Paranoid Android by Radiohead

Overview

Key: G minor · Chords used: 20 · Sections: 2

Form: Intro → Outro

Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the Rock Corpus RS 200 (de Clercq & Temperley, 2011), analysis by Trevor de Clercq. 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

• Cm – Cm7/B♭ – F7
  iv – iv⁴₂ – bVII7
• Gm – Em7♭5 (×2)
  i – viø7

Outro

• Cm – Cm7/B♭ – F7
  iv – iv⁴₂ – bVII7
• Gm – Em7♭5 (×2)
  i – viø7
• Cm – Cm7/B♭ – F7 – Gm – Em7♭5
  iv – iv⁴₂ – bVII7 – i – viø7
• Gm – Dm/F – E7 (×2)
  i – v⁶ – VI7
• Cm – Cm7/B♭ – F7
  iv – iv⁴₂ – bVII7
• Gm – Em7♭5 (×2)
  i – viø7
• Cm – Cm7/B♭ – F7 – Gm – Em7♭5
  iv – iv⁴₂ – bVII7 – i – viø7
• Gm – Dm/F – E7 (×2)
  i – v⁶ – VI7
• Am – E7/G♯ (×4)
  ii – VI⁶₅
• C – A♭ – B♭ (×3)
  IV – bII – bIII
• C – B♭
  IV – bIII
• Am – E7/G♯ (×4)
  ii – VI⁶₅
• C – A♭ – B♭ (×3)
  IV – bII – bIII
• C – B♭
  IV – bIII
• Am – E7/G♯ (×4)
  ii – VI⁶₅
• C – A♭ – B♭ (×3)
  IV – bII – bIII
• C – B♭
  IV – bIII
• Am – E7/G♯ (×4)
  ii – VI⁶₅
• C – A♭ – B♭ (×3)
  IV – bII – bIII
• C – B♭ – Am – Cm – G/B – Gm/B♭
  IV – bIII – ii – iv – I⁶ – i⁶
• A – Dm (×2)
  II – v
• Dm7/C – B♭ – F/A – Gm7 – F – E7 – A – Cm – G/B – Gm/B♭
  v⁴₂ – bIII – bVII⁶ – i7 – bVII – VI7 – II – iv – I⁶ – i⁶
• A – Dm (×2)
  II – v
• Dm7/C – B♭ – F/A – Gm7 – F – E7 – A – Cm – G/B – Gm/B♭
  v⁴₂ – bIII – bVII⁶ – i7 – bVII – VI7 – II – iv – I⁶ – i⁶
• A – Dm (×2)
  II – v
• Dm7/C – B♭ – F/A – Gm7 – F – E7 – A – Cm – G/B – Gm/B♭
  v⁴₂ – bIII – bVII⁶ – i7 – bVII – VI7 – II – iv – I⁶ – i⁶
• A – Dm (×2)
  II – v
• Dm7/C – B♭ – F/A – Gm7 – F – E7
  v⁴₂ – bIII – bVII⁶ – i7 – bVII – VI7
• Am – E7/G♯ (×4)
  ii – VI⁶₅
• C – A♭ – B♭ (×3)
  IV – bII – bIII
• C – B♭
  IV – bIII
• Am – E7/G♯ (×4)
  ii – VI⁶₅
• C – A♭ – B♭ (×3)
  IV – bII – bIII
• C – B♭
  IV – bIII

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• Am (ii) is borrowed from the parallel key, G major.
• C (IV) is borrowed from the parallel key, G major.
• G/B (I⁶) is borrowed from the parallel key, G major.
• A acts as V/v: it resolves to Dm.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the Rock Corpus RS 200 (de Clercq & Temperley, 2011), analysis by Trevor de Clercq. Expert by-ear harmonic analysis of the original recording, shown on this page.
• Cross-check: the Rock Corpus RS 200 (de Clercq & Temperley, 2011), analysis by David Temperley. Independent by-ear analysis of the same recording. The two analysts agree on the chord (root and major/minor) for 84% of the song.
• Not verified: the two RS 200 analysts differ in places (see their agreement above).
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.