On the Road Again by Canned Heat

Overview

Key: E major · Chords used: 5 · Sections: 10

Form: Intro → Intro → Verse → Verse ×2 → Solo → Verse ×2 → Solo → 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 1

• Eadd11
  Iadd11

Intro 2

• E7♯9
  I7#9

Verse 1

• E7♯9 – E – G – A (×3)
  I7#9 – I – bIII – IV
• E7♯9
  I7#9

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Solo 1

• E7♯9 – E – G – A (×3)
  I7#9 – I – bIII – IV
• E7♯9
  I7#9

Verse 4

Same chords as Verse 1.

Verse 5

Same chords as Verse 1.

Solo 2

• E7♯9 – E – G – A (×14)
  I7#9 – I – bIII – IV
• E7♯9
  I7#9

Outro

• Eadd11
  Iadd11

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• G (bIII) is borrowed from the parallel key, E minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0688, CC0), via ChoCo.
• Not verified: only one expert transcription of this song is available so far.
• 7 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.