In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida by Iron Butterfly

Overview

Key: D minor · Chords used: 7 · Sections: 10

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Interlude → Verse → Chorus → Interlude ×2 → Solo → 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

• Dm – Dm7
  i – i7

Verse 1

• Dm7
  i7

Chorus 1

• G7(no3) – E (×2)
  IV7(no3) – II
• A7(no3) – F♯ (×2)
  V7(no3) – III
• B – Dm
  VI – i

Interlude 1

• Dm7
  i7

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Interlude 2

Same chords as Interlude 1.

Interlude 3

Same chords as Interlude 1.

Solo

• Dm
  i

Outro

• Dm7
  i7

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• E acts as V/V: it resolves to A7(no3).

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0261, CC0), via ChoCo.
• Not verified: only one expert transcription of this song is available so far.
• 8 chords were simplified to the closest symbol our player supports (for example, an unusual added tone dropped).
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.