Goldfinger by John Barry

Overview

Key: A minor · Chords used: 14 · Sections: 10

Form: Intro → Intro → A Section → A Section → B Section → C Section → B Section → C Section → D Section → D 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 1

• F – D♭
  bVI – bIV

Intro 2

Same chords as Intro 1.

A Section 1

• F – D♭ – Cm – F – B♭ – E9 – C7
  bVI – bIV – biii – bVI – bII – V9 – bIII7

A Section 2

• F – D♭ – Cm – F – B♭ – E9 – E – Am – Am6 – Am
  bVI – bIV – biii – bVI – bII – V9 – V – i – i6 – i

B Section 1

• Em – Am – B7 – Em – B7♯9 – E – C7 – C7♭9
  v – i – II7 – v – II7#9 – V – bIII7 – bIII7b9

C Section 1

• F – D♭ – Cm – F – B♭ – E9 – Am – Am6 – Am
  bVI – bIV – biii – bVI – bII – V9 – i – i6 – i

B Section 2

Same chords as B Section 1.

C Section 2

Same chords as C Section 1.

D Section 1

• Am – Am6 (×3)
  i – i6
• Am
  i

D Section 2

• Am – Am6 (×3)
  i – i6
• Am – Ammaj7
  i – imaj7

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
F	bVI	In the key	Intro, A Section, C Section
D♭	bIV	Outside the key (chromatic)	Intro, A Section, C Section
Cm	biii	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, C Section
B♭	bII	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, C Section
E9	V9	Borrowed from A major	A Section, C Section
C7	bIII7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, B Section
E	V	In the key	A Section, B Section
Am	i	Home chord (tonic)	A Section, B Section, C Section, D Section
Am6	i6	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, C Section, D Section
Em	v	In the key	B Section
B7	II7	Secondary dominant (V/v)	B Section
B7♯9	II7#9	Secondary dominant (V/V)	B Section
C7♭9	bIII7b9	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
Ammaj7	imaj7	Outside the key (chromatic)	D Section

Harmonic highlights

• E9 (V9) is borrowed from the parallel key, A major.
• B7 acts as V/v: it resolves to Em.
• B7♯9 acts as V/V: it resolves to E.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Goldfinger (James Bond)” (credited “Barry John”, style Slowly) 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 “Goldfinger (James Bond)” (credited “Barry John”, style Slowly) 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 78%).
• 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.
• 14 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.