Hey You! Get Off My Mountain by The Dramatics
Piano chords, voicings & structure breakdown · 20 steps · 7 unique chords · 1970s
A11
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Harmonic Analysis & Structure
Overview
Key: D major · Chords used: 7 · Sections: 8
Form: Intro → Chorus → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Verse → Pre-Chorus → 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
- A11 – F♯m/A (×2)
V11 – iii⁶
Chorus 1
- A11 – F♯m/A (×3)
V11 – iii⁶ - A11 – A
V11 – V
Verse 1
- Dmaj9 – A11 (×2)
Imaj9 – V11
Pre-Chorus 1
- A11 – F♯m7 – B7 (×2)
V11 – iii7 – VI7 - A11 – F♯m7 – Gmaj7 – A11
V11 – iii7 – IVmaj7 – V11
Chorus 2
- A11 – F♯m/A (×3)
V11 – iii⁶ - A11
V11
Verse 2
Same chords as Verse 1.
Pre-Chorus 2
Same chords as Pre-Chorus 1.
Chorus 3
- A11 – F♯m/A (×6)
V11 – iii⁶
Chord vocabulary
| Chord | Roman numeral | Role | Heard in |
|---|---|---|---|
| A11 | V11 | In the key | Intro, Chorus, Verse, Pre-Chorus |
| F♯m/A | iii⁶ | In the key | Intro, Chorus |
| A | V | In the key | Chorus |
| Dmaj9 | Imaj9 | Home chord (tonic) | Verse |
| F♯m7 | iii7 | In the key | Pre-Chorus |
| B7 | VI7 | Outside the key (chromatic) | Pre-Chorus |
| Gmaj7 | IVmaj7 | In the key | Pre-Chorus |
Sources & accuracy
- Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1020, 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.
Sources & Accuracy
Every chord on this page comes from the expert transcription listed first below. Piano voicings are our arrangement of the reported chord symbols, not a note-for-note transcription.
- the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011)Expert transcription
Annotated from the original recording by trained musicians for a published research dataset.
Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1020, CC0), via ChoCo.
All Piano Voicings
| # | Section | Chord | Left hand | Right hand | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Intro (×2) | A11 | A2, E3 | B3, C♯4, D4, G4 | — |
| 2 | Intro (×2) | F♯m/A | A2 | A3, C♯4, F♯4 | — |
| 3 | Chorus 1, part 1 (×3) | A11 | A2, E3 | B3, C♯4, D4, G4 | — |
| 4 | Chorus 1, part 1 (×3) | F♯m/A | A2 | A3, C♯4, F♯4 | — |
| 5 | Chorus 1, part 2 | A11 | A2, E3 | B3, C♯4, D4, G4 | — |
| 6 | Chorus 1, part 2 | A | A2, E3 | A3, C♯4, E4 | — |
| 7 | Verse 1 (×2) | Dmaj9 | D2, A2 | A3, C♯4, E4, F♯4 | — |
| 8 | Verse 1 (×2) | A11 | A2, E3 | B3, C♯4, D4, G4 | — |
| 9 | Pre-Chorus 1, part 1 (×2) | A11 | A2, E3 | B3, C♯4, D4, G4 | — |
| 10 | Pre-Chorus 1, part 1 (×2) | F♯m7 | F♯2, C♯3 | A3, C♯4, E4 | — |
| 11 | Pre-Chorus 1, part 1 (×2) | B7 | B1, F♯2 | A3, D♯4, F♯4 | — |
| 12 | Pre-Chorus 1, part 2 | A11 | A2, E3 | B3, C♯4, D4, G4 | — |
| 13 | Pre-Chorus 1, part 2 | F♯m7 | F♯2, C♯3 | A3, C♯4, E4 | — |
| 14 | Pre-Chorus 1, part 2 | Gmaj7 | G2, D3 | B3, D4, F♯4 | — |
| 15 | Pre-Chorus 1, part 2 | A11 | A2, E3 | B3, C♯4, D4, G4 | — |
| 16 | Chorus 2, part 1 (×3) | A11 | A2, E3 | B3, C♯4, D4, G4 | — |
| 17 | Chorus 2, part 1 (×3) | F♯m/A | A2 | A3, C♯4, F♯4 | — |
| 18 | Chorus 2, part 2 | A11 | A2, E3 | B3, C♯4, D4, G4 | — |
| 19 | Chorus 3 (×6) | A11 | A2, E3 | B3, C♯4, D4, G4 | — |
| 20 | Chorus 3 (×6) | F♯m/A | A2 | A3, C♯4, F♯4 | — |