Here I Go Again by Whitesnake

Overview

Key: G major · Chords used: 10 · Sections: 12

Form: Intro → Verse → Pre-Verse → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Bridge → Solo → Chorus ×2 → 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

• G – D – C (×2)
  I – V – IV

Verse 1

• G – D – C (×2)
  I – V – IV
• G – D/F♯ – C/E – C – C/B
  I – V⁶ – IV⁶ – IV – IV (bass B)
• Am – D (×2)
  ii – V

Pre-Verse

• Em – Am – C – G – Em – Am – C – D
  vi – ii – IV – I – vi – ii – IV – V

Verse 2

• G – D – C (×2)
  I – V – IV
• G – D/F♯ – C/E – C – C/B
  I – V⁶ – IV⁶ – IV – IV (bass B)
• Am – D (×2)
  ii – V
• C – D
  IV – V

Chorus 1

• G – C – D – C – D (×2)
  I – IV – V – IV – V
• G – C – D – C
  I – IV – V – IV
• Am – D (×2)
  ii – V
• C – D
  IV – V

Verse 3

• G – D/G – C/G – D/G (×2)
  I – V (bass G) – IV⁶₄ – V (bass G)
• G – D/F♯ – C/E – C – C/B
  I – V⁶ – IV⁶ – IV – IV (bass B)
• Am – D (×2)
  ii – V
• C – D
  IV – V

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Bridge

• Em – Am (×4)
  vi – ii
• C – D
  IV – V

Solo

• G – D/G – C/G – D/G (×2)
  I – V (bass G) – IV⁶₄ – V (bass G)
• G – D/F♯ – C/E – C – C/B
  I – V⁶ – IV⁶ – IV – IV (bass B)
• Am – D (×2)
  ii – V
• C – D
  IV – V

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chorus 5

• G – C – D – C – D (×2)
  I – IV – V – IV – V
• G – C – D – C
  I – IV – V – IV

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0300, 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.