Indiana Wants Me by R. Dean Taylor

Overview

Key: A♭ major · Chords used: 8 · Sections: 11

Form: Intro → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Pre-Chorus ×2

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♭ – D♭ (×3)
  I – IV

Chorus 1

• A♭ – D♭ – E♭ (×2)
  I – IV – V
• D♭ – A♭ – E♭ – A♭
  IV – I – V – I

Verse 1

• Fm – F – B♭ – A♭ – D♭ – E♭ – G♭ – D♭ – B♭m – E♭
  vi – VI – II – I – IV – V – bVII – IV – ii – V

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Pre-Chorus 1

• A♭ – D♭ – E♭ (×2)
  I – IV – V

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Pre-Chorus 2

Same chords as Pre-Chorus 1.

Pre-Chorus 3

Same chords as Pre-Chorus 1.

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• G♭ (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, A♭ minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0030, 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.