Kashmir by Led Zeppelin

Overview

Key: D major · Chords used: 3 · Sections: 20

Form: Intro → Verse → Verse → Chorus → Verse ×2 → Chorus ×2 → Bridge → Chorus → Bridge → Intro → Verse ×2 → Chorus → Verse ×2 → Chorus ×2 → 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 1

• D
  I

Verse 1

• D
  I

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 1

• D
  I

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Verse 4

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Bridge 1

• A
  V

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Bridge 2

• Gm – A (×5)
  iv – V

Intro 2

Same chords as Intro 1.

Verse 5

Same chords as Verse 1.

Verse 6

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 5

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 7

Same chords as Verse 1.

Verse 8

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 6

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chorus 7

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Outro

• Gm – A (×9)
  iv – V

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• Gm (iv) is borrowed from the parallel key, D 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 87% 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.