This House by Tracie Spencer

Overview

Key: F♯ minor · Chords used: 6 · Sections: 10

Form: Pre-Verse → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Pre-Verse → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Bridge → Outro

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

Pre-Verse 1

• F♯m – E/F♯ – D – D/C♯ – F♯m – E/F♯ – D – D/E (×3)
  i – bVII (bass F♯) – bVI – bVI (bass C♯) – i – bVII (bass F♯) – bVI – bVI (bass E)

Verse 1

• F♯m – E/F♯ – D – D/C♯ – F♯m – E/F♯ – D – D/E (×2)
  i – bVII (bass F♯) – bVI – bVI (bass C♯) – i – bVII (bass F♯) – bVI – bVI (bass E)

Pre-Chorus 1

• F♯m – E/F♯ – D – D/C♯ – F♯m – E/F♯ – D – D/E (×2)
  i – bVII (bass F♯) – bVI – bVI (bass C♯) – i – bVII (bass F♯) – bVI – bVI (bass E)

Chorus 1

• F♯m – E/F♯ – D – D/C♯ – F♯m – E/F♯ – D – D/E (×2)
  i – bVII (bass F♯) – bVI – bVI (bass C♯) – i – bVII (bass F♯) – bVI – bVI (bass E)

Pre-Verse 2

• F♯m – E/F♯ – D – D/C♯ – F♯m – E/F♯ – D – D/E
  i – bVII (bass F♯) – bVI – bVI (bass C♯) – i – bVII (bass F♯) – bVI – bVI (bass E)

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Pre-Chorus 2

Same chords as Pre-Chorus 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Bridge

• D – E – F♯m (×6)
  bVI – bVII – i

Outro

• F♯m – E/F♯ – D – D/C♯ – F♯m – E/F♯ – D – D/E (×11)
  i – bVII (bass F♯) – bVI – bVI (bass C♯) – i – bVII (bass F♯) – bVI – bVI (bass E)

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0530, CC0), via ChoCo.
• Not verified: only one expert transcription of this song is available so far.
• 1 chord was simplified to the closest symbol our player supports (for example, an unusual added tone dropped).
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.