Knowing Me, Knowing You by ABBA

Overview

Key: D major · Chords used: 11 · Sections: 12

Form: Intro → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Transition → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Transition → Bridge → Chorus → Outro

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

• G – Em – Bm/A – G – A
  IV – ii – vi (bass A) – IV – V

Verse 1

• D – Em – Bm7 – F♯m7 (×2)
  I – ii – vi7 – iii7

Pre-Chorus 1

• Bm
  vi
• Asus4 – A (×2)
  Vsus4 – V
• G – Bmadd9 – Bm – G
  IV – viadd9 – vi – IV

Chorus 1

• A – D – G (×2)
  V – I – IV
• A – D – F♯m
  V – I – iii
• G – A – D (×2)
  IV – V – I
• G – A
  IV – V

Transition 1

• D – F♯m – G – A (×2)
  I – iii – IV – V

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Pre-Chorus 2

Same chords as Pre-Chorus 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Transition 2

Same chords as Transition 1.

Bridge

• A – Bm (×2)
  V – vi
• G
  IV

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Outro

• D – F♯m – G – A (×3)
  I – iii – IV – V
• D – F♯m – G
  I – iii – IV

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0231, 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.