I'm in Love by Wilson Pickett

Overview

Key: E major · Chords used: 12 · Sections: 9

Form: Intro → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Solo → Chorus

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

• E6 – B6/D♯ – C♯m7 – E – Amaj7 – G♯m7 – F♯m7 – B9 (×2)
  I6 – V6 (bass D♯) – vi7 – I – IVmaj7 – iii7 – ii7 – V9

Verse 1

• E6 – B6/D♯ – C♯m7 – E – Amaj7 – G♯m7 – F♯m7 – B9 – E6 – B6/D♯ – C♯m7 – E – Amaj7 – G♯m7 – F♯m7 – Gm7
  I6 – V6 (bass D♯) – vi7 – I – IVmaj7 – iii7 – ii7 – V9 – I6 – V6 (bass D♯) – vi7 – I – IVmaj7 – iii7 – ii7 – biii7

Pre-Chorus 1

• G♯m7 – A – B
  iii7 – IV – V

Chorus 1

• E – G♯m7 – A – F♯m7 – B7 – E
  I – iii7 – IV – ii7 – V7 – I

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Pre-Chorus 2

Same chords as Pre-Chorus 1.

Chorus 2

• E – G♯m7 – A – F♯m7 – B7 – E – F♯m7 – Gm7
  I – iii7 – IV – ii7 – V7 – I – ii7 – biii7

Solo

• G♯m7 – A – B
  iii7 – IV – V

Chorus 3

• E6 – B6/D♯ – C♯m7 – E – Amaj7 – G♯m7 – F♯m7 – B9 (×3)
  I6 – V6 (bass D♯) – vi7 – I – IVmaj7 – iii7 – ii7 – V9

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1221, 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.