Rawhide by Zweieck

Overview

Key: A minor · Chords used: 13 · Sections: 11

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Part → Verse → Chorus → Part → Bridge → Chorus → Chorus → Outro

Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the Isophonics reference annotations (Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary University of London). 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

• Am – C – Dm – Am/C – Bm – Am – E
  i – bIII – iv – i⁶ – ii – i – V

Verse 1

• Am – C – Am – Dm – G – Am – G – F – E – Am – Dm – G – Am – Dm – Am – G – Am
  i – bIII – i – iv – bVII – i – bVII – bVI – V – i – iv – bVII – i – iv – i – bVII – i

Chorus 1

• E – Am (×3)
  V – i
• Dm – E – Am
  iv – V – i

Part 1

• Am – C – Dm – Am/C – Bm – Am – E
  i – bIII – iv – i⁶ – ii – i – V

Verse 2

• Am – C – Am – Dm – G – Am – G – F – E7 – Am – Dm – G – Am – Dm – Am – G – Am
  i – bIII – i – iv – bVII – i – bVII – bVI – V7 – i – iv – bVII – i – iv – i – bVII – i

Chorus 2

• Am – E (×3)
  i – V
• Am – Dm – E – Am
  i – iv – V – i

Part 2

• Am – C
  i – bIII

Bridge

• C – Em – Am – C – Am – Dm – G – Am – G – F – E7 – E7♭9 – Am – Dm6 – G7 – Am – Dm – Am – G – Am
  bIII – v – i – bIII – i – iv – bVII – i – bVII – bVI – V7 – V7b9 – i – iv6 – bVII7 – i – iv – i – bVII – i

Chorus 3

• E – Am (×3)
  V – i
• Dm – E7 – Am
  iv – V7 – i

Chorus 4

• E – Am (×3)
  V – i
• Dm – E – Am – G – F
  iv – V – i – bVII – bVI

Outro

• E7 – Am
  V7 – i

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• Bm (ii) is borrowed from the parallel key, A major.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the Isophonics reference annotations (Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary University of London). Expert chord and structure annotation of the original recording (CC BY 4.0 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.