Still Cruisin by The Beach Boys

Overview

Key: F major · Chords used: 8 · Sections: 8

Form: Intro → Chorus → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Solo → Pre-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

• F
  I

Chorus 1

• F – Dm (×4)
  I – vi
• Gm – C (×2)
  ii – V
• F
  I

Verse

• F – F/A – F – F/A – Gm11 – Cadd11 – Gm11 – Cadd11 (×2)
  I – I⁶ – I – I⁶ – ii11 – Vadd11 – ii11 – Vadd11

Pre-Chorus 1

• B♭
  IV
• F – Dm (×2)
  I – vi
• B♭
  IV

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Solo

• F – F/A – F – F/A – Gm11 – Cadd11 – Gm11 – Cadd11 (×2)
  I – I⁶ – I – I⁶ – ii11 – Vadd11 – ii11 – Vadd11

Pre-Chorus 2

Same chords as Pre-Chorus 1.

Chorus 3

• F – Dm – F – Dm – F – Dm – F – Dm – Gm – C – Gm – C (×3)
  I – vi – I – vi – I – vi – I – vi – ii – V – ii – V

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0228, 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.