Chiquitita by ABBA

Overview

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

Form: Intro → Verse → Verse → Chorus → Verse → 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

• A – D (×2)
  I – IV

Verse 1

• A – D – A – E – D/F♯ – E – E7/G♯
  I – IV – I – V – IV⁶ – V – V⁶₅
• A – D (×3)
  I – IV
• A
  I
• C♯m – C♯madd9 (×2)
  iii – iiiadd9
• E – D – E – A – D – A
  V – IV – V – I – IV – I

Verse 2

• A – D – A – E – D – E – A – D – A
  I – IV – I – V – IV – V – I – IV – I
• C♯m – C♯madd9 (×2)
  iii – iiiadd9
• E – D – E – A – D – A
  V – IV – V – I – IV – I

Chorus 1

• D – A – E – D – E – A – D – A – A6 – Amaj7 – A6
  IV – I – V – IV – V – I – IV – I – I6 – Imaj7 – I6
• E – D – E – A (×2)
  V – IV – V – I
• D – A
  IV – I

Verse 3

• A – D – A – E – D – E
  I – IV – I – V – IV – V
• A – D (×2)
  I – IV
• A
  I
• C♯m – C♯madd9 (×2)
  iii – iiiadd9
• E – D – E – A – D – A
  V – IV – V – I – IV – I

Chorus 2

• D – A – A6 – Amaj7 – A6 – E – D – E – A (×2)
  IV – I – I6 – Imaj7 – I6 – V – IV – V – I
• E – D – E – A – D – A – E – D – E – A
  V – IV – V – I – IV – I – V – IV – V – I

Outro

• D – A (×4)
  IV – I

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0183, 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.