Will the Wolf Survive by Los Lobos

Overview

Key: G major · Chords used: 6 · Sections: 10

Form: Intro → Verse → Interlude → Verse → Transition → Bridge → Solo → Verse → Chorus → 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

• G – C (×4)
  I – IV
• D
  V
• C – G (×2)
  IV – I
• C
  IV

Verse 1

• D – C – G – C – D
  V – IV – I – IV – V

Interlude

• G – C (×4)
  I – IV

Verse 2

• D – C – G – C – D – C/D
  V – IV – I – IV – V – IV (bass D)

Transition

• G
  I

Bridge

• G – C (×2)
  I – IV
• G – Cadd9 – F
  I – IVadd9 – bVII
• C – G (×2)
  IV – I
• D – Cadd9
  V – IVadd9

Solo

• G – C (×4)
  I – IV

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 2.

Chorus

• G – C (×4)
  I – IV

Outro

• D
  V

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• F (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1119, 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.