There She Goes by The La's

Overview

Key: G major · Chords used: 13 · Sections: 13

Form: Intro → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Bridge → Chorus → 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

• G – D/F♯ – Cadd9/E (×2)
  I – V⁶ – IVadd9 (bass E)
• D/F♯ – G – D/F♯ – Cadd9/E (×2)
  V⁶ – I – V⁶ – IVadd9 (bass E)
• D/F♯
  V⁶

Chorus 1

• G – D – Cadd9 – D (×2)
  I – V – IVadd9 – V
• G – D – Cadd9
  I – V – IVadd9

Verse 1

• Am7 – G – Cadd9 – D
  ii7 – I – IVadd9 – V

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 2

• Am7 – G – Cadd9 (×2)
  ii7 – I – IVadd9
• D
  V

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 2.

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 4

Same chords as Verse 2.

Bridge

• Em – C (×2)
  vi – IV
• D
  V
• D7 – G – Dadd9 – D7 – Cmaj7 – Dadd9 (×2)
  V7 – I – Vadd9 – V7 – IVmaj7 – Vadd9
• D7 – Am7 – Em7 – C6 – D
  V7 – ii7 – vi7 – IV6 – V

Chorus 5

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 5

Same chords as Verse 2.

Chorus 6

• G – D – Cadd9 – D (×2)
  I – V – IVadd9 – V
• G – D – Cadd9 – G
  I – V – IVadd9 – I

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1289, 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.