Soul and Inspiration by The Righteous Brothers

Overview

Key: A major · Chords used: 8 · Sections: 10

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Transition → Verse → Chorus → Transition → Bridge → Verse → 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

• A – D/A (×2)
  I – IV⁶₄
• A
  I

Verse 1

• A – D – E (×2)
  I – IV – V
• A – Bm7 – D – E
  I – ii7 – IV – V

Chorus 1

• D – A – D – E – A – C♯m
  IV – I – IV – V – I – iii
• D – E (×2)
  IV – V

Transition 1

• A – D/A – A
  I – IV⁶₄ – I

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Transition 2

Same chords as Transition 1.

Bridge

• Bmaj7 – E (×3)
  IImaj7 – V
• D – E – G – D – A
  IV – V – bVII – IV – I

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 3

• D – A
  IV – I
• D – E – A – C♯m – D – E (×2)
  IV – V – I – iii – IV – V
• D – E – G – D – A
  IV – V – bVII – IV – I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• G (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0785, 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.