Boulevard by Jackson Browne

Overview

Key: A major · Chords used: 7 · Sections: 9

Form: Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Bridge → Chorus → Verse → Bridge → Chorus

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

Chorus 1

• D/A – A – D/A – A – E/G♯ – D/F♯ – E – D – A (×4)
  IV⁶₄ – I – IV⁶₄ – I – V⁶ – IV⁶ – V – IV – I

Verse 1

• E – F♯m (×2)
  V – vi
• D
  IV

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Bridge 1

• D – E (×4)
  IV – V

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Bridge 2

Same chords as Bridge 1.

Chorus 4

• D/A – A – D/A – A – E/G♯ – D/F♯ – E – D – A (×5)
  IV⁶₄ – I – IV⁶₄ – I – V⁶ – IV⁶ – V – IV – I
• D/A – A (×2)
  IV⁶₄ – I

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0561, 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.