I Want to Take You Higher by Sly & the Family Stone

Overview

Key: A minor · Chords used: 3 · Sections: 22

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Transition → Bridge → Verse → Chorus → Transition → Bridge → Solo → Chorus → Bridge → Verse → Chorus → Transition → Solo → Chorus → Solo → Chorus → Interlude → Chorus → Solo

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
  v

Verse 1

• Am
  i

Chorus 1

• Am
  i

Transition 1

• Am
  i

Bridge 1

• Em
  v

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Transition 2

Same chords as Transition 1.

Bridge 2

Same chords as Bridge 1.

Solo 1

• Am
  i

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Bridge 3

Same chords as Bridge 1.

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 4

• Am7
  i7

Transition 3

• Am7
  i7

Solo 2

• Am7
  i7

Chorus 5

Same chords as Chorus 4.

Solo 3

Same chords as Solo 2.

Chorus 6

Same chords as Chorus 4.

Interlude

• Am7
  i7

Chorus 7

Same chords as Chorus 4.

Solo 4

Same chords as Solo 2.

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0614, 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.