Fernando by ABBA

Overview

Key: A major · Chords used: 8 · Sections: 6

Form: Intro → Intro → Verse → 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 1

• A
  I

Intro 2

• D – A
  IV – I

Verse 1

• A – F♯m – Bm – E (×2)
  I – vi – ii – V
• A
  I

Chorus 1

• E – A (×2)
  V – I
• A/G – F♯ – B – E – A – E – D – A – E – A
  I (bass G) – VI – II – V – I – V – IV – I – V – I

Verse 2

• A – F♯m – Bm – E – A
  I – vi – ii – V – I

Chorus 2

• E – A – E – A – A/G – F♯ – B – E – A (×2)
  V – I – V – I – I (bass G) – VI – II – V – I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• B acts as V/V: it resolves to E.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0218, 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.