Black Magic Woman by Fleetwood Mac

Overview

Key: D minor · Chords used: 17 · Sections: 4

Form: Intro → Verse → Verse → Outro

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

• Dm
  i
• Dm/A – Dm/D (×8)
  i⁶₄ – i
• Dm/A
  i⁶₄
• Gm – Dm7 (×2)
  iv – i7
• Dm7/A – Dm7 – Dm – A7 – Dm – Gm – Dm – Dm7 – A7 – Dm7
  i⁴₃ – i7 – i – V7 – i – iv – i – i7 – V7 – i7
• Dm – Dm/A (×7)
  i – i⁶₄
• A7 – A7/G – A7/E (×2)
  V7 – V⁴₂ – V⁴₃
• Dm7 – Dm7/C – Dm7/B (×2)
  i7 – i⁴₂ – i7 (bass B)
• Gm – Dm7 – Dm7/C – A7 – A7/G – A7/E – Dm – Dm7
  iv – i7 – i⁴₂ – V7 – V⁴₂ – V⁴₃ – i – i7
• Dm – Dm/C (×2)
  i – i (bass C)
• A7 – A7/G – A7/E (×2)
  V7 – V⁴₂ – V⁴₃
• Dm7 – Dm9/C – Dm9/B (×2)
  i7 – i9 (bass C) – i9 (bass B)
• Gm – Dm7 – Dm7/C – A7 – A7/G – A7/E
  iv – i7 – i⁴₂ – V7 – V⁴₂ – V⁴₃

Verse 1

• Dm – Dm/A – A7 – A7/G – A7/E – Dm7 – Dm7/C – Dm7/B – Gm – Dm7 – Dm7/C – A7 – A7/G – A7/E – Dm – Dm7 – Dm – Dm/C – A7 – A7/G – A7/E – Dm7 – Dm9/C – Dm9/B – Gm – Dm7 – Dm7/C – A7 – A7/G – A7/E
  i – i⁶₄ – V7 – V⁴₂ – V⁴₃ – i7 – i⁴₂ – i7 (bass B) – iv – i7 – i⁴₂ – V7 – V⁴₂ – V⁴₃ – i – i7 – i – i (bass C) – V7 – V⁴₂ – V⁴₃ – i7 – i9 (bass C) – i9 (bass B) – iv – i7 – i⁴₂ – V7 – V⁴₂ – V⁴₃

Verse 2

• Dm – Dm7
  i – i7
• Dm – Dm/A (×2)
  i – i⁶₄
• A7 – A7/G – A7/E (×2)
  V7 – V⁴₂ – V⁴₃
• Dm7 – Dm7/C (×2)
  i7 – i⁴₂
• Gm – Dm – Dm/C – A7 – A7/G – A7/E
  iv – i – i (bass C) – V7 – V⁴₂ – V⁴₃

Outro

• Dm
  i
• Dm/A – Dm/D (×9)
  i⁶₄ – i
• Dm/A – Dm/F – Dm/E – Dm69
  i⁶₄ – i⁶ – i (bass E) – i69

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
Dm	i	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, Verse, Outro
Dm/A	i⁶₄	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, Verse, Outro
Dm/D	i	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, Outro
Gm	iv	In the key	Intro, Verse
Dm7	i7	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, Verse
Dm7/A	i⁴₃	Home chord (tonic)	Intro
A7	V7	In the key	Intro, Verse
A7/G	V⁴₂	In the key	Intro, Verse
A7/E	V⁴₃	In the key	Intro, Verse
Dm7/C	i⁴₂	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, Verse
Dm7/B	i7 (bass B)	Outside the key (chromatic)	Intro, Verse
Dm/C	i (bass C)	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, Verse
Dm9/C	i9 (bass C)	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, Verse
Dm9/B	i9 (bass B)	Outside the key (chromatic)	Intro, Verse
Dm/F	i⁶	Home chord (tonic)	Outro
Dm/E	i (bass E)	Home chord (tonic)	Outro
Dm69	i69	Outside the key (chromatic)	Outro

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Black Magic Woman - Gypsy Queen Pt. 1 (Santana Version)” (credited “Green Peter”, style Brazilian Samba) 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 “Black Magic Woman (Instrumental First 12 Bars)” (credited “Green Peter”, style Bolero-Cha) 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 100%).
• 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.