Won't Get Fooled Again by The Who

Overview

Key: A major · Chords used: 8 · Sections: 19

Form: Intro → Verse → Verse → Chorus → Transition → Verse ×2 → Chorus → Transition → Bridge → Transition → Solo → Transition → Verse ×2 → Chorus → Transition → Solo → Verse

Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the Rock Corpus RS 200 (de Clercq & Temperley, 2011), analysis by Trevor de Clercq. 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

• Transition 3 moves to B major.
• Transition 4 moves to A major.

Section by section

Intro

• A – D/A (×4)
  I – IV⁶₄

Verse 1

• A – D/A (×3)
  I – IV⁶₄
• E – C – G
  V – bIII – bVII

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 1

• D – A (×6)
  IV – I
• G – E (×2)
  bVII – V
• G – D
  bVII – IV

Transition 1

• A – G – D (×2)
  I – bVII – IV
• A – D/A (×2)
  I – IV⁶₄

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Verse 4

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Transition 2

• A – G – D
  I – bVII – IV
• A – D/A (×9)
  I – IV⁶₄

Bridge

• B – E – A – B
  II – V – I – II

Transition 3

• B – A – E (×4)
  I – bVII – IV

Solo 1

• B – E/B (×4)
  I – IV⁶₄

Transition 4

• A – G – D (×4)
  I – bVII – IV

Verse 5

Same chords as Verse 1.

Verse 6

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Transition 5

Same chords as Transition 1.

Solo 2

• A – D/A (×6)
  I – IV⁶₄
• A – G – D (×2)
  I – bVII – IV

Verse 7

• A – G – D (×2)
  I – bVII – IV
• A – D/A (×6)
  I – IV⁶₄
• A
  I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• C (bIII) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• G (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• A (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, B minor.
• B acts as V/V: it resolves to E.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the Rock Corpus RS 200 (de Clercq & Temperley, 2011), analysis by Trevor de Clercq. Expert by-ear harmonic analysis of the original recording, shown on this page.
• Cross-check: the Rock Corpus RS 200 (de Clercq & Temperley, 2011), analysis by David Temperley. Independent by-ear analysis of the same recording. The two analysts agree on the chord (root and major/minor) for 88% of the song.
• Not verified: the two RS 200 analysts differ in places (see their agreement above).
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.