Angie by The Rolling Stones

Overview

Key: C major · Chords used: 13 · Sections: 20

Form: Intro → A Section → A Section → B Section → A Section ×2 → A Section → B Section → A Section ×2 → A Section → B Section → A Section → A Section → B Section → Interlude → C Section → C Section → A Section → 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

• Am – E7 – Gsus4 – Fsus4 – F – Csus4 – C – Cadd9/B
  vi – III7 – Vsus4 – IVsus4 – IV – Isus4 – I – Iadd9 (bass B)

A Section 1

• Am – E7 – G – Fsus4 – F – Fadd9 – C6/E – G9sus4 – C – Cadd9/B
  vi – III7 – V – IVsus4 – IV – IVadd9 – I6 (bass E) – V9sus4 – I – Iadd9 (bass B)

A Section 2

• Am – E7 – G – Fsus4 – F – Fadd9 – C6/E – G9sus4 – C
  vi – III7 – V – IVsus4 – IV – IVadd9 – I6 (bass E) – V9sus4 – I

B Section 1

• G – Dm – Am – C – F – G
  V – ii – vi – I – IV – V

A Section 3

Same chords as A Section 1.

A Section 4

Same chords as A Section 1.

A Section 5

Same chords as A Section 2.

B Section 2

Same chords as B Section 1.

A Section 6

Same chords as A Section 1.

A Section 7

Same chords as A Section 1.

A Section 8

Same chords as A Section 2.

B Section 3

Same chords as B Section 1.

A Section 9

Same chords as A Section 1.

A Section 10

Same chords as A Section 2.

B Section 4

Same chords as B Section 1.

Interlude

• Dm – Am
  ii – vi

C Section 1

• Dm – Am
  ii – vi

C Section 2

• Dm – Am – C – F – G
  ii – vi – I – IV – V

A Section 11

Same chords as A Section 1.

A Section 12

Same chords as A Section 2.

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
Am	vi	In the key	Intro, A Section, B Section, Interlude, C Section
E7	III7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Intro, A Section
Gsus4	Vsus4	In the key	Intro
Fsus4	IVsus4	Borrowed from C minor	Intro, A Section
F	IV	In the key	Intro, A Section, B Section, C Section
Csus4	Isus4	Home chord (tonic)	Intro
C	I	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, A Section, B Section, C Section
Cadd9/B	Iadd9 (bass B)	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, A Section
G	V	In the key	A Section, B Section, C Section
Fadd9	IVadd9	In the key	A Section
C6/E	I6 (bass E)	Home chord (tonic)	A Section
G9sus4	V9sus4	In the key	A Section
Dm	ii	In the key	B Section, Interlude, C Section

Harmonic highlights

• Fsus4 (IVsus4) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Angie” (credited “Jagger-Richards (The Rolling Stones)”, style Rock Ballad) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Performer confirmed from the Billboard year-end charts.
• 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 “Angie” (credited “Jagger-Richards”, style Rock) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Performer confirmed from the Billboard year-end charts. A separately posted chart of the same song; its chords match this page's closely when both are read in the same key (similarity 73%).
• 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.
• The chart's D.S./D.C./coda jumps have been written out in playing order.
• 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.