Shout by The Isley Brothers

Overview

Key: F major · Chords used: 5 · Sections: 10

Form: Chorus → Verse → Verse ×2 → Bridge → Chorus → Verse → Bridge → Chorus → Outro

Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the Rock Corpus RS 200 (de Clercq & Temperley, 2011), analysis by Trevor de Clercq. 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

Chorus 1

• F – Dm (×4)
  I – vi

Verse 1

• F – Dm (×4)
  I – vi

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Bridge 1

• F
  I

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 4

• F – Dm (×3)
  I – vi

Bridge 2

• F – B♭/F – F – F7 – B♭7
  I – IV⁶₄ – I – I7 – IV7

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Outro

• F – Dm (×25)
  I – vi

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
F	I	Home chord (tonic)	Chorus, Verse, Bridge, Outro
Dm	vi	In the key	Chorus, Verse, Outro
B♭/F	IV⁶₄	In the key	Bridge
F7	I7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge
B♭7	IV7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the Rock Corpus RS 200 (de Clercq & Temperley, 2011), analysis by Trevor de Clercq. Expert by-ear harmonic analysis of the original recording, shown on this page.
• Cross-check: the Rock Corpus RS 200 (de Clercq & Temperley, 2011), analysis by David Temperley. Independent by-ear analysis of the same recording. The two analysts agree on the chord (root and major/minor) for 100% of the song.
• Verified: two independent expert transcriptions agree on this song's harmony.
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.