Chain of Fools by Aretha Franklin

Overview

Key: C major · Chords used: 2 · Sections: 10

Form: Intro → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Bridge → Chorus → Verse → Chorus ×2

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

• C
  I

Chorus 1

• C7♯9
  I7#9

Verse 1

• C7♯9
  I7#9

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Bridge

• C
  I

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chorus 5

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0418, 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.