Self Esteem by The Offspring

Overview

Key: A minor · Chords used: 7 · Sections: 22

Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the Uspop2002 chord annotations (Music and Audio Research Lab, New York University). 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

Part 1 (0:05)

• A5
  I5

Part 2 (0:06)

• F5 – C5 – G5 – A5 – F5 – C5 – G5 – F – F5 – G5
  bVI5 – bIII5 – bVII5 – I5 – bVI5 – bIII5 – bVII5 – bVI – bVI5 – bVII5

Part 3 (0:18)

• G5
  bVII5

Part 4 (0:30)

Same chords as Part 3 (0:18).

Part 5 (0:42)

• G5 – A5 – F5 – C5 (×2)
  bVII5 – I5 – bVI5 – bIII5

Part 6 (0:54)

• G5 – A5 – F5 – C5 (×2)
  bVII5 – I5 – bVI5 – bIII5
• G5 – A5
  bVII5 – I5

Part 7 (1:06)

• F5 – C5 – G5 – A5 (×2)
  bVI5 – bIII5 – bVII5 – I5
• F5 – C5 – G5
  bVI5 – bIII5 – bVII5

Part 8 (1:18)

• A5 – F5 – C5 – G5
  I5 – bVI5 – bIII5 – bVII5

Part 9 (1:30)

Same chords as Part 6 (0:54).

Part 10 (1:42)

• F5 – C5 – G5 – A5 (×2)
  bVI5 – bIII5 – bVII5 – I5
• F5 – C5
  bVI5 – bIII5

Part 11 (1:54)

• G5 – A5 – F5 – C5 – G5 – D5 – B♭5 – F5 – C5 – D5 – B♭5
  bVII5 – I5 – bVI5 – bIII5 – bVII5 – IV5 – bII5 – bVI5 – bIII5 – IV5 – bII5

Part 12 (2:06)

• F5 – C5 – D5 – B♭5 (×2)
  bVI5 – bIII5 – IV5 – bII5
• F5 – C5 – D5
  bVI5 – bIII5 – IV5

Part 13 (2:18)

• B♭5 – F5 – C5 – D5 (×2)
  bII5 – bVI5 – bIII5 – IV5
• B♭5 – C5
  bII5 – bIII5

Part 14 (2:29)

• G5 – F – F5 – G5
  bVII5 – bVI – bVI5 – bVII5

Part 15 (2:41)

Same chords as Part 3 (0:18).

Part 16 (2:53)

• G5 – A5 – F5
  bVII5 – I5 – bVI5

Part 17 (3:05)

• C5 – G5 – A5 – F5 (×2)
  bIII5 – bVII5 – I5 – bVI5
• C5 – G5 – A5
  bIII5 – bVII5 – I5

Part 18 (3:17)

Same chords as Part 10 (1:42).

Part 19 (3:29)

• G5 – A5 – F5 – C5 (×2)
  bVII5 – I5 – bVI5 – bIII5
• G5 – D5 – B♭5
  bVII5 – IV5 – bII5

Part 20 (3:41)

Same chords as Part 12 (2:06).

Part 21 (3:53)

• B♭5 – F5 – C5 – D5 (×2)
  bII5 – bVI5 – bIII5 – IV5
• B♭5 – F5
  bII5 – bVI5

Part 22 (4:05)

• C5 – D5 – B♭5 – C5 – G5 – F – F5 – G5 – A5
  bIII5 – IV5 – bII5 – bIII5 – bVII5 – bVI – bVI5 – bVII5 – I5

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the Uspop2002 chord annotations (Music and Audio Research Lab, New York University). Chord annotation of the original recording (Smash), time-stamped by researchers; CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo.
• Section names: this annotation doesn't name verses or choruses, so they aren't guessed. Instead, code used the chord timings to find the bars and cut the song into 8-bar parts. Each part is labelled with the time it starts in the annotated recording (Smash), and a part with exactly the same chords as an earlier one says so.
• The key was estimated by code from the chords; this annotation doesn't state it.
• 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.