After the Love Has Gone by Earth, Wind & Fire

Overview

Key: F major · Chords used: 48 · Sections: 9

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

• F/C – Am7 – B♭add9 – C7sus4 – F – Gm7 – F/A – B♭maj7 – Gm7 – C7sus4
  I⁶₄ – iii7 – IVadd9 – V7sus4 – I – ii7 – I⁶ – IVmaj7 – ii7 – V7sus4

Instrumental

• Fadd9 – B♭m – Fadd9 – B♭m6 – Fadd9 – B7♯11 – B♭m11 – A♭maj7/C
  Iadd9 – iv – Iadd9 – iv6 – Iadd9 – #IV7#11 – iv11 – bIIImaj⁶₅

Pre-Verse

• Fadd9 – B♭m6 – Fadd9 – B♭m6 – Fadd9 – B7♯11 – B♭m11 – D♭maj9 – F/C (×2)
  Iadd9 – iv6 – Iadd9 – iv6 – Iadd9 – #IV7#11 – iv11 – bVImaj9 – I⁶₄

Verse

• Fadd9 – Fadd9(no5) – Fadd9 – Am7 – Dm – B♭maj7 – E♭maj7 – B♭/C – C7 – Fadd9 – Fadd9(no5) – Fadd9 – Am7 – Dm9 – B♭sus2 – E♭maj9 – C7sus4 – Baug
  Iadd9 – Iadd9(no5) – Iadd9 – iii7 – vi – IVmaj7 – bVIImaj7 – IV (bass C) – V7 – Iadd9 – Iadd9(no5) – Iadd9 – iii7 – vi9 – IVsus2 – bVIImaj9 – V7sus4 – #IV+

Bridge

• B♭maj9 – Am7 – Dm7 – Gm9 – Fmaj9 – B9sus4 – Emaj9 – A♭m7/E♭ – A♭m7 – D♭m9 – Bmaj9
  IVmaj9 – iii7 – vi7 – ii9 – Imaj9 – #IV9sus4 – VIImaj9 – biii⁴₃ – biii7 – bvi9 – #IVmaj9

Chorus 1

• Cm9 – Fm9 – B♭m9 – A♭6/E♭ – A♭m9 – G♭/D♭ – G♭maj9 – A♭m7 – B♭m7 (×2)
  v9 – i9 – iv9 – bIII6 (bass E♭) – biii9 – bII⁶₄ – bIImaj9 – biii7 – iv7
• Bmaj7 – D♭m7 – E♭m7
  #IVmaj7 – bvi7 – bvii7

Chorus 2

• Fm9 – B♭m9 – E♭m9 – D♭6/A♭ – D♭m9 – B/G♭ – Bmaj9 – D♭m7 – E♭m7 (×2)
  i9 – iv9 – bvii9 – bVI6 (bass A♭) – bvi9 – #IV⁶₄ – #IVmaj9 – bvi7 – bvii7

Solo

• Fm9 – B♭m9 – E♭m9 – D♭6/A♭ – D♭m9 – B/G♭ – Bmaj9 – D♭m7 – E♭m7 (×4)
  i9 – iv9 – bvii9 – bVI6 (bass A♭) – bvi9 – #IV⁶₄ – #IVmaj9 – bvi7 – bvii7

Chorus 3

• Fm9 – B♭m9 – E♭m9 – D♭6/A♭ – D♭m9 – B/G♭ – Bmaj9 – D♭m7 – E♭m7 (×2)
  i9 – iv9 – bvii9 – bVI6 (bass A♭) – bvi9 – #IV⁶₄ – #IVmaj9 – bvi7 – bvii7
• Fm9
  i9

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• B♭m (iv) is borrowed from the parallel key, F minor.
• B♭m6 (iv6) is borrowed from the parallel key, F minor.
• B♭m11 (iv11) is borrowed from the parallel key, F minor.
• A♭maj7/C (bIIImaj⁶₅) is borrowed from the parallel key, F minor.
• D♭maj9 (bVImaj9) is borrowed from the parallel key, F minor.
• Fm9 (i9) is borrowed from the parallel key, F minor.
• B♭m9 (iv9) is borrowed from the parallel key, F minor.
• A♭6/E♭ (bIII6 (bass E♭)) is borrowed from the parallel key, F minor.
• B♭m7 (iv7) is borrowed from the parallel key, F minor.
• D♭6/A♭ (bVI6 (bass A♭)) is borrowed from the parallel key, F minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1056, CC0), via ChoCo.
• Not verified: only one expert transcription of this song is available so far.
• 2 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.