Blow Away by George Harrison

Overview

Key: D major · Chords used: 11 · Sections: 13

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Interlude → Verse → Chorus → Interlude → Verse → Chorus → Interlude → Solo → 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

• D – Bm7 – F♯m7 – A7sus4 – A (×2)
  I – vi7 – iii7 – V7sus4 – V
• A7sus4
  V7sus4

Verse 1

• D – Bm7 – F♯m7 – A7sus4 – A (×2)
  I – vi7 – iii7 – V7sus4 – V
• A7sus4
  V7sus4

Chorus 1

• D – Bm – F♯m – A7sus4 – A7 – D – Bm – C – G – F♯m7 – Bm – F♯m – A7 – F – C – A7sus4 – A – D – Bm – F♯m – A7sus4 – A7 – D – Bm – C – G – F♯m7 – Bm – F♯m – A7 – F – C – G – C
  I – vi – iii – V7sus4 – V7 – I – vi – bVII – IV – iii7 – vi – iii – V7 – bIII – bVII – V7sus4 – V – I – vi – iii – V7sus4 – V7 – I – vi – bVII – IV – iii7 – vi – iii – V7 – bIII – bVII – IV – bVII

Interlude 1

• F – C – A7sus4
  bIII – bVII – V7sus4

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Interlude 2

Same chords as Interlude 1.

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Interlude 3

Same chords as Interlude 1.

Solo

• D – Bm – F♯m – A7sus4 – A7 – D – Bm – C – G
  I – vi – iii – V7sus4 – V7 – I – vi – bVII – IV

Chorus 4

• F♯m7 – Bm – F♯m – A7 – F – C – A7sus4 – A – D – Bm – F♯m – A7sus4 – A7 – D – Bm – C – G – F♯m7 – Bm – F♯m – A7 – F – C – G – C
  iii7 – vi – iii – V7 – bIII – bVII – V7sus4 – V – I – vi – iii – V7sus4 – V7 – I – vi – bVII – IV – iii7 – vi – iii – V7 – bIII – bVII – IV – bVII

Outro

• F – C – A7sus4
  bIII – bVII – V7sus4

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• C (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• F (bIII) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0419, 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.