And She Was by Talking Heads

Overview

Key: E major · Chords used: 8 · Sections: 14

Form: Intro → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Transition → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Bridge → Transition → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → 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

• E – A (×2)
  I – IV
• E
  I

Verse 1

• E – A (×4)
  I – IV
• E
  I

Pre-Chorus 1

• B♭ – F
  bV – bII
• C – F – B♭ (×2)
  bVI – bII – bV
• F – C – F – B♭ – G – C
  bII – bVI – bII – bV – bIII – bVI

Chorus 1

• E – A – D – A (×4)
  I – IV – bVII – IV

Transition 1

• E – A (×2)
  I – IV
• E
  I

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Pre-Chorus 2

Same chords as Pre-Chorus 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Bridge

• Bm – G (×2)
  v – bIII

Transition 2

Same chords as Transition 1.

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Pre-Chorus 3

Same chords as Pre-Chorus 1.

Chorus 3

• E – A – D – A (×8)
  I – IV – bVII – IV

Outro

• E – A – D – A (×7)
  I – IV – bVII – IV
• E
  I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• C (bVI) is borrowed from the parallel key, E minor.
• G (bIII) is borrowed from the parallel key, E minor.
• D (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, E minor.
• Bm (v) is borrowed from the parallel key, E minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0023, 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.