La Grange by ZZ Top

Overview

Key: A minor · Chords used: 6 · Sections: 7

Form: Intro → Verse → Solo → Interlude → Transition → Verse ×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.

Key changes

• Solo moves to C minor.
• Interlude moves to A minor.

Section by section

Intro

• Am7
  i7

Verse 1

• Am7
  i7

Solo

• Cm7
  i7

Interlude

• A5/G – A5/F♯ – F(no5) – A5 (×2)
  I5 (bass G) – I5 (bass F♯) – bVI(no5) – I5

Transition

• Am7
  i7

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• A5/F♯ (I5 (bass F♯)) is borrowed from the parallel key, A major.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0140, CC0), via ChoCo.
• Not verified: only one expert transcription of this song is available so far.
• 4 chords were simplified to the closest symbol our player supports (for example, an unusual added tone dropped).
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.