Deeper Shade of Soul by Urban Dance Squad

Overview

Key: D major · Chords used: 9 · Sections: 10

Form: Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Transition → Verse → Chorus → Instrumental → Transition → Solo

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

Verse 1

• A7
  V7

Chorus 1

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

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Transition 1

• D – F – G – A – C – A – G – F (×2)
  I – bIII – IV – V – bVII – V – IV – bIII

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 3

• D – G – A – G (×8)
  I – IV – V – IV

Instrumental

• D/A – G/A – A7 – G/A (×9)
  I⁶₄ – IV (bass A) – V7 – IV (bass A)
• D/A – G/A
  I⁶₄ – IV (bass A)

Transition 2

• A7♯9 – D/A – G/A
  V7#9 – I⁶₄ – IV (bass A)

Solo

• A7
  V7

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• F (bIII) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• C (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• A7♯9 (V7#9) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0339, 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.