Suspicious Minds by Elvis Presley

Overview

Key: G major · Chords used: 9 · Sections: 16

Form: Intro → Verse → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Verse → Chorus → Bridge → Verse ×8

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

Intro

• G – C/G (×2)
  I – IV⁶₄

Verse 1

• G – C/G (×2)
  I – IV⁶₄
• C – F/C (×2)
  IV – bVII⁶₄
• D – C – G
  V – IV – I

Verse 2

• G – C/G (×2)
  I – IV⁶₄
• C – F/C (×2)
  IV – bVII⁶₄
• D – C (×2)
  V – IV
• Bm – D
  iii – V

Chorus 1

• C – G – Bm – C – D – Em – Bm – C – D
  IV – I – iii – IV – V – vi – iii – IV – V

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Verse 4

Same chords as Verse 2.

Chorus 2

• C – G – Bm – C – D – Em – Bm – C – Bsus4 – B
  IV – I – iii – IV – V – vi – iii – IV – IIIsus4 – III

Bridge

• Em – Bm – C – D (×2)
  vi – iii – IV – V
• G – C – G – D
  I – IV – I – V

Verse 5

Same chords as Verse 1.

Verse 6

Same chords as Verse 1.

Verse 7

Same chords as Verse 1.

Verse 8

Same chords as Verse 1.

Verse 9

Same chords as Verse 1.

Verse 10

Same chords as Verse 1.

Verse 11

Same chords as Verse 1.

Verse 12

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• F/C (bVII⁶₄) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.

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 78% of the song.
• Not verified: the two RS 200 analysts differ in places (see their agreement above).
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.