Don't Knock My Love - Pt. 1 by Wilson Pickett
Piano chords, voicings & structure breakdown · 9 steps · 6 unique chords · 1970s
Dm7
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Harmonic Analysis & Structure
Overview
Key: D minor · Chords used: 6 · Sections: 8
Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Pre-Verse → Verse → Chorus → Bridge → 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
- Dm7
i7
Verse 1
- Dm7
i7
Chorus 1
- F – Dm – B♭ – Gm7 (×2)
bIII – i – bVI – iv7
Pre-Verse
- Dm7
i7
Verse 2
Same chords as Verse 1.
Chorus 2
Same chords as Chorus 1.
Bridge
- F7
bIII7
Outro
- Dm7
i7
Chord vocabulary
| Chord | Roman numeral | Role | Heard in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dm7 | i7 | Home chord (tonic) | Intro, Verse, Pre-Verse, Outro |
| F | bIII | In the key | Chorus |
| Dm | i | Home chord (tonic) | Chorus |
| B♭ | bVI | In the key | Chorus |
| Gm7 | iv7 | In the key | Chorus |
| F7 | bIII7 | Outside the key (chromatic) | Bridge |
Sources & accuracy
- Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0677, 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.
Sources & Accuracy
Every chord on this page comes from the expert transcription listed first below. Piano voicings are our arrangement of the reported chord symbols, not a note-for-note transcription.
- the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011)Expert transcription
Annotated from the original recording by trained musicians for a published research dataset.
Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0677, CC0), via ChoCo.
All Piano Voicings
| # | Section | Chord | Left hand | Right hand | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Intro | Dm7 | D2, A2 | C4, F4, A4 | — |
| 2 | Verse 1 | Dm7 | D2, A2 | C4, F4, A4 | — |
| 3 | Chorus 1 (×2) | F | F2, C3 | C4, F4, A4 | — |
| 4 | Chorus 1 (×2) | Dm | D2, A2 | D4, F4, A4 | — |
| 5 | Chorus 1 (×2) | B♭ | B♭2, F3 | D4, F4, B♭4 | — |
| 6 | Chorus 1 (×2) | Gm7 | G2, D3 | D4, F4, B♭4 | — |
| 7 | Pre-Verse | Dm7 | D2, A2 | C4, F4, A4 | — |
| 8 | Bridge | F7 | F2, C3 | C4, E♭4, A4 | — |
| 9 | Outro | Dm7 | D2, A2 | C4, F4, A4 | — |