Wheels by The String-A-Longs
Piano chords, voicings & structure breakdown · 13 steps · 4 unique chords · 1960s
F
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Harmonic Analysis & Structure
Overview
Key: F major · Chords used: 4 · Sections: 7
Form: Chorus → Chorus → Bridge → Chorus → Chorus → Bridge → 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
Chorus 1
- F – C (×2)
I – V - F
I
Chorus 2
Same chords as Chorus 1.
Bridge 1
- C – F (×4)
V – I
Chorus 3
- G – D (×2)
II – VI - G
II
Chorus 4
Same chords as Chorus 3.
Bridge 2
- D – G (×4)
VI – II
Chorus 5
- G – D (×4)
II – VI - G
II
Chord vocabulary
| Chord | Roman numeral | Role | Heard in |
|---|---|---|---|
| F | I | Home chord (tonic) | Chorus, Bridge |
| C | V | In the key | Chorus, Bridge |
| G | II | Outside the key (chromatic) | Chorus, Bridge |
| D | VI | Outside the key (chromatic) | Chorus, Bridge |
Sources & accuracy
- Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0147, 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.
Sources & Accuracy
Every chord on this page comes from the expert transcription listed first below. Piano voicings are our arrangement of the reported chord symbols, not a note-for-note transcription.
- the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011)Expert transcription
Annotated from the original recording by trained musicians for a published research dataset.
Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0147, CC0), via ChoCo.
All Piano Voicings
| # | Section | Chord | Left hand | Right hand | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chorus 1, part 1 (×2) | F | F2, C3 | C4, F4, A4 | — |
| 2 | Chorus 1, part 1 (×2) | C | C2, G2 | C4, E4, G4 | — |
| 3 | Chorus 1, part 2 | F | F2, C3 | C4, F4, A4 | — |
| 4 | Bridge 1 (×4) | C | C2, G2 | C4, E4, G4 | — |
| 5 | Bridge 1 (×4) | F | F2, C3 | C4, F4, A4 | — |
| 6 | Chorus 3, part 1 (×2) | G | G2, D3 | B3, D4, G4 | — |
| 7 | Chorus 3, part 1 (×2) | D | D2, A2 | A3, D4, F♯4 | — |
| 8 | Chorus 3, part 2 | G | G2, D3 | B3, D4, G4 | — |
| 9 | Bridge 2 (×4) | D | D2, A2 | A3, D4, F♯4 | — |
| 10 | Bridge 2 (×4) | G | G2, D3 | B3, D4, G4 | — |
| 11 | Chorus 5, part 1 (×4) | G | G2, D3 | B3, D4, G4 | — |
| 12 | Chorus 5, part 1 (×4) | D | D2, A2 | A3, D4, F♯4 | — |
| 13 | Chorus 5, part 2 | G | G2, D3 | B3, D4, G4 | — |