Against the Wind by Bob Seger

Overview

Key: G major · Chords used: 6 · Sections: 11

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Transition → Verse → Chorus → Transition → Solo → Chorus → Transition → 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
  I

Verse 1

• G – Bm – C – G – D – C – G – Bm – C – G – C – D
  I – iii – IV – I – V – IV – I – iii – IV – I – IV – V

Chorus 1

• Em – D – G – Em – C – G – Em – D – C – D – G – Bm – C – G – C – Bm – Am – C
  vi – V – I – vi – IV – I – vi – V – IV – V – I – iii – IV – I – IV – iii – ii – IV

Transition 1

• G
  I

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Transition 2

Same chords as Transition 1.

Solo

• G – Bm – C – G – D – C – G – Bm – C – G – C – D
  I – iii – IV – I – V – IV – I – iii – IV – I – IV – V

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Transition 3

• G – C – Bm – D
  I – IV – iii – V

Outro

• C – G (×10)
  IV – I

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1177, 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.