Do I Do by Stevie Wonder

Overview

Key: B major · Chords used: 23 · Sections: 22

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

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

• Bmaj9 – E69 – F♯9sus4 (×2)
  Imaj9 – IV69 – V9sus4

Verse 1

• Bmaj7 – E69 – F♯9sus4 (×2)
  Imaj7 – IV69 – V9sus4
• G♯9sus4
  VI9sus4

Chorus 1

• G♯m7 – D♯7sus4 – G♯9sus4 (×2)
  vi7 – III7sus4 – VI9sus4
• G♯m7 – Dmaj7 – C
  vi7 – bIIImaj7 – bII

Interlude 1

• Bmaj9 – E69 – F♯9sus4
  Imaj9 – IV69 – V9sus4

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Interlude 2

• Bmaj9 – B♭6/F – E69 – F♯9sus4 – Cmaj9 (×2)
  Imaj9 – bI6 (bass F) – IV69 – V9sus4 – bIImaj9
• Bmaj9 – B♭6/F – E69 – F♯9sus4
  Imaj9 – bI6 (bass F) – IV69 – V9sus4

Bridge 1

• D♭69/A♭ – A♭7 – D♭maj7 – F9sus4 – B♭7 – E♭maj7 – C9sus4 – C7 – Fmaj7 – F♯7sus4 – B6/F♯ – Baug/F♯
  II69 (bass A♭) – VI7 – IImaj7 – bV9sus4 – bI7 – bIVmaj7 – bII9sus4 – bII7 – bVmaj7 – V7sus4 – I6 (bass F♯) – I+ (bass F♯)

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Interlude 3

Same chords as Interlude 2.

Bridge 2

Same chords as Bridge 1.

Interlude 4

• Bmaj7 – E69 – F♯9sus4 (×2)
  Imaj7 – IV69 – V9sus4

Solo 1

• Bmaj7 – E69 – F♯9sus4 (×2)
  Imaj7 – IV69 – V9sus4
• G♯9sus4
  VI9sus4

Solo 2

• G♯m7 – D♯7sus4 – G♯9sus4 (×2)
  vi7 – III7sus4 – VI9sus4
• G♯m7 – Dmaj7 – C
  vi7 – bIIImaj7 – bII

Solo 3

• Bmaj7 – E69 – F♯9sus4 (×3)
  Imaj7 – IV69 – V9sus4
• G♯9sus4
  VI9sus4

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Interlude 5

Same chords as Interlude 2.

Bridge 3

Same chords as Bridge 1.

Verse 4

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 5

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Interlude 6

• Bmaj9 – B♭6/F – E69 – F♯9sus4 – Cmaj9 (×11)
  Imaj9 – bI6 (bass F) – IV69 – V9sus4 – bIImaj9

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• Dmaj7 (bIIImaj7) is borrowed from the parallel key, B minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0736, CC0), via ChoCo.
• Not verified: only one expert transcription of this song is available so far.
• 6 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.