Take a Chance on Me by ABBA

Overview

Key: B major · Chords used: 7 · Sections: 9

Form: Intro → Chorus → Pre-Verse → Verse → Chorus ×2 → Pre-Verse → 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

• B
  I

Chorus 1

• B – F♯ – B
  I – V – I

Pre-Verse 1

• C♯m7 – F♯ (×2)
  ii7 – V

Verse 1

• C♯m7 – B (×2)
  ii7 – I
• G♯m – E (×2)
  vi – IV
• F♯add9 – G♯m – E
  Vadd9 – vi – IV
• C♯m7 – F♯ (×2)
  ii7 – V

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Pre-Verse 2

• C♯m11 – F♯ (×2)
  ii11 – V

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 4

• B – F♯ (×4)
  I – V
• B
  I

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0961, 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.