When Will I Be Loved by Linda Ronstadt

Overview

Key: E major · Chords used: 7 · Sections: 5

Form: Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Verse → 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

• E – A/E – B/E
  I – IV⁶₄ – V (bass E)
• E – A – B (×4)
  I – IV – V
• E
  I

Verse 1

• Aadd9 – B – Aadd9 – E – Aadd9 – B – D♭m7 – B
  IVadd9 – V – IVadd9 – I – IVadd9 – V – vi7 – V

Chorus 2

• E – A – B (×6)
  I – IV – V
• E
  I

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 3

• E – A – B (×6)
  I – IV – V
• E – A/E – B/E – A/E – E
  I – IV⁶₄ – V (bass E) – IV⁶₄ – I

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0324, 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.