Blueberry Hill by Fats Domino

Overview

Key: B major · Chords used: 11 · Sections: 7

Form: Intro → Verse → Verse → Bridge → Verse → Bridge → Verse

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

• E – B
  IV – I

Verse 1

• E – B – F♯7 – B – E/F♯ – B
  IV – I – V7 – I – IV (bass F♯) – I

Verse 2

• E – B – F♯7 – B – Em – B – A
  IV – I – V7 – I – iv – I – bVII

Bridge 1

• B – E/F♯ – B – B7
  I – IV (bass F♯) – I – I7
• A♯ – D♯m (×2)
  VII – iii
• A♯ – D♯maj7 – F♯7
  VII – IIImaj7 – V7

Verse 3

• E – B – F♯7 – B – Em – B – F♯
  IV – I – V7 – I – iv – I – V

Bridge 2

Same chords as Bridge 1.

Verse 4

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• Em (iv) is borrowed from the parallel key, B minor.
• A (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, B minor.
• A♯ acts as V/iii: it resolves to D♯m.

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 87% 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.