Count on Me by Jefferson Starship

Overview

Key: A major · Chords used: 8 · Sections: 10

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Bridge → Solo → Verse → Chorus → 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

Intro

• E – F♯m – E/G♯ – A – E – D – F♯7 – Bm7 – E
  V – vi – V⁶ – I – V – IV – VI7 – ii7 – V

Verse 1

• A – E – D – F♯7 – Bm7 – E (×2)
  I – V – IV – VI7 – ii7 – V

Chorus 1

• A – D – E (×4)
  I – IV – V
• D
  IV

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

• A – D – E (×4)
  I – IV – V
• D – C♯
  IV – III

Bridge

• F♯m – Bm7 – E
  vi – ii7 – V

Solo

• A – E – D – F♯7 – Bm7 – E
  I – V – IV – VI7 – ii7 – V

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 3

• A – D – E (×4)
  I – IV – V

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 3.

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• F♯7 acts as V/ii: it resolves to Bm7.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1045, 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.