Go Your Own Way by Fleetwood Mac
Piano chords, voicings & structure breakdown · 11 steps · 4 unique chords · 1970s
F
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Harmonic Analysis & Structure
Overview
Key: F major · Chords used: 4 · Sections: 11
Form: Intro → Verse → Verse → Chorus → Verse ×2 → Chorus → Verse ×2 → Chorus → Outro
Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the Rock Corpus RS 200 (de Clercq & Temperley, 2011), analysis by Trevor de Clercq. 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
- F
I
Verse 1
- F – C – B♭ – F
I – V – IV – I
Verse 2
Same chords as Verse 1.
Chorus 1
- Dm – B♭ – C (×3)
vi – IV – V
Verse 3
Same chords as Verse 1.
Verse 4
Same chords as Verse 1.
Chorus 2
Same chords as Chorus 1.
Verse 5
Same chords as Verse 1.
Verse 6
Same chords as Verse 1.
Chorus 3
Same chords as Chorus 1.
Outro
- Dm – B♭ – C (×9)
vi – IV – V
Chord vocabulary
| Chord | Roman numeral | Role | Heard in |
|---|---|---|---|
| F | I | Home chord (tonic) | Intro, Verse |
| C | V | In the key | Verse, Chorus, Outro |
| B♭ | IV | In the key | Verse, Chorus, Outro |
| Dm | vi | In the key | Chorus, Outro |
Sources & accuracy
- Chords and sections: the Rock Corpus RS 200 (de Clercq & Temperley, 2011), analysis by Trevor de Clercq. Expert by-ear harmonic analysis of the original recording, shown on this page.
- Cross-check: the Rock Corpus RS 200 (de Clercq & Temperley, 2011), analysis by David Temperley. Independent by-ear analysis of the same recording. The two analysts agree on the chord (root and major/minor) for 100% of the song.
- Verified: two independent expert transcriptions agree on this song's harmony.
- Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.
Sources & Accuracy
Every chord on this page comes from the expert transcription listed first below. Piano voicings are our arrangement of the reported chord symbols, not a note-for-note transcription.
- the Rock Corpus RS 200 (de Clercq & Temperley, 2011), analysis by Trevor de ClercqExpert transcription
Annotated from the original recording by trained musicians for a published research dataset.
Expert by-ear harmonic analysis of the original recording, shown on this page.
- the Rock Corpus RS 200 (de Clercq & Temperley, 2011), analysis by David TemperleyExpert transcription
Annotated from the original recording by trained musicians for a published research dataset.
Independent by-ear analysis of the same recording. The two analysts agree on the chord (root and major/minor) for 100% of the song.
All Piano Voicings
| # | Section | Chord | Left hand | Right hand | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Intro | F | F2, C3 | C4, F4, A4 | — |
| 2 | Verse 1 | F | F2, C3 | C4, F4, A4 | — |
| 3 | Verse 1 | C | C2, G2 | C4, E4, G4 | — |
| 4 | Verse 1 | B♭ | B♭2, F3 | B♭3, D4, F4 | — |
| 5 | Verse 1 | F | F2, C3 | A3, C4, F4 | — |
| 6 | Chorus 1 (×3) | Dm | D2, A2 | A3, D4, F4 | — |
| 7 | Chorus 1 (×3) | B♭ | B♭2, F3 | B♭3, D4, F4 | — |
| 8 | Chorus 1 (×3) | C | C2, G2 | C4, E4, G4 | — |
| 9 | Outro (×9) | Dm | D2, A2 | D4, F4, A4 | — |
| 10 | Outro (×9) | B♭ | B♭2, F3 | D4, F4, B♭4 | — |
| 11 | Outro (×9) | C | C2, G2 | C4, E4, G4 | — |