Don't Stop Me Now by Queen

Overview

Key: F major · Chords used: 17 · Sections: 8

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Break → Solo → Chorus → Outro

Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the Isophonics reference annotations (Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary University of London). 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

• F – Am7 – Dm7 – Gm7 – C – F – F7 – B♭ – Gm7 – D7 – Gm – Dm – Gm – Gm7 – Gm – Dm – Gm – C7
  I – iii7 – vi7 – ii7 – V – I – I7 – IV – ii7 – VI7 – ii – vi – ii – ii7 – ii – vi – ii – V7

Verse 1

• F – Am7 – Dm7 – Gm7 – C7 – F – Am – Dm – Gm7 – C7 – F – F7/E♭ – B♭ – Gm7 – D7 – Gm – D7 – Gm7 – F/A – B♭ – C
  I – iii7 – vi7 – ii7 – V7 – I – iii – vi – ii7 – V7 – I – I⁴₂ – IV – ii7 – VI7 – ii – VI7 – ii7 – I⁶ – IV – V

Chorus 1

• F – Gm – F/A – Dm – Gm7 – C – F – Gm – F/A – Dm – Gm7 – D7
  I – ii – I⁶ – vi – ii7 – V – I – ii – I⁶ – vi – ii7 – VI7
• Gm – Dm – Gm7 (×2)
  ii – vi – ii7
• C – B♭sus4
  V – IVsus4

Verse 2

• F – Am7 – Dm7 – Gm7 – C7 – F – Am – Dm – Gm7 – C7 – F – F7 – B♭ – Gm7 – D7 – Gm – D7 – Gm7 – F/A – B♭
  I – iii7 – vi7 – ii7 – V7 – I – iii – vi – ii7 – V7 – I – I7 – IV – ii7 – VI7 – ii – VI7 – ii7 – I⁶ – IV

Break

• C
  V

Solo

• F – Am – Dm – Gm – C (×2)
  I – iii – vi – ii – V
• F – F7 – B♭ – Gm7 – D7 – Gm – D7 – Gm7 – F/A – B♭ – C
  I – I7 – IV – ii7 – VI7 – ii – VI7 – ii7 – I⁶ – IV – V

Chorus 2

• F – Gm – F/A – Dm – Gm7 – C7 – F – Gm – F/A – Dm – Gm7 – D7
  I – ii – I⁶ – vi – ii7 – V7 – I – ii – I⁶ – vi – ii7 – VI7
• Gm – Dm – Gm7 (×2)
  ii – vi – ii7
• C7 – A♭
  V7 – bIII

Outro

• F – Am – Dm – Gm7 – C – F – F7 – B♭ – A
  I – iii – vi – ii7 – V – I – I7 – IV – III

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• B♭sus4 (IVsus4) is borrowed from the parallel key, F minor.
• A♭ (bIII) is borrowed from the parallel key, F minor.
• F7 acts as V/IV: it resolves to B♭.
• D7 acts as V/ii: it resolves to Gm.
• F7/E♭ acts as V/IV: it resolves to B♭.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the Isophonics reference annotations (Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary University of London). Expert chord and structure annotation of the original recording (CC BY 4.0 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.