Maybe I'm Amazed by Paul McCartney

Overview

Key: D major · Chords used: 16 · Sections: 9

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

Key changes

• Verse 1 moves to C major.
• Chorus 1 moves to D major.
• Solo 1 moves to C major.
• Chorus 2 moves to D major.
• Verse 2 moves to C major.
• Solo 2 moves to D major.
• Solo 3 moves to C major.
• Solo 4 moves to D major.

Section by section

Intro

• A – D/F♯ – F6 – Em7 – A
  V – I⁶ – bIII6 – ii7 – V

Verse 1

• B♭ – F/A – C – G/C
  bVII – IV⁶ – I – V (bass C)
• B♭ – F/A – C (×2)
  bVII – IV⁶ – I
• G – B♭ – F/A – A♭ – E♭/G – C
  V – bVII – IV⁶ – bVI – bIII⁶ – I

Chorus 1

• D – Dmaj9 – D9 – D7 – D7/F♯ – G (×2)
  I – Imaj9 – I9 – I7 – I⁶₅ – IV
• D/F♯ – F6 – Em7 – A
  I⁶ – bIII6 – ii7 – V

Solo 1

• B♭ – F/A – C – G
  bVII – IV⁶ – I – V
• B♭ – F/A – C (×2)
  bVII – IV⁶ – I
• G – B♭ – F/A – A♭ – E♭/G – C
  V – bVII – IV⁶ – bVI – bIII⁶ – I

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 2

• B♭ – F/A – C – G
  bVII – IV⁶ – I – V
• B♭ – F/A – C (×2)
  bVII – IV⁶ – I
• G – B♭ – F/A – A♭ – E♭/G – C
  V – bVII – IV⁶ – bVI – bIII⁶ – I

Solo 2

• D – Dmaj9 – D7 – G (×2)
  I – Imaj9 – I7 – IV
• D/F♯ – F6 – Em7 – A
  I⁶ – bIII6 – ii7 – V

Solo 3

Same chords as Solo 1.

Solo 4

Same chords as Solo 2.

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• F6 (bIII6) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• B♭ (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• A♭ (bVI) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• E♭/G (bIII⁶) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• D7 acts as V/IV: it resolves to G.
• D7/F♯ acts as V/IV: it resolves to G.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0206, CC0), via ChoCo.
• Not verified: only one expert transcription of this song is available so far.
• 4 chords were simplified to the closest symbol our player supports (for example, an unusual added tone dropped).
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.