Baby You're Right by James Brown
Piano chords, voicings & structure breakdown · 14 steps · 4 unique chords · 1960s
D7
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Harmonic Analysis & Structure
Overview
Key: D major · Chords used: 4 · Sections: 7
Form: Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Instrumental → 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
Verse 1
- D7 – A7
I7 – V7
Chorus 1
- D7
I7 - G7 – E7 (×5)
IV7 – II7 - D7 – G7 – E7
I7 – IV7 – II7 - D7 – A7 (×2)
I7 – V7
Verse 2
Same chords as Verse 1.
Chorus 2
Same chords as Chorus 1.
Instrumental
- D7 – A7
I7 – V7
Chorus 3
Same chords as Chorus 1.
Outro
- G7 – E7 (×6)
IV7 – II7
Chord vocabulary
| Chord | Roman numeral | Role | Heard in |
|---|---|---|---|
| D7 | I7 | Outside the key (chromatic) | Verse, Chorus, Instrumental |
| A7 | V7 | In the key | Verse, Chorus, Instrumental |
| G7 | IV7 | Outside the key (chromatic) | Chorus, Outro |
| E7 | II7 | Outside the key (chromatic) | Chorus, Outro |
Sources & accuracy
- Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0533, 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.
Sources & Accuracy
Every chord on this page comes from the expert transcription listed first below. Piano voicings are our arrangement of the reported chord symbols, not a note-for-note transcription.
- the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011)Expert transcription
Annotated from the original recording by trained musicians for a published research dataset.
Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0533, CC0), via ChoCo.
All Piano Voicings
| # | Section | Chord | Left hand | Right hand | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Verse 1 | D7 | D2, A2 | C4, F♯4, A4 | — |
| 2 | Verse 1 | A7 | A2, E3 | C♯4, E4, G4 | — |
| 3 | Chorus 1, part 1 | D7 | D2, A2 | C4, F♯4, A4 | — |
| 4 | Chorus 1, part 2 (×5) | G7 | G2, D3 | D4, F4, B4 | — |
| 5 | Chorus 1, part 2 (×5) | E7 | E2, B2 | D4, G♯4, B4 | — |
| 6 | Chorus 1, part 3 | D7 | D2, A2 | C4, F♯4, A4 | — |
| 7 | Chorus 1, part 3 | G7 | G2, D3 | D4, F4, B4 | — |
| 8 | Chorus 1, part 3 | E7 | E2, B2 | D4, G♯4, B4 | — |
| 9 | Chorus 1, part 4 (×2) | D7 | D2, A2 | C4, F♯4, A4 | — |
| 10 | Chorus 1, part 4 (×2) | A7 | A2, E3 | C♯4, E4, G4 | — |
| 11 | Instrumental | D7 | D2, A2 | C4, F♯4, A4 | — |
| 12 | Instrumental | A7 | A2, E3 | C♯4, E4, G4 | — |
| 13 | Outro (×6) | G7 | G2, D3 | B3, D4, F4 | — |
| 14 | Outro (×6) | E7 | E2, B2 | B3, D4, G♯4 | — |