I Put a Spell on You by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Overview

Key: E minor · Chords used: 8 · Sections: 5

Form: Intro → Verse → Solo → Solo → Verse

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

• Em
  i

Verse 1

• Em – Am (×2)
  i – iv
• B7 – Em – Am – C – Em – B7 – Em – Am – B7
  V7 – i – iv – bVI – i – V7 – i – iv – V7

Solo 1

• Em – Am (×2)
  i – iv
• B7 – Em – Am – C – Em – B7 – Em – Am – B7 – C – F – D – G – A
  V7 – i – iv – bVI – i – V7 – i – iv – V7 – bVI – bII – bVII – bIII – IV

Solo 2

Same chords as Solo 1.

Verse 2

• Em – Am (×2)
  i – iv
• B7 – Em – Am – C – Em – B7 – Em – Am – B7 – C – F – D – G – A – Em
  V7 – i – iv – bVI – i – V7 – i – iv – V7 – bVI – bII – bVII – bIII – IV – i

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• A (IV) is borrowed from the parallel key, E major.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0061, 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.