Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo by Rick Derringer

Overview

Key: A major · Chords used: 8 · Sections: 11

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

• F – G – A – F – C – G – A – E7
  bVI – bVII – I – bVI – bIII – bVII – I – V7

Verse 1

• A5 – C5 – D5 (×4)
  I5 – bIII5 – IV5
• A5
  I5

Chorus 1

• F – G – A – F – C – G – A (×2)
  bVI – bVII – I – bVI – bIII – bVII – I
• E7
  V7

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Solo

• A5 – C5 – D5 (×12)
  I5 – bIII5 – IV5

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 3

• F – G – A – F – C – G – A (×2)
  bVI – bVII – I – bVI – bIII – bVII – I

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 3.

Outro 1

• F – G – A – F – C – G – A – F – G
  bVI – bVII – I – bVI – bIII – bVII – I – bVI – bVII

Outro 2

• A5
  I5

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• F (bVI) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• G (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• C (bIII) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• C5 (bIII5) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1267, 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.