Going to a Go-Go by The Rolling Stones

Overview

Key: E major · Chords used: 4 · Sections: 10

Form: Intro → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Solo → 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

• E – E9sus4 (×2)
  I – I9sus4

Chorus 1

• E – E9sus4 (×4)
  I – I9sus4

Verse 1

• E – E9sus4 (×4)
  I – I9sus4

Chorus 2

• E – E9sus4 (×2)
  I – I9sus4
• E – D – A – E – D
  I – bVII – IV – I – bVII
• E – E9sus4 (×2)
  I – I9sus4

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 3

• E – E9sus4 (×2)
  I – I9sus4
• E – D – A – E – D – E
  I – bVII – IV – I – bVII – I

Solo

• E – E9sus4 (×8)
  I – I9sus4

Chorus 4

• E – D – A – E – D
  I – bVII – IV – I – bVII
• E – E9sus4 (×2)
  I – I9sus4

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 5

• E – E9sus4 (×2)
  I – I9sus4
• E – D – A – E – D (×2)
  I – bVII – IV – I – bVII
• E
  I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• E9sus4 (I9sus4) 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 0512, 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.