Along Comes a Woman by Chicago

Overview

Key: D major · Chords used: 9 · Sections: 10

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

• A7(no3)
  V7(no3)

Verse 1

• A7(no3)
  V7(no3)

Pre-Chorus 1

• Bm – G (×3)
  vi – IV
• F♯m – G – A
  iii – IV – V

Chorus 1

• G – A/C♯ – D – A (×2)
  IV – V⁶ – I – V
• G – A/C♯ – D – Bm/E
  IV – V⁶ – I – vi (bass E)

Pre-Verse

• A7(no3)
  V7(no3)

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Pre-Chorus 2

Same chords as Pre-Chorus 1.

Chorus 2

• G – A/C♯ – D – A – G – A/C♯ – D – A – G – A/C♯ – D – Bm/E (×2)
  IV – V⁶ – I – V – IV – V⁶ – I – V – IV – V⁶ – I – vi (bass E)

Instrumental

• A11
  V11

Chorus 3

• G – A/C♯ – D – A – G – A/C♯ – D – A – G – A/C♯ – D – Bm/E (×2)
  IV – V⁶ – I – V – IV – V⁶ – I – V – IV – V⁶ – I – vi (bass E)
• G – A/C♯ – D – A (×2)
  IV – V⁶ – I – V
• G – A/C♯ – D
  IV – V⁶ – I

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0198, 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.