Lucky Man by Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Overview

Key: G major · Chords used: 5 · Sections: 11

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Solo → Verse → Chorus → 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

Intro

• G – D/F♯ (×2)
  I – V⁶

Verse 1

• G – D/F♯ (×4)
  I – V⁶

Chorus 1

• Am – Em7 – D (×2)
  ii – vi7 – V

Verse 2

• G – D (×4)
  I – V

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Solo

• G – D (×4)
  I – V
• Am – Em7 – D (×2)
  ii – vi7 – V

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 2.

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 4

Same chords as Verse 2.

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Outro

• Am – Em7 – D (×5)
  ii – vi7 – V

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1180, 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.