El Scorcho by Weezer

Overview

Key: A♭ major · Chords used: 10 · Sections: 17

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 (0:05)

• A♭ – D♭ (×3)
  I – IV
• A♭ – E5
  I – #V5

Part 2 (0:18)

Same chords as Part 1 (0:05).

Part 3 (0:30)

• A♭ – D♭ (×4)
  I – IV

Part 4 (0:49)

• A♭ – D♭ – A♭ – E♭
  I – IV – I – V
• A♭ – D♭ (×2)
  I – IV

Part 5 (1:02)

• A♭ – E♭ – A♭ – D♭7 – B7
  I – V – I – IV7 – #II7
• A♭ – D♭ (×2)
  I – IV

Part 6 (1:15)

Same chords as Part 3 (0:30).

Part 7 (1:35)

• A♭ – D♭ (×3)
  I – IV
• A♭ – E♭
  I – V

Part 8 (1:47)

• A♭ – D♭ (×2)
  I – IV
• A♭ – E♭ – A♭ – D♭7 – B7
  I – V – I – IV7 – #II7

Part 9 (2:00)

• A♭ – D♭ – Bm – E♭ (×2)
  I – IV – #ii – V

Part 10 (2:13)

Same chords as Part 9 (2:00).

Part 11 (2:25)

• A♭ – D♭ – A♭/E♭ – D♭ – A♭ – D♭ – A♭/E♭ – E♭add9/F – E♭/G
  I – IV – I⁶₄ – IV – I – IV – I⁶₄ – Vadd9 (bass F) – V⁶

Part 12 (2:38)

Same chords as Part 3 (0:30).

Part 13 (2:52)

Same chords as Part 3 (0:30).

Part 14 (3:05)

• A♭ – D♭ (×2)
  I – IV
• A♭ – E♭ – A♭ – D♭
  I – V – I – IV

Part 15 (3:18)

Same chords as Part 4 (0:49).

Part 16 (3:31)

Same chords as Part 14 (3:05).

Part 17 (3:44)

• A♭ – D♭ – A♭ – E♭ – A♭ – D♭7 – B7 – A♭
  I – IV – I – V – I – IV7 – #II7 – I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• E5 (#V5) is borrowed from the parallel key, A♭ minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the Uspop2002 chord annotations (Music and Audio Research Lab, New York University). Chord annotation of the original recording (Pinkerton), 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 (Pinkerton), 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.
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.