Caught Up in the Rapture by Anita Baker

Overview

Key: D major · Chords used: 19 · Sections: 12

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Bridge → Interlude → Verse → Chorus → Bridge → Interlude → Chorus → Bridge → Solo

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

• Dmaj9 – F/G – Am7 – C7(no3) – Gm7 – A7sus4 (×2)
  Imaj9 – bIII (bass G) – v7 – bVII7(no3) – iv7 – V7sus4

Verse 1

• Dmaj7 – F♯m7 – Gmaj7 – C7(no3) (×2)
  Imaj7 – iii7 – IVmaj7 – bVII7(no3)

Chorus 1

• C♯m11(no5) – F♯7 – Bm7 – E7 – Am – D7 – Gmaj7 – C13 – C♯m11(no5) – F♯7 – Bm7 – E7 – A9sus4
  vii11(no5) – III7 – vi7 – II7 – v – I7 – IVmaj7 – bVII13 – vii11(no5) – III7 – vi7 – II7 – V9sus4

Bridge 1

• Bm7 – Gmaj7 – Em7 – F♯aug7 – Bm7 – Gmaj7 – Em7 – A7sus4
  vi7 – IVmaj7 – ii7 – III+7 – vi7 – IVmaj7 – ii7 – V7sus4

Interlude 1

• Dmaj9 – F/G – Am7 – C7(no3) – Gm7 – A7sus4
  Imaj9 – bIII (bass G) – v7 – bVII7(no3) – iv7 – V7sus4

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Bridge 2

• Bm7 – Gmaj7 – Em7 – F♯aug7 (×2)
  vi7 – IVmaj7 – ii7 – III+7
• Bm7 – Gmaj7 – Em7 – A7sus4
  vi7 – IVmaj7 – ii7 – V7sus4

Interlude 2

• Dmaj9 – F/G – Am7 – C7(no3) – Gm7 – A7sus4 (×2)
  Imaj9 – bIII (bass G) – v7 – bVII7(no3) – iv7 – V7sus4

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Bridge 3

• Bm7 – Gmaj7 – Em7 – F♯aug7 (×5)
  vi7 – IVmaj7 – ii7 – III+7

Solo

• Bm7 – Gmaj7 – Em7 – F♯aug7 (×5)
  vi7 – IVmaj7 – ii7 – III+7

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• F/G (bIII (bass G)) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• Am7 (v7) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• C7(no3) (bVII7(no3)) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• Gm7 (iv7) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• Am (v) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• C13 (bVII13) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• F♯7 acts as V/vi: it resolves to Bm7.
• E7 acts as V/V: it resolves to A9sus4.
• D7 acts as V/IV: it resolves to Gmaj7.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0647, CC0), via ChoCo.
• Not verified: only one expert transcription of this song is available so far.
• 9 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.