Over the Hills and Far Away by Led Zeppelin

Overview

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

Form: Intro → Pre-Verse → Verse → Verse → Solo → Bridge → Verse → 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

• G – D (×3)
  I – V
• C – G/B – B♭6
  IV – I⁶ – bIII6
• C – G – D – G – D – G – D (×2)
  IV – I – V – I – V – I – V

Pre-Verse

• G – D (×3)
  I – V
• C
  IV
• G – D (×3)
  I – V
• A – G (×4)
  II – I
• D – A
  V – II

Verse 1

• G – A – G – D
  I – II – I – V
• A – G (×6)
  II – I
• D – A – G – A – G (×2)
  V – II – I – II – I
• A – G (×4)
  II – I
• D – A
  V – II

Verse 2

• G – A – G – D
  I – II – I – V
• A – G (×3)
  II – I
• D – A – E – G (×2)
  V – II – VI – I
• D – A – E – F♯5
  V – II – VI – VII5

Solo

• F♯5 – F♯7
  VII5 – VII7

Bridge

• F♯ – D – A
  VII – V – II

Verse 3

• G – A – G – D
  I – II – I – V
• A – G (×2)
  II – I
• D/A
  V⁶₄
• A – G/D (×4)
  II – I⁶₄
• D – A – G – A – G (×2)
  V – II – I – II – I
• D – G (×4)
  V – I

Outro

• G – D (×3)
  I – V
• C – G/B – B♭6 – C – G
  IV – I⁶ – bIII6 – IV – I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• B♭6 (bIII6) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0053, 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.