Lose Yourself by Eminem

Overview

Key: D minor · Chords used: 8 · Sections: 10

Form: Intro → Intro → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Interlude → 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

Intro 1

• Dm – C – B♭maj7 (×2)
  i – bVII – bVImaj7
• Gm – F – Edim – A
  iv – bIII – ii° – V

Intro 2

• Dm – B♭/D (×4)
  i – bVI⁶

Verse 1

• Dm – B♭/D (×6)
  i – bVI⁶
• C
  bVII
• Dm – B♭/D (×2)
  i – bVI⁶
• C
  bVII

Chorus 1

• Dm – B♭/D – C (×4)
  i – bVI⁶ – bVII

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Interlude

• Dm – B♭/D – Dm – B♭/D – C (×2)
  i – bVI⁶ – i – bVI⁶ – bVII

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Outro

• Dm – B♭/D – C (×7)
  i – bVI⁶ – bVII

Chord vocabulary

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 87% 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.