Let the Music Play by Shannon

Overview

Key: C minor · Chords used: 3 · Sections: 12

Form: Intro → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Interlude → Verse → Pre-Chorus ×2 → 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

• Cm – A♭ – B♭ (×5)
  i – bVI – bVII

Verse 1

• Cm – A♭ – B♭ (×6)
  i – bVI – bVII

Pre-Chorus 1

• Cm – A♭ – B♭ (×4)
  i – bVI – bVII

Pre-Chorus 2

• Cm – A♭ – B♭ (×5)
  i – bVI – bVII

Chorus 1

• Cm – A♭ – B♭ (×4)
  i – bVI – bVII

Interlude 1

• Cm – A♭ – B♭
  i – bVI – bVII

Verse 2

• Cm – A♭ – B♭ (×3)
  i – bVI – bVII

Pre-Chorus 3

Same chords as Pre-Chorus 1.

Pre-Chorus 4

Same chords as Pre-Chorus 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Interlude 2

Same chords as Interlude 1.

Outro

• Cm – A♭ – B♭ (×8)
  i – bVI – bVII

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1279, 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.