Alone Together by Arthur Schwartz

Overview

Key: D minor · Chords used: 16 · Sections: 5

Form: Intro → A Section → A Section → Bridge → A 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

• Dm6 – Bm7♭5 – B♭7 – A7♭9 – Dm6 – Em7♭5 – A7♭9
  i6 – viø7 – bVI7 – V7b9 – i6 – iiø7 – V7b9

A Section 1

• Dm6 – Em7♭5 – A7♭9 (×2)
  i6 – iiø7 – V7b9
• Dm6 – Am7♭5 – D7♭9 – Gm7 – Bm7 – E7 – Gm7 – C7 – Fmaj7 – Em7♭5 – A7♭9 – Dmaj7
  i6 – vø7 – I7b9 – iv7 – vi7 – II7 – iv7 – bVII7 – bIIImaj7 – iiø7 – V7b9 – Imaj7

A Section 2

Same chords as A Section 1.

Bridge

• Am7♭5 – D7♭9 – Gm6 – Gm7♭5 – C7♭9 – Fmaj7 – Em7♭5 – A7♭9
  vø7 – I7b9 – iv6 – ivø7 – bVII7b9 – bIIImaj7 – iiø7 – V7b9

A Section 3

• Dm6 – Em7♭5 – A7♭9 (×2)
  i6 – iiø7 – V7b9
• Dm6 – Bm7♭5 – B♭7 – A7♭9 – Dm6 – Em7♭5 – A7♭9
  i6 – viø7 – bVI7 – V7b9 – i6 – iiø7 – V7b9

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
Dm6	i6	Outside the key (chromatic)	Intro, A Section
Bm7♭5	viø7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Intro, A Section
B♭7	bVI7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Intro, A Section
A7♭9	V7b9	In the key	Intro, A Section, Bridge
Em7♭5	iiø7	In the key	Intro, A Section, Bridge
Am7♭5	vø7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, Bridge
D7♭9	I7b9	Secondary dominant (V/iv)	A Section, Bridge
Gm7	iv7	In the key	A Section
Bm7	vi7	Borrowed from D major	A Section
E7	II7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
C7	bVII7	In the key	A Section
Fmaj7	bIIImaj7	In the key	A Section, Bridge
Dmaj7	Imaj7	Borrowed from D major	A Section
Gm6	iv6	In the key	Bridge
Gm7♭5	ivø7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge
C7♭9	bVII7b9	Secondary dominant (V/bIII)	Bridge

Harmonic highlights

• Bm7 (vi7) is borrowed from the parallel key, D major.
• Dmaj7 (Imaj7) is borrowed from the parallel key, D major.
• D7♭9 acts as V/iv: it resolves to Gm7.
• C7♭9 acts as V/bIII: it resolves to Fmaj7.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Alone Together” (credited “Schwartz Arthur”, style Medium Swing) 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 “Alone Together-Rev JE” (credited “Schwartz Arthur”, style Medium Up Swing) 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 88%).
• 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.