Journey to the Center of the Mind by The Amboy Dukes

Overview

Key: A major · Chords used: 9 · Sections: 11

Form: Intro → Solo → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Bridge → Solo → Interlude → Chorus → Verse

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 – C (×4)
  I – bIII

Solo 1

• A – C (×3)
  I – bIII
• A – E
  I – V

Verse 1

• E – D – E
  V – IV – V

Chorus 1

• A – C – B – B♭ (×3)
  I – bIII – II – bII
• B
  II

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Bridge

• E – C♯m – A – F♯ (×2)
  V – iii – I – VI
• Bsus4 – B
  IIsus4 – II

Solo 2

Same chords as Solo 1.

Interlude

• E
  V

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 3

• E – D (×2)
  V – IV
• E
  V
• A – C (×2)
  I – bIII
• A – B
  I – II

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• C (bIII) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• F♯ acts as V/II: it resolves to Bsus4.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0828, 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.