Where Do You Wanna Go by The 5th Dimension

Overview

Key: G major · Chords used: 12 · Sections: 6

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Verse → 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.

Key changes

• Verse 3 moves to A♭ major.

Section by section

Intro

• G – C (×4)
  I – IV

Verse 1

• G – C (×8)
  I – IV

Chorus 1

• G – B7 – Em – Em/D – C – D – G – F – Em – D – Em – A – D – G – Em – D
  I – III7 – vi – vi (bass D) – IV – V – I – bVII – vi – V – vi – II – V – I – vi – V

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

• G – B7 – Em – Em/D – C – D – G – F – Em – D – Em – A – D – G – Em – Am – D – E♭
  I – III7 – vi – vi (bass D) – IV – V – I – bVII – vi – V – vi – II – V – I – vi – ii – V – bVI

Verse 3

• A♭ – D♭ (×16)
  I – IV

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• F (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• E♭ (bVI) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• B7 acts as V/vi: it resolves to Em.
• A acts as V/V: it resolves to D.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0330, 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.