Walk on the Wild Side (Part 1) by Jimmy Smith

Overview

Key: F major · Chords used: 6 · Sections: 13

Form: Verse → Verse → Chorus → Interlude → Chorus → Bridge → Chorus → Interlude → Chorus → Solo → Interlude → Chorus → Verse

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

Verse 1

• F7
  I7

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 1

• C7 – F7 (×2)
  V7 – I7

Interlude 1

• F7 – F/A – B♭maj9 – B♭6 (×2)
  I7 – I⁶ – IVmaj9 – IV6

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Bridge

• B♭7 – F7 (×4)
  IV7 – I7

Chorus 3

• C7 – F7
  V7 – I7

Interlude 2

Same chords as Interlude 1.

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Solo

• F7 – B♭7 – F7 – C7 – B♭7 (×5)
  I7 – IV7 – I7 – V7 – IV7
• F7 – C7 – B♭7 (×2)
  I7 – V7 – IV7
• F7 – B♭7 – F7 – C7 – B♭7 (×2)
  I7 – IV7 – I7 – V7 – IV7
• F7
  I7

Interlude 3

Same chords as Interlude 1.

Chorus 5

• C7 – F7 – C7
  V7 – I7 – V7

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0455, 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.