Reelin' & Rockin' by Chuck Berry

Overview

Key: G major · Chords used: 7 · Sections: 12

Form: Intro → Verse → Verse ×9 → Verse

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

• G5
  I5

Verse 1

• G7 – C7
  I7 – IV7
• G7 – D7 (×2)
  I7 – V7

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Verse 4

Same chords as Verse 1.

Verse 5

Same chords as Verse 1.

Verse 6

Same chords as Verse 1.

Verse 7

Same chords as Verse 1.

Verse 8

Same chords as Verse 1.

Verse 9

Same chords as Verse 1.

Verse 10

Same chords as Verse 1.

Verse 11

• G7 – C7 – G7 – D7 – G7 – B♭7 – A7 – A♭7 – G7
  I7 – IV7 – I7 – V7 – I7 – bIII7 – II7 – bII7 – I7

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1110, 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.