My Hometown by Bruce Springsteen

Overview

Key: A major · Chords used: 8 · Sections: 12

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Transition → Verse → Chorus → Transition → Bridge → Chorus → Transition → Verse → 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

• A/E – D/F♯ – A/E
  I⁶₄ – IV⁶ – I⁶₄
• E – Esus4/F♯ (×2)
  V – Vsus4 (bass F♯)
• E – A/E – A/C♯ – D
  V – I⁶₄ – I⁶ – IV

Verse 1

• A/E – D/F♯ – A/E – E – Esus4/F♯ – E – Esus4/F♯ – E – A/E – A/C♯ – D (×2)
  I⁶₄ – IV⁶ – I⁶₄ – V – Vsus4 (bass F♯) – V – Vsus4 (bass F♯) – V – I⁶₄ – I⁶ – IV

Chorus 1

• A/E – D/F♯ – A/E
  I⁶₄ – IV⁶ – I⁶₄
• E – Esus4/F♯ (×2)
  V – Vsus4 (bass F♯)
• E – A/E – A/C♯ – D
  V – I⁶₄ – I⁶ – IV

Transition 1

• A/E
  I⁶₄

Verse 2

• A – D – A – E – A – D (×2)
  I – IV – I – V – I – IV

Chorus 2

• A – D – A – E – A – D
  I – IV – I – V – I – IV

Transition 2

• A
  I

Bridge

• F♯m – A (×2)
  vi – I
• D – A (×2)
  IV – I
• E
  V

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 2.

Transition 3

Same chords as Transition 2.

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 2.

Instrumental

• A – D – A – E – A – D (×3)
  I – IV – I – V – I – IV
• A – D – A – E
  I – IV – I – V

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1066, 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.