See See Rider by LaVern Baker
Piano chords, voicings & structure breakdown · 27 steps · 7 unique chords · 1960s
D♭7
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Harmonic Analysis & Structure
Overview
Key: D♭ major · Chords used: 7 · Sections: 6
Form: Intro → Verse → Verse → Solo → Verse → 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
- D♭7 – G♭7 – D♭7 – A♭7
I7 – IV7 – I7 – V7
Verse 1
- D♭7 – G♭7/D♭ – D♭7 – A♭7
I7 – IV⁴₃ – I7 – V7 - G♭7 – D♭7 (×2)
IV7 – I7 - A♭7
V7
Verse 2
Same chords as Verse 1.
Solo
- D♭ – G♭ (×4)
I – IV - D♭
I - G♭7 – G♭6 (×2)
IV7 – IV6 - G♭7
IV7 - D♭ – G♭ (×2)
I – IV - D♭ – A♭7 – G♭7
I – V7 – IV7 - D♭ – G♭ (×2)
I – IV - D♭
I
Verse 3
Same chords as Verse 1.
Verse 4
- D♭7 – G♭7/D♭
I7 – IV⁴₃
Chord vocabulary
| Chord | Roman numeral | Role | Heard in |
|---|---|---|---|
| D♭7 | I7 | Outside the key (chromatic) | Intro, Verse |
| G♭7 | IV7 | Outside the key (chromatic) | Intro, Verse, Solo |
| A♭7 | V7 | In the key | Intro, Verse, Solo |
| G♭7/D♭ | IV⁴₃ | Outside the key (chromatic) | Verse |
| D♭ | I | Home chord (tonic) | Solo |
| G♭ | IV | In the key | Solo |
| G♭6 | IV6 | In the key | Solo |
Sources & accuracy
- Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0425, 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.
Sources & Accuracy
Every chord on this page comes from the expert transcription listed first below. Piano voicings are our arrangement of the reported chord symbols, not a note-for-note transcription.
- the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011)Expert transcription
Annotated from the original recording by trained musicians for a published research dataset.
Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0425, CC0), via ChoCo.
All Piano Voicings
| # | Section | Chord | Left hand | Right hand | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Intro | D♭7 | D♭2, A♭2 | C♭4, F4, A♭4 | — |
| 2 | Intro | G♭7 | G♭2, D♭3 | D♭4, F♭4, B♭4 | — |
| 3 | Intro | D♭7 | D♭2, A♭2 | C♭4, F4, A♭4 | — |
| 4 | Intro | A♭7 | A♭2, E♭3 | C4, E♭4, G♭4 | — |
| 5 | Verse 1, part 1 | D♭7 | D♭2, A♭2 | C♭4, F4, A♭4 | — |
| 6 | Verse 1, part 1 | G♭7/D♭ | D♭2 | D♭4, F♭4, G♭4, B♭4 | — |
| 7 | Verse 1, part 1 | D♭7 | D♭2, A♭2 | C♭4, F4, A♭4 | — |
| 8 | Verse 1, part 1 | A♭7 | A♭2, E♭3 | C4, E♭4, G♭4 | — |
| 9 | Verse 1, part 2 (×2) | G♭7 | G♭2, D♭3 | D♭4, F♭4, B♭4 | — |
| 10 | Verse 1, part 2 (×2) | D♭7 | D♭2, A♭2 | C♭4, F4, A♭4 | — |
| 11 | Verse 1, part 3 | A♭7 | A♭2, E♭3 | C4, E♭4, G♭4 | — |
| 12 | Solo, part 1 (×4) | D♭ | D♭2, A♭2 | D♭4, F4, A♭4 | — |
| 13 | Solo, part 1 (×4) | G♭ | G♭2, D♭3 | D♭4, G♭4, B♭4 | — |
| 14 | Solo, part 2 | D♭ | D♭2, A♭2 | D♭4, F4, A♭4 | — |
| 15 | Solo, part 3 (×2) | G♭7 | G♭2, D♭3 | D♭4, F♭4, B♭4 | — |
| 16 | Solo, part 3 (×2) | G♭6 | G♭2, D♭3 | D♭4, E♭4, B♭4 | — |
| 17 | Solo, part 4 | G♭7 | G♭2, D♭3 | D♭4, F♭4, B♭4 | — |
| 18 | Solo, part 5 (×2) | D♭ | D♭2, A♭2 | D♭4, F4, A♭4 | — |
| 19 | Solo, part 5 (×2) | G♭ | G♭2, D♭3 | D♭4, G♭4, B♭4 | — |
| 20 | Solo, part 6 | D♭ | D♭2, A♭2 | D♭4, F4, A♭4 | — |
| 21 | Solo, part 6 | A♭7 | A♭2, E♭3 | C4, E♭4, G♭4 | — |
| 22 | Solo, part 6 | G♭7 | G♭2, D♭3 | D♭4, F♭4, B♭4 | — |
| 23 | Solo, part 7 (×2) | D♭ | D♭2, A♭2 | D♭4, F4, A♭4 | — |
| 24 | Solo, part 7 (×2) | G♭ | G♭2, D♭3 | D♭4, G♭4, B♭4 | — |
| 25 | Solo, part 8 | D♭ | D♭2, A♭2 | D♭4, F4, A♭4 | — |
| 26 | Verse 4 | D♭7 | D♭2, A♭2 | C♭4, F4, A♭4 | — |
| 27 | Verse 4 | G♭7/D♭ | D♭2 | D♭4, F♭4, G♭4, B♭4 | — |