Dr. Feelgood by Mötley Crüe

Overview

Key: E major · Chords used: 8 · Sections: 37

Form: Lead-in → Vamp → Vamp ×3 → Vamp → Vamp → Vamp → Vamp → Vamp → Vamp → A Section → Vamp → A Section → Vamp → Vamp → Vamp → Vamp → Vamp → Vamp → Vamp → C Section → C Section → C Section → Vamp → Vamp → Vamp → Vamp → Vamp → Solo → Solo ×7

Where these chords come from: a chord chart of this song written by a musician and shared on the iReal Pro forums, archived in the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). It's one musician's reading of the song, not a transcription checked against the recording. This page shows that chart 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

Lead-in

• E5
  I5

Vamp 1

• E5
  I5

Vamp 2

Same chords as Vamp 1.

Vamp 3

Same chords as Vamp 1.

Vamp 4

Same chords as Vamp 1.

Vamp 5

• E5 – D – A
  I5 – bVII – IV

Vamp 6

• E5 – E7♯9
  I5 – I7#9

Vamp 7

• E5 – D – A – E5 – E7♯9
  I5 – bVII – IV – I5 – I7#9

Vamp 8

Same chords as Vamp 5.

Vamp 9

Same chords as Vamp 6.

Vamp 10

Same chords as Vamp 7.

A Section 1

• G – A5 – G – E5 – G – A5
  bIII – IV5 – bIII – I5 – bIII – IV5

Vamp 11

• G – E5
  bIII – I5

A Section 2

Same chords as A Section 1.

Vamp 12

Same chords as Vamp 11.

Vamp 13

Same chords as Vamp 5.

Vamp 14

Same chords as Vamp 6.

Vamp 15

Same chords as Vamp 7.

Vamp 16

Same chords as Vamp 5.

Vamp 17

Same chords as Vamp 6.

Vamp 18

Same chords as Vamp 7.

C Section 1

• G5 – A5 – E5
  bIII5 – IV5 – I5

C Section 2

Same chords as C Section 1.

C Section 3

• G5 – A5 – E5 – G5 – A5
  bIII5 – IV5 – I5 – bIII5 – IV5

Vamp 19

• B5 – G5 – A5
  V5 – bIII5 – IV5

Vamp 20

• B5
  V5

Vamp 21

Same chords as Vamp 5.

Vamp 22

Same chords as Vamp 6.

Vamp 23

Same chords as Vamp 7.

Solo 1

• E5
  I5

Solo 2

Same chords as Solo 1.

Solo 3

Same chords as Solo 1.

Solo 4

Same chords as Solo 1.

Solo 5

Same chords as Solo 1.

Solo 6

Same chords as Solo 1.

Solo 7

Same chords as Solo 1.

Solo 8

Same chords as Solo 1.

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• D (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, E minor.
• G (bIII) is borrowed from the parallel key, E minor.
• G5 (bIII5) is borrowed from the parallel key, E minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Dr. Feelgood” (credited “Motley Crue”, style Rock) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Performer/songwriter confirmed from Wikidata.
• Section names: from the chart's own markings: section names written on the chart (Intro, Verse, Chorus…) are kept, and rehearsal letters are shown as “A Section”, “B Section” and so on (the B of an AABA song is called the Bridge).
• Chord charts are often written in a key that suits a particular singer or band, so this may not be the key of the original recording.
• About the song: Wikipedia.
• Not verified: only one chart of this song is available, so it hasn't been cross-checked.
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.