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Glad You Came by The Wanted

Piano chords, voicings & structure breakdown · 26 steps · 4 unique chords · 2010s

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 1 (×2)Step 1 of 26

C

LeftC2, G2RightC4, E4, G4
C2G2C4E4G4
Left hand Right hand Middle C (C4)

No source cited for this step

Harmonic Analysis & Structure

Overview

Key: C major · Chords used: 4 · Sections: 16

Form: A Section → A Section → A Section ×7 → B Section → B Section ×3 → C Section → C Section → C 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

  • C – G – Em – D (×2)
    I – V – iii – II

A Section 2

  • C – Em
    I – iii

A Section 3

Same chords as A Section 2.

A Section 4

Same chords as A Section 2.

A Section 5

Same chords as A Section 2.

A Section 6

Same chords as A Section 2.

A Section 7

Same chords as A Section 2.

A Section 8

Same chords as A Section 2.

A Section 9

Same chords as A Section 2.

B Section 1

  • C – Em
    I – iii

B Section 2

Same chords as B Section 1.

B Section 3

Same chords as B Section 1.

B Section 4

Same chords as B Section 1.

C Section 1

  • C – Em
    I – iii

C Section 2

Same chords as C Section 1.

C Section 3

  • C – Em – C
    I – iii – I
  • D – C – G – Em (×2)
    II – I – V – iii
  • D
    II
  • C – Em (×11)
    I – iii
  • C
    I
  • D – C – G – Em (×2)
    II – I – V – iii
  • D
    II

Chord vocabulary

ChordRoman numeralRoleHeard in
CIHome chord (tonic)A Section, B Section, C Section
GVIn the keyA Section, C Section
EmiiiIn the keyA Section, B Section, C Section
DIIOutside the key (chromatic)A Section, C Section

Sources & accuracy

  • Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Glad You Came” (credited “Wanted The”, style Medium Swing) 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.
  • About the song: Wikipedia.
  • 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 “Glad You Came” (credited “Wanted The”, style Medium Swing) 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 1 (×2)CC2, G2C4, E4, G4—
2A Section 1 (×2)GG2, D3B3, D4, G4—
3A Section 1 (×2)EmE2, B2B3, E4, G4—
4A Section 1 (×2)DD2, A2A3, D4, F♯4—
5A Section 2CC2, G2C4, E4, G4—
6A Section 2EmE2, B2B3, E4, G4—
7B Section 1CC2, G2C4, E4, G4—
8B Section 1EmE2, B2B3, E4, G4—
9C Section 1CC2, G2C4, E4, G4—
10C Section 1EmE2, B2B3, E4, G4—
11C Section 3, part 1CC2, G2C4, E4, G4—
12C Section 3, part 1EmE2, B2B3, E4, G4—
13C Section 3, part 1CC2, G2C4, E4, G4—
14C Section 3, part 2 (×2)DD2, A2A3, D4, F♯4—
15C Section 3, part 2 (×2)CC2, G2C4, E4, G4—
16C Section 3, part 2 (×2)GG2, D3B3, D4, G4—
17C Section 3, part 2 (×2)EmE2, B2B3, E4, G4—
18C Section 3, part 3DD2, A2A3, D4, F♯4—
19C Section 3, part 4 (×11)CC2, G2C4, E4, G4—
20C Section 3, part 4 (×11)EmE2, B2B3, E4, G4—
21C Section 3, part 5CC2, G2C4, E4, G4—
22C Section 3, part 6 (×2)DD2, A2A3, D4, F♯4—
23C Section 3, part 6 (×2)CC2, G2C4, E4, G4—
24C Section 3, part 6 (×2)GG2, D3B3, D4, G4—
25C Section 3, part 6 (×2)EmE2, B2B3, E4, G4—
26C Section 3, part 7DD2, A2A3, D4, F♯4—