All in Love Is Fair by Stevie Wonder

Overview

Key: C♯ minor · Chords used: 23 · Sections: 7

Form: Intro → A Section → B Section → C Section → A Section → B Section → C Section

Where these chords come from: a chord chart of this song written by a musician and shared on the iReal Pro forums, archived in the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). It's one musician's reading of the song, not a transcription checked against the recording. This page shows that chart 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

• C♯m – C♯m/B – Amaj7 – Gmaj7 – F♯7sus4 – B7sus4
  i – i (bass B) – bVImaj7 – bVmaj7 – IV7sus4 – bVII7sus4

A Section 1

• C♯m – C♯m/B – A♯m7♭5 – Amaj7 – G♯m7♭5 – C♯7 – F♯7 – B7sus4
  i – i (bass B) – viø7 – bVImaj7 – vø7 – I7 – IV7 – bVII7sus4

B Section 1

• C♯m – C♯m/B – A♯m7♭5 – Amaj7 – G♯m7♭5 – C♯7♯9 – F♯m7 – G♯7sus4 – G♯7♭9
  i – i (bass B) – viø7 – bVImaj7 – vø7 – I7#9 – iv7 – V7sus4 – V7b9

C Section 1

• C♯m – C♯m/B – A♯m7♭5 – Am7 – D7 – E/B – C♯7 – F♯7 – B7sus4 – E – G♯7/D♯
  i – i (bass B) – viø7 – bvi7 – bII7 – bIII⁶₄ – I7 – IV7 – bVII7sus4 – bIII – V⁴₃

A Section 2

Same chords as A Section 1.

B Section 2

Same chords as B Section 1.

C Section 2

• C♯m – C♯m/B – A♯m7♭5
  i – i (bass B) – viø7
• Am7 – D7 – E/B – C♯7 – F♯7 – B7sus4 – E (×2)
  bvi7 – bII7 – bIII⁶₄ – I7 – IV7 – bVII7sus4 – bIII
• E7/D – A/C♯ – G♯7/C – G♯7 – C♯m
  bIII⁴₂ – bVI⁶ – V⁶₅ – V7 – i

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
C♯m	i	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, A Section, B Section, C Section
C♯m/B	i (bass B)	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, A Section, B Section, C Section
Amaj7	bVImaj7	In the key	Intro, A Section, B Section
Gmaj7	bVmaj7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Intro
F♯7sus4	IV7sus4	In the key	Intro
B7sus4	bVII7sus4	In the key	Intro, A Section, C Section
A♯m7♭5	viø7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, B Section, C Section
G♯m7♭5	vø7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, B Section
C♯7	I7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, C Section
F♯7	IV7	Secondary dominant (V/bVII)	A Section, C Section
C♯7♯9	I7#9	Secondary dominant (V/iv)	B Section
F♯m7	iv7	In the key	B Section
G♯7sus4	V7sus4	In the key	B Section
G♯7♭9	V7b9	In the key	B Section
Am7	bvi7	Outside the key (chromatic)	C Section
D7	bII7	Outside the key (chromatic)	C Section
E/B	bIII⁶₄	In the key	C Section
E	bIII	In the key	C Section
G♯7/D♯	V⁴₃	In the key	C Section
E7/D	bIII⁴₂	Secondary dominant (V/bVI)	C Section
A/C♯	bVI⁶	In the key	C Section
G♯7/C	V⁶₅	In the key	C Section
G♯7	V7	In the key	C Section

Harmonic highlights

• F♯7 acts as V/bVII: it resolves to B7sus4.
• C♯7♯9 acts as V/iv: it resolves to F♯m7.
• E7/D acts as V/bVI: it resolves to A/C♯.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “All In Love Is Fair” (credited “Wonder Stevie”, style Pop Ballad) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Performer/songwriter confirmed from Wikidata.
• Section names: from the chart's own markings: section names written on the chart (Intro, Verse, Chorus…) are kept, and rehearsal letters are shown as “A Section”, “B Section” and so on (the B of an AABA song is called the Bridge).
• Cross-check: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “All In Love Is Fair” (credited “Wonder Stevie”, style Soul Ballad) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Performer/songwriter confirmed from Wikidata. A separately posted chart of the same song; its chords match this page's closely when both are read in the same key (similarity 81%).
• Chord charts are often written in a key that suits a particular singer or band, so this may not be the key of the original recording.
• About the song: Wikipedia.
• Verified: two community charts of this song, posted in different forum threads, agree on its harmony. They're still charts, not transcriptions checked against the recording.
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.