Jumpin' Jack Flash by The Rolling Stones

Overview

Key: B♭ major · Chords used: 4 · Sections: 13

Form: Intro → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Transition → Chorus → Verse ×2 → Chorus → Outro

Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the Rock Corpus RS 200 (de Clercq & Temperley, 2011), analysis by Trevor de Clercq. 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

• B♭ – E♭ – A♭ (×3)
  I – IV – bVII
• B♭
  I

Chorus 1

• B♭
  I

Verse 1

• B♭
  I

Chorus 2

• D♭ – A♭ – E♭ – B♭ (×2)
  bIII – bVII – IV – I

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 2.

Transition

• B♭ – E♭ – A♭ (×4)
  I – IV – bVII
• B♭
  I

Chorus 5

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Verse 4

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 6

Same chords as Chorus 2.

Outro

• B♭ – E♭ – A♭ (×4)
  I – IV – bVII
• B♭
  I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• A♭ (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, B♭ minor.
• D♭ (bIII) is borrowed from the parallel key, B♭ minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the Rock Corpus RS 200 (de Clercq & Temperley, 2011), analysis by Trevor de Clercq. Expert by-ear harmonic analysis of the original recording, shown on this page.
• Cross-check: the Rock Corpus RS 200 (de Clercq & Temperley, 2011), analysis by David Temperley. Independent by-ear analysis of the same recording. The two analysts agree on the chord (root and major/minor) for 72% of the song.
• Not verified: the two RS 200 analysts differ in places (see their agreement above).
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.