Rich Girl by Daryl Hall & John Oates

Overview

Key: F major · Chords used: 9 · Sections: 7

Form: Chorus → Interlude → Chorus → Chorus → Chorus → Chorus → Chorus

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

Chorus 1

• F – Am7 – Dm – F/C – B♭ – F/A – Gm7 – C11 – F – Am7 – Dm – F/C – B♭ – F/A – Gm7
  I – iii7 – vi – I⁶₄ – IV – I⁶ – ii7 – V11 – I – iii7 – vi – I⁶₄ – IV – I⁶ – ii7

Interlude

• F
  I

Chorus 2

• B♭maj7 – Gm7 – F/C – Gm7 – Am7 – Dm – B♭maj7 – Gm7 – C11
  IVmaj7 – ii7 – I⁶₄ – ii7 – iii7 – vi – IVmaj7 – ii7 – V11

Chorus 3

• F – Am7 – Dm – F/C – B♭ – F/A – Gm7 – C11 – F – Am7 – Dm – F/C – B♭ – F/A – Gm7 – F
  I – iii7 – vi – I⁶₄ – IV – I⁶ – ii7 – V11 – I – iii7 – vi – I⁶₄ – IV – I⁶ – ii7 – I

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 2.

Chorus 5

• F – Am7 – Dm – F/C – B♭ – F/A – Gm7 – C11 – F – Am7 – Dm – F/C – B♭ – F/A – Gm7 – Dm – F/C
  I – iii7 – vi – I⁶₄ – IV – I⁶ – ii7 – V11 – I – iii7 – vi – I⁶₄ – IV – I⁶ – ii7 – vi – I⁶₄

Chorus 6

• B♭maj7 – F/A – Gm7 – F – B♭maj7 – F/A – Gm7 – C11 – F – Am7 – Dm – F/C – B♭ – F/A – Gm7 – C11
  IVmaj7 – I⁶ – ii7 – I – IVmaj7 – I⁶ – ii7 – V11 – I – iii7 – vi – I⁶₄ – IV – I⁶ – ii7 – V11

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0485, 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.