Even Now by Bob Seger

Overview

Key: E major · Chords used: 14 · Sections: 10

Form: Intro → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Transition → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Transition → Outro

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

• E/G♯ – A – F♯/A♯ (×3)
  I⁶ – IV – II⁶
• E/B – B7sus4 – B7 – E – Emaj7 – E6 – E
  I⁶₄ – V7sus4 – V7 – I – Imaj7 – I6 – I

Verse 1

• E – A/E – B/E (×4)
  I – IV⁶₄ – V (bass E)
• E
  I

Pre-Chorus 1

• A – E/G♯ – B – A – E – A – E/G♯ – Bsus4 – B
  IV – I⁶ – V – IV – I – IV – I⁶ – Vsus4 – V

Chorus 1

• E – Aadd9 (×4)
  I – IVadd9
• A – B
  IV – V

Transition 1

• E – Emaj7 – E6 – E
  I – Imaj7 – I6 – 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

• E
  I

Outro

• E – A/E – B/E (×8)
  I – IV⁶₄ – V (bass E)
• E
  I
• A – B (×2)
  IV – V
• E – B/E – A/E – E
  I – V (bass E) – IV⁶₄ – I

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1208, 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.