Unskinny Bop by Poison

Overview

Key: A♭ major · Chords used: 8 · Sections: 12

Form: Instrumental → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Bridge → Solo → Interlude → Chorus → 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

Instrumental

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

Verse 1

• A♭ – G♭/A♭ – D♭/A♭ (×4)
  I – bVII (bass A♭) – IV⁶₄

Pre-Chorus 1

• E♭
  V

Chorus 1

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

Verse 2

• A♭ – G♭/A♭ – D♭/A♭ (×3)
  I – bVII (bass A♭) – IV⁶₄
• A♭ – G♭/A♭ – D♭
  I – bVII (bass A♭) – IV

Pre-Chorus 2

Same chords as Pre-Chorus 1.

Chorus 2

• A♭ – G♭ – D♭ (×3)
  I – bVII – IV
• E♭ – G♭5 – G5
  V – bVII5 – VII5

Bridge

• D♭ – A♭ (×2)
  IV – I
• D♭/A♭ – A♭ – D♭ – A♭ – E♭
  IV⁶₄ – I – IV – I – V

Solo

• A♭ – G♭ – D♭ (×3)
  I – bVII – IV
• E♭ – G♭5 – G5
  V – bVII5 – VII5

Interlude

• A♭ – D♭ – G♭
  I – IV – bVII

Chorus 3

• A♭ – G♭ – D♭ (×4)
  I – bVII – IV

Chorus 4

• A♭ – G♭ – D♭ (×4)
  I – bVII – IV
• A♭
  I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• G♭/A♭ (bVII (bass A♭)) is borrowed from the parallel key, A♭ minor.
• G♭ (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, A♭ minor.
• G♭5 (bVII5) is borrowed from the parallel key, A♭ minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0810, 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.