Tangled Up in Blue by Bob Dylan

Overview

Key: A major · Chords used: 7 · Sections: 25

Form: Transition → Verse → Chorus → Transition → Verse → Chorus → Transition → Verse → Chorus → Transition → Verse → Chorus → Transition → Verse → Chorus → Transition → Verse → Chorus → Transition → Verse → Chorus → Transition → Verse → Chorus → Outro

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

Transition 1

• A – Asus4 (×4)
  I – Isus4

Verse 1

• A – A9 – A – A9 – A – A9 – D (×2)
  I – I9 – I – I9 – I – I9 – IV

Chorus 1

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

Transition 2

Same chords as Transition 1.

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Transition 3

Same chords as Transition 1.

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Transition 4

Same chords as Transition 1.

Verse 4

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Transition 5

Same chords as Transition 1.

Verse 5

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 5

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Transition 6

Same chords as Transition 1.

Verse 6

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 6

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Transition 7

Same chords as Transition 1.

Verse 7

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 7

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Transition 8

Same chords as Transition 1.

Verse 8

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 8

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Outro

• A
  I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• G (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• A9 acts as V/IV: it resolves to D.

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 83% 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.