Trampled Under Foot by Led Zeppelin

Overview

Key: G minor · Chords used: 6 · Sections: 24

Form: Intro → Verse → Transition → Verse → Transition → Verse → Transition → Verse → Transition → Verse → Transition → Verse → Transition → Bridge → Instrumental → Bridge → Transition → Verse → Transition → Verse → Transition → Verse → Transition → 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

• Gm
  i

Verse 1

• Gm – B♭7 – C7
  i – bIII7 – IV7

Transition 1

• Gm
  i

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Transition 2

Same chords as Transition 1.

Verse 3

• Gm – B♭7 – C7 – E♭7 – F7
  i – bIII7 – IV7 – bVI7 – bVII7

Transition 3

Same chords as Transition 1.

Verse 4

Same chords as Verse 1.

Transition 4

Same chords as Transition 1.

Verse 5

Same chords as Verse 1.

Transition 5

Same chords as Transition 1.

Verse 6

Same chords as Verse 3.

Transition 6

Same chords as Transition 1.

Bridge 1

• Gm – C/G (×4)
  i – IV⁶₄

Instrumental

• Gm
  i

Bridge 2

Same chords as Bridge 1.

Transition 7

Same chords as Transition 1.

Verse 7

Same chords as Verse 1.

Transition 8

Same chords as Transition 1.

Verse 8

Same chords as Verse 1.

Transition 9

Same chords as Transition 1.

Verse 9

Same chords as Verse 3.

Transition 10

Same chords as Transition 1.

Outro

• Gm
  i

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• C/G (IV⁶₄) is borrowed from the parallel key, G major.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0525, 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.