You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth by Meat Loaf

Overview

Key: G major · Chords used: 9 · Sections: 8

Form: Intro → Verse → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Chorus → Outro → 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 – D (×2)
  I – IV – V
• G
  I

Verse 1

• G – C (×3)
  I – IV
• F – Am – Bm – C – D – G
  bVII – ii – iii – IV – V – I

Verse 2

• G – C (×3)
  I – IV
• F
  bVII
• Am – Bm – C – D (×3)
  ii – iii – IV – V
• G
  I

Pre-Chorus

• Am – Em – F – G – Am – C – G – Am – Em – F – G – Em – D
  ii – vi – bVII – I – ii – IV – I – ii – vi – bVII – I – vi – V

Chorus 1

• C – G – F – G – C – G – Am – Bm – C – D – Em – D/F♯ – G – G/B – C – Em – D
  IV – I – bVII – I – IV – I – ii – iii – IV – V – vi – V⁶ – I – I⁶ – IV – vi – V

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Outro 1

• G – C (×17)
  I – IV
• D
  V
• C – G (×2)
  IV – I
• C
  IV

Outro 2

• C – G (×2)
  IV – I
• F – G – C – G (×3)
  bVII – I – IV – I
• F
  bVII

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 0807, 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.