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Baby, I Love Your Way (Live) by Peter Frampton

Piano chords, voicings & structure breakdown · 11 steps · 10 unique chords · 1970s

Community chart. These chords come from a chart a musician wrote and shared on the iReal Pro forums, not from a transcription checked against the recording. Charts are sometimes written in a different key or simplified, and no second chart of this song agreed closely enough to mark this page verified. Trust your ears.
A Section 1Step 1 of 11

G

LeftG2, D3RightB3, D4, G4
C4G2D3B3D4G4
Left hand Right hand Middle C (C4)

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Harmonic Analysis & Structure

Overview

Key: G major · Chords used: 10 · Sections: 3

Form: A Section → A Section → B 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

  • G – Bm/F♯ – Em7 – Em7/D – C – F9
    I – iii⁶₄ – vi7 – vi⁴₂ – IV – bVII9

A Section 2

Same chords as A Section 1.

B Section

  • Bm7 – Em7 – Am7 – D7 – D11
    iii7 – vi7 – ii7 – V7 – V11

Chord vocabulary

ChordRoman numeralRoleHeard in
GIHome chord (tonic)A Section
Bm/F♯iii⁶₄In the keyA Section
Em7vi7In the keyA Section, B Section
Em7/Dvi⁴₂In the keyA Section
CIVIn the keyA Section
F9bVII9Borrowed from G minorA Section
Bm7iii7In the keyB Section
Am7ii7In the keyB Section
D7V7In the keyB Section
D11V11In the keyB Section

Harmonic highlights

  • F9 (bVII9) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.

Sources & accuracy

  • Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Baby I Love Your Way” (credited “Frampton Peter”, style 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).
  • 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.
  • Not verified: only one chart of this song is available, so it hasn't been cross-checked.
  • Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.

Sources & Accuracy

Every chord on this page comes from the community chart listed first below. Piano voicings are our arrangement of the reported chord symbols, not a note-for-note transcription.

  • Chords from a chart a musician wrote and shared on the iReal Pro forums (archived in the ChoCo research dataset); may be in a different key from the recording, and not checked against it.

    Community chord chart “Baby I Love Your Way” (credited “Frampton Peter”, style Ballad) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Performer confirmed from the Billboard year-end charts.

All Piano Voicings

#SectionChordLeft handRight handSources
1A Section 1GG2, D3B3, D4, G4—
2A Section 1Bm/F♯F♯2B3, D4, F♯4—
3A Section 1Em7E2, B2B3, D4, G4—
4A Section 1Em7/DD2B3, D4, E4, G4—
5A Section 1CC2, G2C4, E4, G4—
6A Section 1F9F2, C3C4, E♭4, G4, A4—
7B SectionBm7B1, F♯2D4, F♯4, A4—
8B SectionEm7E2, B2D4, G4, B4—
9B SectionAm7A2, E3E4, G4, C5—
10B SectionD7D2, A2F♯4, A4, C5—
11B SectionD11D2, A2F♯4, G4, C5, E5—