I Can't Stand the Rain by Ann Peebles

Overview

Key: A♭ major · Chords used: 8 · Sections: 7

Form: Chorus → Bridge → Chorus → Bridge → Interlude → 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

Chorus 1

• A♭7 – D♭7 – A♭7
  I7 – IV7 – I7

Bridge 1

• G♭ – A♭ – C♭7 – B♭m – E♭7
  bVII – I – bIII7 – ii – V7

Chorus 2

• A♭7 – D♭7 (×2)
  I7 – IV7
• A♭7
  I7

Bridge 2

Same chords as Bridge 1.

Interlude

• A♭ – G♭ – A♭ – C♭
  I – bVII – I – bIII

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 2.

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• G♭ (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, A♭ minor.
• C♭ (bIII) is borrowed from the parallel key, A♭ minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0377, 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.