Blitzkrieg Bop by The Ramones

Overview

Key: A major · Chords used: 4 · Sections: 12

Form: Intro → Intro → Interlude → Verse → Verse → Bridge → Verse ×2 → Bridge → Verse ×2 → Outro

Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the Rock Corpus RS 200 (de Clercq & Temperley, 2011), analysis by Trevor de Clercq. 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 1

• A – D – E (×3)
  I – IV – V
• A – D – A
  I – IV – I

Intro 2

Same chords as Intro 1.

Interlude

• A
  I

Verse 1

• A – D – E (×3)
  I – IV – V
• A – D – A
  I – IV – I

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Bridge 1

• D – A (×2)
  IV – I
• D – B – D – E
  IV – II – IV – V

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Verse 4

Same chords as Verse 1.

Bridge 2

Same chords as Bridge 1.

Verse 5

Same chords as Verse 1.

Verse 6

Same chords as Verse 1.

Outro

• A
  I

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the Rock Corpus RS 200 (de Clercq & Temperley, 2011), analysis by Trevor de Clercq. Expert by-ear harmonic analysis of the original recording, shown on this page.
• Cross-check: the Rock Corpus RS 200 (de Clercq & Temperley, 2011), analysis by David Temperley. Independent by-ear analysis of the same recording. The two analysts agree on the chord (root and major/minor) for 90% of the song.
• Not verified: the two RS 200 analysts differ in places (see their agreement above).
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.