Redneck Friend by Jackson Browne

Overview

Key: E major · Chords used: 9 · Sections: 9

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

• E – C♯m (×2)
  I – vi
• A – E – A – B
  IV – I – IV – V

Verse 1

• E – C♯m (×2)
  I – vi
• A – E – A – B
  IV – I – IV – V

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 1

• A – E – B – E – A – E – B – A – E
  IV – I – V – I – IV – I – V – IV – I

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Solo

• E – C♯m (×2)
  I – vi
• A – E – A – B
  IV – I – IV – V

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Outro

• B – A – E (×2)
  V – IV – I
• E/D – A/C♯ – C7 – B7 – E7
  I (bass D) – IV⁶ – bVI7 – V7 – I7

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• E/D acts as V/IV: it resolves to A/C♯.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0545, 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.