Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy by Bad Company

Overview

Key: E major · Chords used: 5 · Sections: 13

Form: Intro → Verse → Transition → Verse → Chorus → Transition → Solo → Chorus → Transition → Verse → Chorus ×2 → 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

• E7♯9
  I7#9

Verse 1

• E7♯9 – C – D (×3)
  I7#9 – bVI – bVII
• E7♯9
  I7#9

Transition 1

• E7♯9
  I7#9

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 1

• C – A – G – D – A (×2)
  bVI – IV – bIII – bVII – IV

Transition 2

Same chords as Transition 1.

Solo

• E7♯9
  I7#9

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Transition 3

Same chords as Transition 1.

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Outro

• A
  IV

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• C (bVI) is borrowed from the parallel key, E minor.
• D (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, E minor.
• G (bIII) is borrowed from the parallel key, E minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0027, 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.