Levon by Elton John

Overview

Key: F major · Chords used: 10 · Sections: 10

Form: Intro → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Transition → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus ×2 → Solo

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

• F – B♭ (×2)
  I – IV

Verse 1

• F – B♭ – F – B♭ – F – C/E – Dm – Am – B♭ – Gm7 (×2)
  I – IV – I – IV – I – V⁶ – vi – iii – IV – ii7

Pre-Chorus 1

• Am – Dm – B♭ – F/A – Gm7 – F – B♭ – F/A – Gm7
  iii – vi – IV – I⁶ – ii7 – I – IV – I⁶ – ii7

Chorus 1

• B♭sus4 – B♭ – F/A (×3)
  IVsus4 – IV – I⁶
• B♭ – C
  IV – V

Transition

• F – B♭/F (×2)
  I – IV⁶₄

Verse 2

• F – B♭/F – F – B♭ – F – C/E – Dm – Am – B♭ – Gm7 (×2)
  I – IV⁶₄ – I – IV – I – V⁶ – vi – iii – IV – ii7

Pre-Chorus 2

Same chords as Pre-Chorus 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Solo

• F – B♭/F (×10)
  I – IV⁶₄

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• B♭sus4 (IVsus4) is borrowed from the parallel key, F minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0752, 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.