Crackerbox Palace by George Harrison

Overview

Key: B♭ major · Chords used: 8 · Sections: 16

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Interlude → Verse → Chorus → Interlude → Solo → Chorus → Interlude → Verse → Chorus → Interlude → Chorus ×2 → 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

• B♭ – F – F9/C – E♭ (×4)
  I – V – V9 (bass C) – IV

Verse 1

• B♭ – F – F9/C – E♭ (×4)
  I – V – V9 (bass C) – IV

Chorus 1

• B♭ – F – Gm – F – E♭ – B♭ – F – Dm – E♭ – F – Gm – F – E♭ – E♭m7
  I – V – vi – V – IV – I – V – iii – IV – V – vi – V – IV – iv7

Interlude 1

• B♭ – F – Gm – F – E♭ – E♭m7
  I – V – vi – V – IV – iv7

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Interlude 2

Same chords as Interlude 1.

Solo

• B♭ – F – Cm11 – E♭ (×4)
  I – V – ii11 – IV

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Interlude 3

• B♭ – F – Cm11 (×4)
  I – V – ii11

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Interlude 4

Same chords as Interlude 1.

Chorus 5

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chorus 6

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Outro

• E♭ – F – Gm – F – E♭ – E♭m7 – B♭
  IV – V – vi – V – IV – iv7 – I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• E♭m7 (iv7) is borrowed from the parallel key, B♭ minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1282, 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.