Wichita Lineman by Glen Campbell

Overview

Key: F major · Chords used: 15 · Sections: 5

Form: Intro → Verse → Verse → Solo → Outro

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

• Fmaj7 – B♭6/F (×2)
  Imaj7 – IV6 (bass F)

Verse 1

• B♭maj7 – Am7 – B♭maj7 – Dm7 – Am7 – G – D – C69 – Gadd9/B – B♭6 – D – Asus4 – B♭ – Cadd9 – B♭ – C7sus4
  IVmaj7 – iii7 – IVmaj7 – vi7 – iii7 – II – VI – V69 – IIadd9 (bass B) – IV6 – VI – IIIsus4 – IV – Vadd9 – IV – V7sus4

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Solo

• B♭maj7 – F – C7sus4 – Dm7 – Am7 – G – D – C69 – Gadd9/B – B♭6 – D – Asus4 – B♭ – Cadd9 – B♭ – C7sus4
  IVmaj7 – I – V7sus4 – vi7 – iii7 – II – VI – V69 – IIadd9 (bass B) – IV6 – VI – IIIsus4 – IV – Vadd9 – IV – V7sus4

Outro

• B♭ – Cadd9 (×6)
  IV – Vadd9

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1114, CC0), via ChoCo.
• Not verified: only one expert transcription of this song is available so far.
• 3 chords were simplified to the closest symbol our player supports (for example, an unusual added tone dropped).
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.