Old Time Rock & Roll by Bob Seger

Overview

Key: F♯ major · Chords used: 3 · Sections: 10

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

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

• F♯ – C♯ (×2)
  I – V

Verse 1

• F♯ – B – C♯ (×2)
  I – IV – V
• F♯ – C♯
  I – V

Chorus 1

• F♯ – B – C♯ – F♯ – C♯
  I – IV – V – I – V

Solo 1

• F♯ – B – C♯ – F♯ – C♯
  I – IV – V – I – V

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Solo 2

Same chords as Solo 1.

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chorus 4

• C♯
  V

Chorus 5

• F♯ – B – C♯ – F♯ – C♯ (×2)
  I – IV – V – I – V

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0249, 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.