Don't Speak by No Doubt

Overview

Key: F minor · Chords used: 19 · Sections: 21

Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the Uspop2002 chord annotations (Music and Audio Research Lab, New York University). 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

Part 1 (0:00)

• Cm
  v

Part 2 (0:06)

• Gm7 – Fm – B♭ – Gm7 – Fm7 – B♭
  ii7 – i – IV – ii7 – i7 – IV

Part 3 (0:19)

• Cm – Gm7 – Fm7 – B♭ – Gm7 – Cm – Fm7 – B♭
  v – ii7 – i7 – IV – ii7 – v – i7 – IV

Part 4 (0:32)

• Cm – Gm7 – Fm7 – B♭ – E♭ – B♭ – C
  v – ii7 – i7 – IV – bVII – IV – V

Part 5 (0:44)

• Fm – B♭m6 – E♭ – C – B♭m6 – C – Fm – B♭m – C
  i – iv6 – bVII – V – iv6 – V – i – iv – V

Part 6 (0:57)

• Fm – B♭m6 – E♭ – C – B♭m6 – C – Fm – B♭m – E♭6
  i – iv6 – bVII – V – iv6 – V – i – iv – bVII6

Part 7 (1:10)

• Cm
  v
• Gm7 – Fm7 – B♭ (×2)
  ii7 – i7 – IV

Part 8 (1:22)

Same chords as Part 4 (0:32).

Part 9 (1:35)

Same chords as Part 5 (0:44).

Part 10 (1:47)

• Fm – B♭m6 – E♭ – C – B♭m6 – C
  i – iv6 – bVII – V – iv6 – V

Part 11 (2:00)

• D♭ – A♭/C – B – G♭/B♭ – A – A/C♯ – A(no5)/Eb – A♭
  bVI – bIII⁶ – #IV – bII⁶ – III – III⁶ – III(no5) (bass E♭) – bIII

Part 12 (2:12)

• Cm – Gm7 – Fm7 – B♭ (×2)
  v – ii7 – i7 – IV

Part 13 (2:24)

• Cm – Gm7 – Fm7 – B♭ – Gm7 – Cm – A♭ – Fm9
  v – ii7 – i7 – IV – ii7 – v – bIII – i9

Part 14 (2:37)

• Cm – Gm7
  v – ii7
• Fm7 – B♭ (×2)
  i7 – IV
• Fm – B♭m6
  i – iv6

Part 15 (2:50)

• E♭ – C – B♭m6 – C – Fm – B♭m – C – Fm – B♭m6
  bVII – V – iv6 – V – i – iv – V – i – iv6

Part 16 (3:02)

Same chords as Part 15 (2:50).

Part 17 (3:15)

Same chords as Part 15 (2:50).

Part 18 (3:28)

Same chords as Part 15 (2:50).

Part 19 (3:40)

Same chords as Part 15 (2:50).

Part 20 (3:53)

Same chords as Part 15 (2:50).

Part 21 (4:06)

• E♭ – C – B♭m6 – C – Fm – B♭m – C – Fm – B♭m6 – E♭
  bVII – V – iv6 – V – i – iv – V – i – iv6 – bVII

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• Gm7 (ii7) is borrowed from the parallel key, F major.
• B♭ (IV) is borrowed from the parallel key, F major.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the Uspop2002 chord annotations (Music and Audio Research Lab, New York University). Chord annotation of the original recording (Tragic Kingdom), time-stamped by researchers; CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo.
• Section names: this annotation doesn't name verses or choruses, so they aren't guessed. Instead, code used the chord timings to find the bars and cut the song into 8-bar parts. Each part is labelled with the time it starts in the annotated recording (Tragic Kingdom), and a part with exactly the same chords as an earlier one says so.
• The key was estimated by code from the chords; this annotation doesn't state it.
• Not verified: only one expert transcription of this song is available so far.
• 1 chord was simplified to the closest symbol our player supports (for example, an unusual added tone dropped).
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.