Look-Ka Py Py by The Meters

Overview

Key: G major · Chords used: 2 · Sections: 4

Form: Verse → Verse → Bridge → 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

• G7 – F7 – G7
  I7 – bVII7 – I7

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Bridge

• G7 – F7 – G7
  I7 – bVII7 – I7

Outro

• G7
  I7

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• F7 (bVII7) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1096, 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.