Heart Full of Soul by The Yardbirds

Overview

Key: D minor · Chords used: 7 · Sections: 11

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Transition → Solo → Chorus → Transition → Verse → Chorus → Transition ×2

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

• Dm
  i

Verse 1

• Dm – G – B♭ – F (×4)
  i – IV – bVI – bIII

Chorus 1

• D – F – G – D – B♭ – F – D – A – G – F – Dm – C
  I – bIII – IV – I – bVI – bIII – I – V – IV – bIII – i – bVII

Transition 1

• Dm
  i

Solo

• Dm – G – B♭ – F (×2)
  i – IV – bVI – bIII

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Transition 2

Same chords as Transition 1.

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Transition 3

Same chords as Transition 1.

Transition 4

Same chords as Transition 1.

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• G (IV) is borrowed from the parallel key, D major.
• D (I) is borrowed from the parallel key, D major.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0579, 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.