I Believe by Blessid Union of Souls

Overview

Key: B major · Chords used: 8 · Sections: 20

Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the Uspop2002 chord annotations (Music and Audio Research Lab, New York University). 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

Part 1 (0:00)

• G♯m7 – F♯
  vi7 – V

Part 2 (0:04)

• Eadd9 – B – G♯m7 – F♯ – Eadd9 – B – G♯m7
  IVadd9 – I – vi7 – V – IVadd9 – I – vi7

Part 3 (0:15)

• F♯ – Eadd9 – B – G♯m7 – F♯ – E – B
  V – IVadd9 – I – vi7 – V – IV – I

Part 4 (0:27)

• G♯m – F♯ – E – B – G♯m – F♯ – Emaj7 – B
  vi – V – IV – I – vi – V – IVmaj7 – I

Part 5 (0:40)

• G♯m – F♯ – E – B – G♯m7 – F♯ – Eadd9
  vi – V – IV – I – vi7 – V – IVadd9

Part 6 (0:52)

• B – G♯m7 – F♯ – Eadd9 – B – G♯m7 – F♯
  I – vi7 – V – IVadd9 – I – vi7 – V

Part 7 (1:04)

• E – B – G♯m – F♯ – E – B – G♯m7
  IV – I – vi – V – IV – I – vi7

Part 8 (1:16)

• F♯ – E – B – G♯m – F♯ – E – B
  V – IV – I – vi – V – IV – I

Part 9 (1:28)

• G♯m – F♯ – E – B – G♯m – F♯ – E
  vi – V – IV – I – vi – V – IV

Part 10 (1:40)

• B – G♯m – F♯ – Emaj7 – B – G♯m – F♯
  I – vi – V – IVmaj7 – I – vi – V

Part 11 (1:52)

Same chords as Part 7 (1:04).

Part 12 (2:04)

• F♯ – E – B – G♯m – E – B/F♯ – F♯ – G♯m7
  V – IV – I – vi – IV – I⁶₄ – V – vi7

Part 13 (2:17)

• E – B – F♯ – G♯m7 – F♯ – E – B
  IV – I – V – vi7 – V – IV – I

Part 14 (2:29)

• G♯m – F♯ – E – B (×2)
  vi – V – IV – I

Part 15 (2:42)

Same chords as Part 14 (2:29).

Part 16 (2:55)

Same chords as Part 14 (2:29).

Part 17 (3:09)

Same chords as Part 9 (1:28).

Part 18 (3:21)

• B – G♯m – F♯ – E – B – G♯m – F♯
  I – vi – V – IV – I – vi – V

Part 19 (3:33)

• E – B (×3)
  IV – I
• E
  IV

Part 20 (3:45)

• B – E (×2)
  I – IV
• B
  I

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the Uspop2002 chord annotations (Music and Audio Research Lab, New York University). Chord annotation of the original recording (The Singles), time-stamped by researchers; CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo.
• Section names: this annotation doesn't name verses or choruses, so they aren't guessed. Instead, code used the chord timings to find the bars and cut the song into 8-bar parts. Each part is labelled with the time it starts in the annotated recording (The Singles), and a part with exactly the same chords as an earlier one says so.
• The key was estimated by code from the chords; this annotation doesn't state it.
• 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.