Rock'n Me by Steve Miller Band

Overview

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

Form: Intro → Verse → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Interlude → Verse ×2 → 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

Intro

• A5 – B – E5 – B – E – B (×2)
  bVII5 – I – IV5 – I – IV – I
• A5 – B – E5 – B – E
  bVII5 – I – IV5 – I – IV

Verse 1

• B – A – E – B
  I – bVII – IV – I

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 1

• B – B7 – A – A7 – E – E7 – B – B7
  I – I7 – bVII – bVII7 – IV – IV7 – I – I7

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Interlude

• B – E5 – B – E – B – A5 – B – E5 – B – E
  I – IV5 – I – IV – I – bVII5 – I – IV5 – I – IV

Verse 4

Same chords as Verse 1.

Verse 5

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 3

• B – A – E – B
  I – bVII – IV – I

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 3.

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• A5 (bVII5) is borrowed from the parallel key, B minor.
• A (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, B minor.
• A7 (bVII7) is borrowed from the parallel key, B minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1249, 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.