Me Myself and I by De La Soul

Overview

Key: A minor · Chords used: 4 · Sections: 12

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

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

• Am7/G – Am7/F♯ – Eaug7 – Am9 – Am7/G – Am7/F♯ – Eaug7
  i⁴₂ – i7 (bass F♯) – V+7 – i9 – i⁴₂ – i7 (bass F♯) – V+7

Verse 1

• Am7/G – Am7/F♯ – Eaug7 – Am9 (×3)
  i⁴₂ – i7 (bass F♯) – V+7 – i9
• Am7/G – Am7/F♯ – Eaug7
  i⁴₂ – i7 (bass F♯) – V+7

Chorus 1

• Am7/G – Am7/F♯ – Eaug7 – Am9 (×3)
  i⁴₂ – i7 (bass F♯) – V+7 – i9
• Am7/G – Am7/F♯ – Eaug7
  i⁴₂ – i7 (bass F♯) – V+7

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Solo

• Am7/G – Am7/F♯ – Eaug7 – Am9 (×3)
  i⁴₂ – i7 (bass F♯) – V+7 – i9
• Am7/G – Am7/F♯ – Eaug7
  i⁴₂ – i7 (bass F♯) – V+7

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 4

• Am7/G – Am7/F♯ – Eaug7 – Am9 (×2)
  i⁴₂ – i7 (bass F♯) – V+7 – i9

Verse 5

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Instrumental

• Am7/G – Am7/F♯ – Eaug7 – Am9 (×3)
  i⁴₂ – i7 (bass F♯) – V+7 – i9
• Am7/G – Am7/F♯ – Eaug7 (×2)
  i⁴₂ – i7 (bass F♯) – V+7
• Am9 – Am7/G – Am7/F♯ – Eaug7 (×3)
  i9 – i⁴₂ – i7 (bass F♯) – V+7

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0887, 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.