I'll Tumble 4 Ya by Culture Club

Overview

Key: C major · Chords used: 9 · Sections: 13

Form: Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Interlude → Bridge → Pre-Chorus → Verse → Pre-Chorus → 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

Verse 1

• Em – Dm – C/E – C (×2)
  iii – ii – I⁶ – I

Pre-Chorus 1

• Dm – G
  ii – V

Chorus 1

• C
  I

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Pre-Chorus 2

Same chords as Pre-Chorus 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Interlude

• Am
  vi

Bridge

• Am
  vi

Pre-Chorus 3

Same chords as Pre-Chorus 1.

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Pre-Chorus 4

Same chords as Pre-Chorus 1.

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Outro

• C – B♭ – C – E♭ – B♭/D – C – B♭ – C
  I – bVII – I – bIII – bVII⁶ – I – bVII – I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• B♭ (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• E♭ (bIII) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• B♭/D (bVII⁶) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1223, 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.