Wild Horses by Gino Vannelli

Overview

Key: B♭ major · Chords used: 18 · Sections: 11

Form: Intro → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Solo → Verse → Chorus → 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

Intro

• Fadd9 – E♭m6 – B♭ – Fadd9 – E♭maj13 – B♭
  Vadd9 – iv6 – I – Vadd9 – IVmaj13 – I

Verse 1

• B♭ – E♭9sus4 – B♭ – Gm7 – A♭add9 (×2)
  I – IV9sus4 – I – vi7 – bVIIadd9

Pre-Chorus 1

• C7sus4 – C7 – E♭69
  II7sus4 – II7 – IV69
• B♭ – A♭ – B♭6 (×2)
  I – bVII – I6
• B♭ – Gm11 – C7sus4 – C7 – E♭69 – Fsus4
  I – vi11 – II7sus4 – II7 – IV69 – Vsus4

Chorus 1

• Fadd9 – E♭maj13 – B♭ (×2)
  Vadd9 – IVmaj13 – I

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Pre-Chorus 2

Same chords as Pre-Chorus 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Solo

• Gm7 – A♭69 – B♭ (×2)
  vi7 – bVII69 – I
• Gm7 – A♭69
  vi7 – bVII69

Verse 3

• B♭ – E♭9sus4 – B♭ – Gm7 – A♭add9
  I – IV9sus4 – I – vi7 – bVIIadd9

Chorus 3

• Fadd9 – E♭maj13 – B♭ – Fadd9 – E♭maj13 – Gm11 – C7sus4 – C7 – E♭maj9 – Fsus4 – A♭add9 – A♭add9/C – A♭add9/F
  Vadd9 – IVmaj13 – I – Vadd9 – IVmaj13 – vi11 – II7sus4 – II7 – IVmaj9 – Vsus4 – bVIIadd9 – bVIIadd9 (bass C) – bVIIadd9 (bass F)

Chorus 4

• Fadd9 – E♭maj13 – B♭ (×4)
  Vadd9 – IVmaj13 – I
• Fadd9
  Vadd9

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• E♭m6 (iv6) is borrowed from the parallel key, B♭ minor.
• E♭9sus4 (IV9sus4) is borrowed from the parallel key, B♭ minor.
• A♭add9 (bVIIadd9) is borrowed from the parallel key, B♭ minor.
• A♭ (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, B♭ minor.
• A♭69 (bVII69) is borrowed from the parallel key, B♭ minor.
• A♭add9/C (bVIIadd9 (bass C)) is borrowed from the parallel key, B♭ minor.
• A♭add9/F (bVIIadd9 (bass F)) is borrowed from the parallel key, B♭ minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0407, CC0), via ChoCo.
• Not verified: only one expert transcription of this song is available so far.
• 30 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.