Let It Rain by Eric Clapton

Overview

Key: D major · Chords used: 13 · Sections: 12

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Interlude → Solo → Verse → Chorus → Chorus → Interlude → 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

• A – G/A (×2)
  V – IV (bass A)
• A
  V

Verse 1

• D – Am – C – G (×2)
  I – v – bVII – IV
• D
  I

Chorus 1

• D – Am – D – Am – C – G (×2)
  I – v – I – v – bVII – IV
• D
  I

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

• D – Am – D – Am – C – G (×2)
  I – v – I – v – bVII – IV

Interlude 1

• A – G/A (×2)
  V – IV (bass A)
• A
  V

Solo

• F♯m – F♯m/F – F♯m/E – F♯6/D♯ – B7sus2
  iii – iii (bass F) – iii (bass E) – III6 (bass D♯) – VI7sus2
• Em – A (×3)
  ii – V

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 2.

Interlude 2

• A – G/A – A – G – G/B – A
  V – IV (bass A) – V – IV – IV⁶ – V

Outro

• A – G (×16)
  V – IV
• A
  V

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• Am (v) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• C (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• F♯6/D♯ acts as V/VI: it resolves to B7sus2.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0116, 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.