Another Rainy Day in New York City by Chicago

Overview

Key: A major · Chords used: 9 · Sections: 9

Form: Intro → Verse → Transition → Chorus → Interlude → Verse → Transition → Chorus → Outro

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

• A – Esus4 (×2)
  I – Vsus4

Verse 1

• A – Esus4 – C♯m7 – F♯9 – Bm7 (×2)
  I – Vsus4 – iii7 – VI9 – ii7

Transition 1

• Fmaj7 – Cmaj7
  bVImaj7 – bIIImaj7

Chorus 1

• Fmaj7 – Cmaj7 – Bm7 – E7 – A – E7
  bVImaj7 – bIIImaj7 – ii7 – V7 – I – V7

Interlude

• A – Esus4 (×2)
  I – Vsus4
• A – E7
  I – V7

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Transition 2

Same chords as Transition 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Outro

• A – Esus4
  I – Vsus4
• A – E (×6)
  I – V

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• Fmaj7 (bVImaj7) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• Cmaj7 (bIIImaj7) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• F♯9 acts as V/ii: it resolves to Bm7.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0208, CC0), via ChoCo.
• Not verified: only one expert transcription of this song is available so far.
• 20 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.