Time for Me to Fly by REO Speedwagon

Overview

Key: D major · Chords used: 8 · Sections: 11

Form: Intro → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Transition → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Transition → Chorus → Solo → Chorus → 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

Intro

• D – G/D – A/D – G/D (×2)
  I – IV⁶₄ – V (bass D) – IV⁶₄

Verse 1

• D – A/C♯ – G6/B (×2)
  I – V⁶ – IV6 (bass B)
• D
  I

Pre-Chorus 1

• Asus4
  Vsus4
• A – G – D (×2)
  V – IV – I
• G – D (×2)
  IV – I
• A
  V

Transition 1

• D – G – A – G (×2)
  I – IV – V – IV

Verse 2

• D – Asus4 – A – G (×2)
  I – Vsus4 – V – IV
• D
  I

Pre-Chorus 2

• A – G – D (×2)
  V – IV – I
• G – D (×2)
  IV – I
• A
  V

Transition 2

• D – G – D
  I – IV – I

Chorus 1

• A – G – D (×2)
  V – IV – I
• G – A (×2)
  IV – V

Solo

• D – G – Asus4 – A – D – G – D
  I – IV – Vsus4 – V – I – IV – I

Chorus 2

• A – G – D (×2)
  V – IV – I
• G – Asus4
  IV – Vsus4
• A – G (×2)
  V – IV
• A
  V

Outro

• D – G – A – G (×3)
  I – IV – V – IV
• D
  I

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0268, 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.