Walk Right In by Dr. Hook

Overview

Key: D major · Chords used: 7 · Sections: 7

Form: Intro → Verse → Transition → Verse → Solo → Transition → 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

Intro

• D7
  I7

Verse 1

• D – B7 – E7 – A7 (×2)
  I – VI7 – II7 – V7
• D – G – E7/G♯ – D – B7 – E7 – A7
  I – IV – II⁶₅ – I – VI7 – II7 – V7

Transition 1

• D7
  I7

Verse 2

• D – B7 – E7 – A7 (×2)
  I – VI7 – II7 – V7
• D – G – E7/G♯ – D – B7 – E7 – A7 – D
  I – IV – II⁶₅ – I – VI7 – II7 – V7 – I

Solo

• D – B7 – E7 – A7 (×2)
  I – VI7 – II7 – V7
• D – D7 – G – E7/G♯ – D – B7 – E7 – A7
  I – I7 – IV – II⁶₅ – I – VI7 – II7 – V7

Transition 2

Same chords as Transition 1.

Verse 3

• D – B7 – E7 – A7 (×2)
  I – VI7 – II7 – V7
• D – G – E7/G♯
  I – IV – II⁶₅
• D – B7 – E7 – A7 (×4)
  I – VI7 – II7 – V7

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• D7 acts as V/IV: it resolves to G.
• E7 acts as V/V: it resolves to A7.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0761, 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.