clash or harmonize with the underlying chords.
Percentile: 15/100 — below average
Chord Prog. Novelty
90
Measures how unusual or unexpected the chord progressions are compared to common patterns.
Percentile: 90/100 — above average
Chord-Bass Melody
54
Measures the melodic movement of the bass notes across chord changes.
Percentile: 54/100 — above average
Song Data
Metrics Radar Chart
I Only Have Eyes for YouAverage Song
BPM Comparison
Melody Distribution
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Melodic Intervals
Distribution of note-to-note jumps in semitones (negative = downward, positive = upward)
Note Durations
How long each note is held (in beats)
Syncopation
How many notes fall on each level of metric strength (0 = on-beat, higher = increasingly off-beat)
Level 0
Notes that fall on the downbeat — the strongest metric position in the measure.
Level 1
Notes on a secondary strong beat (e.g. beat 3 in 4/4) — still firmly on the grid.
Level 2
Notes on the remaining primary beats (2 and 4 in 4/4) — moderate metric weight.
Level 3
Notes on eighth-note offbeats — between the primary beats. Audibly syncopated.
