Superman by Donna Fargo

Overview

Key: B major · Chords used: 4 · Sections: 11

Form: Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Bridge → Chorus → Solo → Verse → Chorus → Bridge → Chorus → Bridge

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

Chorus 1

• F♯7 – E7 – B
  V7 – IV7 – I

Verse 1

• B – E – B – F♯7 – B – E – F♯7 – E – B
  I – IV – I – V7 – I – IV – V7 – IV – I

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Bridge 1

• E – B – F♯7 – E – B (×2)
  IV – I – V7 – IV – I

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Solo

• F♯7 – E7 – B
  V7 – IV7 – I

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Bridge 2

Same chords as Bridge 1.

Chorus 5

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Bridge 3

Same chords as Bridge 1.

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0358, 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.