Little Bit O' Soul by The Music Explosion

Overview

Key: F♯ major · Chords used: 4 · Sections: 8

Form: Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Bridge → Verse → Chorus → 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

Verse 1

• F♯ – B – C♯ (×4)
  I – IV – V
• F♯
  I

Chorus 1

• F♯ – B – C♯ (×3)
  I – IV – V
• F♯
  I

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

• F♯ – B – C♯ (×4)
  I – IV – V
• F♯
  I

Bridge

• C♯ – F♯ – G♯ (×3)
  V – I – II
• C♯
  V

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 2.

Outro

• F♯ – B – C♯ (×6)
  I – IV – V
• F♯
  I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• G♯ acts as V/V: it resolves to C♯.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0467, 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.