Echoes of Love by The Doobie Brothers

Overview

Key: A major · Chords used: 22 · Sections: 9

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

• A – Dadd9 – E7sus4 (×2)
  I – IVadd9 – V7sus4
• A – Dadd9 – Fdim – F♯m7 – Dadd9 – Esus4 – A
  I – IVadd9 – bvi° – vi7 – IVadd9 – Vsus4 – I

Verse 1

• D – E7sus4 – A (×2)
  IV – V7sus4 – I
• D – Fdim – F♯m7 – A – D – E7sus4 – A
  IV – bvi° – vi7 – I – IV – V7sus4 – I

Chorus 1

• D – E7sus4 – A (×2)
  IV – V7sus4 – I
• Dmaj7 – E7sus4 – Fdim – F♯m7 – A – D – E7sus4 – A
  IVmaj7 – V7sus4 – bvi° – vi7 – I – IV – V7sus4 – I

Bridge

• C♯m7 – B – G – Emadd9/D♯ – Ammaj7 – Amaj7/B – F♯m7 – C♯m7 – G7 – F♯m7
  iii7 – II – bVII – vadd9 (bass D♯) – imaj7 – Imaj7 (bass B) – vi7 – iii7 – bVII7 – vi7

Verse 2

• D – E7sus4 – A (×2)
  IV – V7sus4 – I
• Dmaj7 – E7sus4 – Fdim – F♯m7 – A – D – E7sus4 – A
  IVmaj7 – V7sus4 – bvi° – vi7 – I – IV – V7sus4 – I

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Solo

• C♯m7 – B7 – Gmaj7 – Gmaj7/B – Amaj7 – F♯m7 – C♯m7 – G7 – F♯m7
  iii7 – II7 – bVIImaj7 – bVIImaj⁶₅ – Imaj7 – vi7 – iii7 – bVII7 – vi7

Transition

• Dadd9 – E7sus4 – A (×2)
  IVadd9 – V7sus4 – I
• Dadd9 – Fdim – F♯m7 – Dadd9 – Esus4 – A
  IVadd9 – bvi° – vi7 – IVadd9 – Vsus4 – I

Chorus 3

• D/F♯ – E7sus4 – A/C♯ (×2)
  IV⁶ – V7sus4 – I⁶
• Dmaj7/F♯ – E7sus4 – Fdim – F♯m7 – A – D – E7sus4 – A
  IVmaj⁶₅ – V7sus4 – bvi° – vi7 – I – IV – V7sus4 – I
• D/F♯ – E7sus4 – A/C♯ (×2)
  IV⁶ – V7sus4 – I⁶
• Dmaj7/F♯ – E7sus4 – Fdim – F♯m7 – A – D – E7sus4 – A
  IVmaj⁶₅ – V7sus4 – bvi° – vi7 – I – IV – V7sus4 – I
• D/F♯ – E7sus4 – A/C♯ (×2)
  IV⁶ – V7sus4 – I⁶
• Dmaj7/F♯ – E7sus4 – Fdim – F♯m7 – A – D – E7sus4 – A
  IVmaj⁶₅ – V7sus4 – bvi° – vi7 – I – IV – V7sus4 – I
• D/F♯ – E7sus4 – A/C♯ (×2)
  IV⁶ – V7sus4 – I⁶
• Dmaj7/F♯ – E7sus4 – Fdim – F♯m7 – A – D – E7sus4 – A
  IVmaj⁶₅ – V7sus4 – bvi° – vi7 – I – IV – V7sus4 – I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• G (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• G7 (bVII7) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1200, CC0), via ChoCo.
• 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.