I Want to Walk You Home by Fats Domino
Piano chords, voicings & structure breakdown · 14 steps · 3 unique chords · 1950s
A♭7
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Harmonic Analysis & Structure
Overview
Key: D♭ major · Chords used: 3 · Sections: 6
Form: Intro → Chorus → Verse → Verse → Chorus → Outro
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
- A♭7
V7
Chorus 1
- D♭ – G♭ – D♭ – A♭7 – G♭ – D♭
I – IV – I – V7 – IV – I
Verse 1
- D♭ – G♭ – D♭ – A♭7 – G♭ – D♭
I – IV – I – V7 – IV – I
Verse 2
Same chords as Verse 1.
Chorus 2
Same chords as Chorus 1.
Outro
- D♭
I
Chord vocabulary
| Chord | Roman numeral | Role | Heard in |
|---|---|---|---|
| A♭7 | V7 | In the key | Intro, Chorus, Verse |
| D♭ | I | Home chord (tonic) | Chorus, Verse, Outro |
| G♭ | IV | In the key | Chorus, Verse |
Sources & accuracy
- Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0773, 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.
Sources & Accuracy
Every chord on this page comes from the expert transcription listed first below. Piano voicings are our arrangement of the reported chord symbols, not a note-for-note transcription.
- the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011)Expert transcription
Annotated from the original recording by trained musicians for a published research dataset.
Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0773, CC0), via ChoCo.
All Piano Voicings
| # | Section | Chord | Left hand | Right hand | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Intro | A♭7 | A♭2, E♭3 | C4, E♭4, G♭4 | — |
| 2 | Chorus 1 | D♭ | D♭2, A♭2 | D♭4, F4, A♭4 | — |
| 3 | Chorus 1 | G♭ | G♭2, D♭3 | D♭4, G♭4, B♭4 | — |
| 4 | Chorus 1 | D♭ | D♭2, A♭2 | D♭4, F4, A♭4 | — |
| 5 | Chorus 1 | A♭7 | A♭2, E♭3 | C4, E♭4, G♭4 | — |
| 6 | Chorus 1 | G♭ | G♭2, D♭3 | B♭3, D♭4, G♭4 | — |
| 7 | Chorus 1 | D♭ | D♭2, A♭2 | A♭3, D♭4, F4 | — |
| 8 | Verse 1 | D♭ | D♭2, A♭2 | A♭3, D♭4, F4 | — |
| 9 | Verse 1 | G♭ | G♭2, D♭3 | B♭3, D♭4, G♭4 | — |
| 10 | Verse 1 | D♭ | D♭2, A♭2 | A♭3, D♭4, F4 | — |
| 11 | Verse 1 | A♭7 | A♭2, E♭3 | G♭3, C4, E♭4 | — |
| 12 | Verse 1 | G♭ | G♭2, D♭3 | G♭3, B♭3, D♭4 | — |
| 13 | Verse 1 | D♭ | D♭2, A♭2 | F3, A♭3, D♭4 | — |
| 14 | Outro | D♭ | D♭2, A♭2 | F3, A♭3, D♭4 | — |