Tarzan Boy (From "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III") by Baltimora

Overview

Key: F major · Chords used: 6 · Sections: 8

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Bridge → Chorus → Verse → Bridge → 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 – C – Dm – B♭ – C (×4)
  I – V – vi – IV – V
• F
  I

Verse 1

• Dm – B♭ – C (×3)
  vi – IV – V
• C♯dim7 – Dm – C/E – F
  #v°7 – vi – V⁶ – I
• Dm – B♭ – C (×3)
  vi – IV – V
• C♯dim7 – Dm – C/E – F
  #v°7 – vi – V⁶ – I

Chorus 1

• F – C – Dm – B♭ – C (×4)
  I – V – vi – IV – V
• F
  I

Bridge 1

• B♭ – C (×3)
  IV – V
• Dm
  vi

Chorus 2

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

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Bridge 2

Same chords as Bridge 1.

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0572, 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.