Kicks by Paul Revere & The Raiders

Overview

Key: F minor · Chords used: 13 · Sections: 9

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Transition → Verse → Chorus → Bridge → 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

• Fm7 – Fm7/B♭ – Fm7/A♭ – Fm7/G (×2)
  i7 – i7 (bass B♭) – i⁶₅ – i7 (bass G)

Verse 1

• Fm7 – Fm7/B♭ – Fm7/A♭ – Fm7/G (×4)
  i7 – i7 (bass B♭) – i⁶₅ – i7 (bass G)
• D♭ – Fm – Fmmaj7 – Fm7 – D♭ – C7
  bVI – i – imaj7 – i7 – bVI – V7

Chorus 1

• A♭ – D♭ (×2)
  bIII – bVI
• A♭ – C7
  bIII – V7

Transition

• Fm7 – Fm7/B♭ – Fm7/A♭ – Fm7/G (×2)
  i7 – i7 (bass B♭) – i⁶₅ – i7 (bass G)

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Bridge

• F – Dm – B♭ – C
  I – vi – IV – V

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• F (I) is borrowed from the parallel key, F major.
• Dm (vi) is borrowed from the parallel key, F major.
• B♭ (IV) is borrowed from the parallel key, F major.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1181, 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.