Another Brick in the Wall (Part II) by Pink Floyd

Overview

Key: D minor · Chords used: 8 · Sections: 5

Form: Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Solo

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

Verse 1

• Dm – G – Dm
  i – IV – i

Chorus 1

• F – C – Dm (×2)
  bIII – bVII – i

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Solo

• Dm – C/D (×2)
  i – bVII (bass D)
• Dm – G7/D (×2)
  i – IV⁴₃
• Dm – D9sus4 – B♭/D – D9sus4
  i – I9sus4 – bVI⁶ – I9sus4

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• G (IV) is borrowed from the parallel key, D major.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1052, 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.