Feelin' Satisfied by Boston

Overview

Key: E major · Chords used: 10 · Sections: 8

Form: Intro → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Interlude → Verse → Pre-Chorus → 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

• B – E (×2)
  V – I
• B – E/B – B – A
  V – I⁶₄ – V – IV

Verse 1

• E
  I
• D/A – A (×2)
  bVII⁶₄ – IV
• E – D/A – A – E/B – B
  I – bVII⁶₄ – IV – I⁶₄ – V

Pre-Chorus 1

• C♯m – G♯m – A – D
  vi – iii – IV – bVII
• A – E (×3)
  IV – I
• B – A – Aadd9
  V – IV – IVadd9

Chorus 1

• C♯m – B – A – E – B – A – G♯m – F♯m – A – E (×6)
  vi – V – IV – I – V – IV – iii – ii – IV – I

Interlude

• B – E/B (×3)
  V – I⁶₄
• B – A
  V – IV

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Pre-Chorus 2

Same chords as Pre-Chorus 1.

Chorus 2

• C♯m – B – A – E – B – A – G♯m – F♯m – A – E (×14)
  vi – V – IV – I – V – IV – iii – ii – IV – I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• D/A (bVII⁶₄) is borrowed from the parallel key, E minor.
• D (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, E minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0952, 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.