Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye

Overview

Key: E♭ major · Chords used: 6 · Sections: 10

Form: Verse → Chorus → Verse ×2 → Bridge → Chorus ×2 → Bridge → Chorus → Outro

Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the Rock Corpus RS 200 (de Clercq & Temperley, 2011), analysis by Trevor de Clercq. 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

Verse 1

• E♭ – Gm – A♭ – B♭ (×4)
  I – iii – IV – V

Chorus 1

• E♭ – Gm – A♭ – B♭ (×4)
  I – iii – IV – V

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Bridge 1

• A♭7 – E♭ – Gm – A♭ – B♭ (×3)
  IV7 – I – iii – IV – V
• A♭7 – F7 – B♭
  IV7 – II7 – V

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Bridge 2

Same chords as Bridge 1.

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Outro

• E♭ – Gm – A♭ – B♭ (×6)
  I – iii – IV – V

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• F7 acts as V/V: it resolves to B♭.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the Rock Corpus RS 200 (de Clercq & Temperley, 2011), analysis by Trevor de Clercq. Expert by-ear harmonic analysis of the original recording, shown on this page.
• Cross-check: the Rock Corpus RS 200 (de Clercq & Temperley, 2011), analysis by David Temperley. Independent by-ear analysis of the same recording. The two analysts agree on the chord (root and major/minor) for 78% of the song.
• Not verified: the two RS 200 analysts differ in places (see their agreement above).
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.