Got It Made by Crosby, Stills & Nash

Overview

Key: C major · Chords used: 10 · Sections: 10

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

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

• Fadd9 – Am7 – Gadd9 (×4)
  IVadd9 – vi7 – Vadd9

Verse 1

• C – F/C – C – G – C/G – G – F – B♭ – F – G – C/G – G – C – F/C – C – G – C/G – G – F – G
  I – IV⁶₄ – I – V – I⁶₄ – V – IV – bVII – IV – V – I⁶₄ – V – I – IV⁶₄ – I – V – I⁶₄ – V – IV – V

Chorus 1

• Fadd9 – Am7 – Gadd9 – C/G (×3)
  IVadd9 – vi7 – Vadd9 – I⁶₄
• B♭/F – F – C/G – G (×2)
  bVII⁶₄ – IV – I⁶₄ – V
• B♭/F – F – G
  bVII⁶₄ – IV – V
• Fadd9 – Am7 – Gadd9 (×2)
  IVadd9 – vi7 – Vadd9

Solo 1

• Fadd9 – Am7 – Gadd9 (×4)
  IVadd9 – vi7 – Vadd9

Verse 2

• C – F/C – C – G – C/G – G – F – B♭/F – F – G – C – F/C – C – G – C/G – G – F – G
  I – IV⁶₄ – I – V – I⁶₄ – V – IV – bVII⁶₄ – IV – V – I – IV⁶₄ – I – V – I⁶₄ – V – IV – V

Chorus 2

• Fadd9 – Am7 – G – C/G (×3)
  IVadd9 – vi7 – V – I⁶₄
• B♭/F – F – C/G – G (×2)
  bVII⁶₄ – IV – I⁶₄ – V
• B♭/F – F
  bVII⁶₄ – IV
• G – Fadd9 – Am7 (×2)
  V – IVadd9 – vi7
• G
  V

Solo 2

• Fadd9 – Am7 – G (×16)
  IVadd9 – vi7 – V

Verse 3

• C – F/C – C – G – C/G – G – F – B♭ – F – G – C – F/C – C – G – C/G – G – F – G
  I – IV⁶₄ – I – V – I⁶₄ – V – IV – bVII – IV – V – I – IV⁶₄ – I – V – I⁶₄ – V – IV – V

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 2.

Solo 3

• Fadd9 – Am7 – G (×8)
  IVadd9 – vi7 – V
• Fadd9 – Am7 – C/G
  IVadd9 – vi7 – I⁶₄

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• B♭ (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• B♭/F (bVII⁶₄) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0451, 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.