I Want It All by Queen

Overview

Key: B minor · Chords used: 18 · Sections: 12

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

Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the Isophonics reference annotations (Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary University of London). 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

• Bridge 1 moves to D major.
• Chorus 1 moves to B minor.
• Bridge 2 moves to D major.
• Chorus 2 moves to B minor.
• Bridge 3 moves to D major.
• Chorus 3 moves to B minor.

Section by section

Intro

• Bm – G
  i – bVI
• A – Bm (×3)
  bVII – i
• G – D/F♯
  bVI – bIII⁶
• G – A (×2)
  bVI – bVII
• Bm – A
  i – bVII

Verse 1

• Bm – G – D/F♯ – G – A – G – A – Bm – A (×2)
  i – bVI – bIII⁶ – bVI – bVII – bVI – bVII – i – bVII

Bridge 1

• D
  I
• G – A (×2)
  IV – V
• G
  IV

Chorus 1

• Bm – A – Bm – G – D/F♯ – G – A – G – A – Bm – A (×2)
  i – bVII – i – bVI – bIII⁶ – bVI – bVII – bVI – bVII – i – bVII

Verse 2

• Bm – G – A – Bm – A (×2)
  i – bVI – bVII – i – bVII

Bridge 2

Same chords as Bridge 1.

Chorus 2

• Bm – A – Bm – G – D/F♯
  i – bVII – i – bVI – bIII⁶
• G – A (×2)
  bVI – bVII
• Bm – A (×2)
  i – bVII
• Bm – G – D/F♯
  i – bVI – bIII⁶
• G – A (×2)
  bVI – bVII
• B
  I

Part 1

• E/B – F♯/B – B (×2)
  IV⁶₄ – V (bass B) – I
• E/B – F♯/B – G/B – A/B
  IV⁶₄ – V (bass B) – bVI⁶ – bVII (bass B)

Part 2

• B5 – G5 – A5 – E5 (×2)
  I5 – bVI5 – bVII5 – IV5
• B5 – G5 – A5 – Esus4 – E – Bm – G5 – A5
  I5 – bVI5 – bVII5 – IVsus4 – IV – i – bVI5 – bVII5
• G – D/F♯ (×2)
  bVI – bIII⁶
• A7/G
  bVII⁴₂

Bridge 3

Same chords as Bridge 1.

Chorus 3

• Bm – G
  i – bVI
• A – Bm (×3)
  bVII – i
• G – D/F♯
  bVI – bIII⁶
• G – A (×2)
  bVI – bVII
• Bm – A
  i – bVII

Outro

• Bm – A – Bm – G – D/F♯
  i – bVII – i – bVI – bIII⁶
• G – A (×2)
  bVI – bVII
• Bm – A – Gmaj9
  i – bVII – bVImaj9

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• B (I) is borrowed from the parallel key, B major.
• E/B (IV⁶₄) is borrowed from the parallel key, B major.
• E (IV) is borrowed from the parallel key, B major.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the Isophonics reference annotations (Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary University of London). Expert chord and structure annotation of the original recording (CC BY 4.0 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.