All by Myself by Celine Dion

Overview

Key: B minor · Chords used: 41 · Sections: 20

Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the Uspop2002 chord annotations (Music and Audio Research Lab, New York University). 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

Part 1 (0:00)

• A
  bVII

Part 2 (0:02)

• Dm6/A – A – A9/G – F♯sus4 – F♯7 – Bm
  biii6 (bass A) – bVII – bVII9 (bass G) – Vsus4 – V7 – i

Part 3 (0:19)

• Dm – Aadd9/C♯ – Bm7 – E/G♯ – A – Dm6/A – A – Em/G
  biii – bVIIadd9 (bass C♯) – i7 – IV⁶ – bVII – biii6 (bass A) – bVII – iv⁶

Part 4 (0:37)

• F♯7 – Faug7 – Bm – Dm – Dm6 – Aadd9/C♯ – F♯7 – B7 – Dmadd9/E – E7 – A
  V7 – bV+7 – i – biii – biii6 – bVIIadd9 (bass C♯) – V7 – I7 – biiiadd9 (bass E) – IV7 – bVII

Part 5 (0:54)

• C♯m7 – Em/G – F♯7 – Bm – Dm/F – E7 – A
  ii7 – iv⁶ – V7 – i – biii⁶ – IV7 – bVII

Part 6 (1:10)

• Dm6/A – A – Em/G – F♯7 – F♯aug7 – Bm – Dm – Aadd9/C♯
  biii6 (bass A) – bVII – iv⁶ – V7 – V+7 – i – biii – bVIIadd9 (bass C♯)

Part 7 (1:26)

• F♯7 – B7 – E7♭9 – E7 – A – C♯m7 – Em/G
  V7 – I7 – IV7b9 – IV7 – bVII – ii7 – iv⁶

Part 8 (1:43)

• F♯7 – Bm – Dm/F – E7 – A – C♯m7 – Em/G
  V7 – i – biii⁶ – IV7 – bVII – ii7 – iv⁶

Part 9 (1:59)

• F♯7 – Bm – Dm – C♯7 – Cmaj7 – B7 – Em – D/F♯ – G – Am – F♯m7
  V7 – i – biii – II7 – bIImaj7 – I7 – iv – bIII⁶ – bVI – bvii – v7

Part 10 (2:14)

• B11 – B7/D♯ – Em – D/F♯ – G – Am – Fm7 – B11 – B7/D♯ – Em – D/F♯ – G – C♯7/E♯ – C♯7 – F♯m7 – B7
  I11 – I⁶₅ – iv – bIII⁶ – bVI – bvii – bv7 – I11 – I⁶₅ – iv – bIII⁶ – bVI – II⁶₅ – II7 – v7 – I7

Part 11 (2:28)

• Em7 – A7 – Dm7 – G7 – A – Dm6/A
  iv7 – bVII7 – biii7 – bVI7 – bVII – biii6 (bass A)

Part 12 (2:45)

• A – A9/G – F♯7 – Bm – Dm6 – A/C♯ – Bm7 – E/G♯ – A
  bVII – bVII9 (bass G) – V7 – i – biii6 – bVII⁶ – i7 – IV⁶ – bVII

Part 13 (3:03)

• C♯m7 – Em/G – F♯7 – Bm – Bm7
  ii7 – iv⁶ – V7 – i – i7

Part 14 (3:19)

• D♭ – Fm7 – A♭m/C♭ – B♭7 – E♭m – A
  II – bv7 – vi⁶ – bI7 – biv – bVII

Part 15 (3:35)

• B – D♭ – Fm7 – A♭m/C♭ – B♭7 – E♭m – A
  I – II – bv7 – vi⁶ – bI7 – biv – bVII

Part 16 (3:51)

Same chords as Part 15 (3:35).

Part 17 (4:07)

Same chords as Part 15 (3:35).

Part 18 (4:23)

Same chords as Part 15 (3:35).

Part 19 (4:39)

Same chords as Part 15 (3:35).

Part 20 (4:55)

• B – D♭ – Fm7 – A♭m/C♭
  I – II – bv7 – vi⁶

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• E/G♯ (IV⁶) is borrowed from the parallel key, B major.
• C♯m7 (ii7) is borrowed from the parallel key, B major.
• A♭m/C♭ (vi⁶) is borrowed from the parallel key, B major.
• E♭m (biv) is borrowed from the parallel key, B major.
• B (I) is borrowed from the parallel key, B major.
• B7 acts as V/iv: it resolves to Em.
• E7 acts as V/bVII: it resolves to A.
• C♯7 acts as V/v: it resolves to F♯m7.
• B7/D♯ acts as V/iv: it resolves to Em.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the Uspop2002 chord annotations (Music and Audio Research Lab, New York University). Chord annotation of the original recording (Falling Into You), time-stamped by researchers; CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo.
• Section names: this annotation doesn't name verses or choruses, so they aren't guessed. Instead, code used the chord timings to find the bars and cut the song into 8-bar parts. Each part is labelled with the time it starts in the annotated recording (Falling Into You), and a part with exactly the same chords as an earlier one says so.
• The key was estimated by code from the chords; this annotation doesn't state it.
• Not verified: only one expert transcription of this song is available so far.
• 26 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.