At Last by Harry Warren

Overview

Key: C major · Chords used: 21 · Sections: 4

Form: 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

A Section 1

• C6 – E♭7 – Dm7 – D♭7 – Cmaj7 – E♭7 – Dm7 – D♭7 – E7 – E♭7 – Dm7 – D♭7 – C6 – E♭7 – A♭7 – D♭7
  I6 – bIII7 – ii7 – bII7 – Imaj7 – bIII7 – ii7 – bII7 – III7 – bIII7 – ii7 – bII7 – I6 – bIII7 – bVI7 – bII7

A Section 2

• C6 – E♭7 – Dm7 – D♭7 – Cmaj7 – E♭7 – Dm7 – D♭7 – E7 – E♭7 – Dm7 – D♭7 – C6 – Fm6 – C6 – A7
  I6 – bIII7 – ii7 – bII7 – Imaj7 – bIII7 – ii7 – bII7 – III7 – bIII7 – ii7 – bII7 – I6 – iv6 – I6 – VI7

Bridge

• Dm7 – G7 – Cmaj7 – C/B – Am7 – Am7/G – F♯m7♭5 – B7♭9 – Em7 – A7 – Am7 – D7 – Gmaj7 – G/F♯ – E7♭9 – Am7 – D7♭9 – Dm7 – D♭7
  ii7 – V7 – Imaj7 – I (bass B) – vi7 – vi⁴₂ – #ivø7 – VII7b9 – iii7 – VI7 – vi7 – II7 – Vmaj7 – V (bass F♯) – III7b9 – vi7 – II7b9 – ii7 – bII7

A Section 3

Same chords as A Section 1.

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
C6	I6	Home chord (tonic)	A Section
E♭7	bIII7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
Dm7	ii7	In the key	A Section, Bridge
D♭7	bII7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, Bridge
Cmaj7	Imaj7	Home chord (tonic)	A Section, Bridge
E7	III7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
A♭7	bVI7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
Fm6	iv6	Borrowed from C minor	A Section
A7	VI7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, Bridge
G7	V7	In the key	Bridge
C/B	I (bass B)	Home chord (tonic)	Bridge
Am7	vi7	In the key	Bridge
Am7/G	vi⁴₂	In the key	Bridge
F♯m7♭5	#ivø7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge
B7♭9	VII7b9	Secondary dominant (V/iii)	Bridge
Em7	iii7	In the key	Bridge
D7	II7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge
Gmaj7	Vmaj7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge
G/F♯	V (bass F♯)	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge
E7♭9	III7b9	Secondary dominant (V/vi)	Bridge
D7♭9	II7b9	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge

Harmonic highlights

• Fm6 (iv6) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• B7♭9 acts as V/iii: it resolves to Em7.
• E7♭9 acts as V/vi: it resolves to Am7.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “At Last-Rev JE” (credited “Warren Harry”, 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 “At Last” (credited “Warren Harry”, style Medium 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 66%).
• 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.