He's a Rebel by The Crystals

Overview

Key: F major · Chords used: 11 · Sections: 7

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Interlude → Bridge → Chorus → Outro

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.

Key changes

• Chorus 1 moves to G♭ major.

Section by section

Intro

• F
  I

Verse

• F – Dm – B♭ – C – F – Dm – B♭ – G – C – D♭
  I – vi – IV – V – I – vi – IV – II – V – bVI

Chorus 1

• G♭ – E♭m – G♭ – D♭7 – B – B♭ – E♭m – B – A♭ – G♭ – E♭m – B – D♭7 – G♭ – D♭
  I – vi – I – V7 – #III – III – vi – #III – II – I – vi – #III – V7 – I – V

Interlude

• G♭ – E♭m (×2)
  I – vi
• B – D♭ (×2)
  #III – V

Bridge

• E♭m – B – A♭ – D♭7
  vi – #III – II – V7

Chorus 2

• G♭ – E♭m – G♭ – D♭7 – B – B♭ – E♭m – B – A♭ – G♭ – E♭m – B – D♭7
  I – vi – I – V7 – #III – III – vi – #III – II – I – vi – #III – V7
• G♭ – E♭m (×2)
  I – vi

Outro

• G♭ – E♭m (×8)
  I – vi

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• D♭ (bVI) is borrowed from the parallel key, F minor.
• G acts as V/V: it resolves to C.
• B♭ acts as V/vi: it resolves to E♭m.
• A♭ acts as V/V: it resolves to D♭7.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0404, 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.