Drivin' Wheel by Foghat

Overview

Key: D major · Chords used: 5 · Sections: 14

Form: Intro → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Transition → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Transition → Bridge → Solo → Chorus → Verse → Chorus

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

• D – C – G (×3)
  I – bVII – IV
• D
  I

Verse 1

• D – C – G (×2)
  I – bVII – IV
• D
  I

Pre-Chorus 1

• A – G (×4)
  V – IV

Chorus 1

• D – C – G (×4)
  I – bVII – IV

Transition 1

• D – C – G – D
  I – bVII – IV – I

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Pre-Chorus 2

Same chords as Pre-Chorus 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Transition 2

• D
  I

Bridge

• G – A
  IV – V

Solo

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

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 3

• D – C – G (×3)
  I – bVII – IV
• D – Am – C – G – D – C
  I – v – bVII – IV – I – bVII

Chorus 4

• D – C – G (×16)
  I – bVII – IV

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• C (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• Am (v) 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 0075, 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.