Georgia on My Mind by Hoagy Carmichael

Overview

Key: F major · Chords used: 18 · Sections: 5

Form: Intro → 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

Intro

• Am7 – D7 – Gm7 – C7 – F6 – Gm7 – C7
  iii7 – VI7 – ii7 – V7 – I6 – ii7 – V7

A Section 1

• Fmaj7 – Em7♭5 – A7♭9 – Dm – Dm/C – G/B – B♭m7 – E♭7 – Am7 – D7 – Gm7 – C7 – Am7 – D7 – Gm7 – Caug7
  Imaj7 – viiø7 – III7b9 – vi – vi (bass C) – II⁶ – iv7 – bVII7 – iii7 – VI7 – ii7 – V7 – iii7 – VI7 – ii7 – V+7

A Section 2

• Fmaj7 – Em7♭5 – A7♭9 – Dm – Dm/C – G/B – B♭m7 – E♭7 – Am7 – D7 – Gm7 – C7 – F6 – Em7♭5 – A7♭9
  Imaj7 – viiø7 – III7b9 – vi – vi (bass C) – II⁶ – iv7 – bVII7 – iii7 – VI7 – ii7 – V7 – I6 – viiø7 – III7b9

Bridge

• Dm – A7♭9 – Dm – B♭7 – Dm – A7♭9 – Dm – G7/B – Dm – A7♭9 – Dm – Bm7♭5 – E7 – Am7 – D7 – Gm7 – Caug7
  vi – III7b9 – vi – IV7 – vi – III7b9 – vi – II⁶₅ – vi – III7b9 – vi – #ivø7 – VII7 – iii7 – VI7 – ii7 – V+7

A Section 3

• Fmaj7 – Em7♭5 – A7♭9 – Dm – Dm/C – G/B – B♭m7 – E♭7 – Am7 – D7 – Gm7 – C7 – F6 – Gm7 – C7
  Imaj7 – viiø7 – III7b9 – vi – vi (bass C) – II⁶ – iv7 – bVII7 – iii7 – VI7 – ii7 – V7 – I6 – ii7 – V7

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
Am7	iii7	In the key	Intro, A Section, Bridge
D7	VI7	Secondary dominant (V/ii)	Intro, A Section, Bridge
Gm7	ii7	In the key	Intro, A Section, Bridge
C7	V7	In the key	Intro, A Section
F6	I6	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, A Section
Fmaj7	Imaj7	Home chord (tonic)	A Section
Em7♭5	viiø7	In the key	A Section
A7♭9	III7b9	Secondary dominant (V/vi)	A Section, Bridge
Dm	vi	In the key	A Section, Bridge
Dm/C	vi (bass C)	In the key	A Section
G/B	II⁶	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
B♭m7	iv7	Borrowed from F minor	A Section
E♭7	bVII7	Borrowed from F minor	A Section
Caug7	V+7	Borrowed from F minor	A Section, Bridge
B♭7	IV7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge
G7/B	II⁶₅	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge
Bm7♭5	#ivø7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge
E7	VII7	Secondary dominant (V/iii)	Bridge

Harmonic highlights

• B♭m7 (iv7) is borrowed from the parallel key, F minor.
• E♭7 (bVII7) is borrowed from the parallel key, F minor.
• Caug7 (V+7) is borrowed from the parallel key, F minor.
• D7 acts as V/ii: it resolves to Gm7.
• A7♭9 acts as V/vi: it resolves to Dm.
• E7 acts as V/iii: it resolves to Am7.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Georgia On My Mind” (credited “Carmichael Hoagy”, style Slow 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 “Georgia On My Mind” (credited “Carmichael Hoagy”, style Slow 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 71%).
• 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.