Amanda by Boston

Overview

Key: G major · Chords used: 18 · Sections: 8

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Solo → Chorus → Bridge → Verse

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 – Gsus4 (×2)
  I – Isus4

Verse 1

• G – Gsus4 – G – Em7 – Bm7 – C – G/B – Am7 – G – D (×2)
  I – Isus4 – I – vi7 – iii7 – IV – I⁶ – ii7 – I – V

Chorus 1

• Em – Am – D (×3)
  vi – ii – V
• Csus2
  IVsus2

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Solo

• Em – Am – D (×2)
  vi – ii – V

Chorus 2

• Em – Am – D (×3)
  vi – ii – V

Bridge

• E – D69 (×4)
  VI – V69
• C – D – G – D/F♯ – Em – D – C – Bm – Am – G – D – Dsus4/C – Bm – D/A
  IV – V – I – V⁶ – vi – V – IV – iii – ii – I – V – Vsus4 (bass C) – iii – V⁶₄

Verse 3

• G – Gsus4 – G – Em7 – Bm7 – Am – Am7/G – D
  I – Isus4 – I – vi7 – iii7 – ii – ii⁴₂ – V

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1234, CC0), via ChoCo.
• Not verified: only one expert transcription of this song is available so far.
• 1 chord was 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.