Amie by Pure Prairie League

Overview

Key: A major · Chords used: 12 · Sections: 15

Form: Intro → Transition → Verse → Chorus → Transition → Verse → Chorus → Transition → Solo → Chorus → Transition → Verse → Chorus ×2 → 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

• A
  I

Transition 1

• A – G – D (×2)
  I – bVII – IV

Verse 1

• A – G – D (×3)
  I – bVII – IV
• A
  I
• D – C (×2)
  IV – bIII
• E
  V

Chorus 1

• A – G – D (×2)
  I – bVII – IV
• Bm – Bm7 – E
  ii – ii7 – V

Transition 2

Same chords as Transition 1.

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Transition 3

Same chords as Transition 1.

Solo

• A – G – D (×3)
  I – bVII – IV
• A
  I
• D – C (×2)
  IV – bIII
• E
  V

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Transition 4

• A – G – D
  I – bVII – IV

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chorus 5

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Outro

• A – A7sus2 – D/A (×3)
  I – I7sus2 – IV⁶₄
• A – D/A – Fmaj7/A – E7♭9/A – Aadd9
  I – IV⁶₄ – bVImaj⁶₅ – V7b9 (bass A) – Iadd9

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• G (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• C (bIII) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• A7sus2 (I7sus2) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• Fmaj7/A (bVImaj⁶₅) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• E7♭9/A (V7b9 (bass A)) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0406, 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.