Home At Last by Steely Dan

Overview

Key: G minor · Chords used: 13 · Sections: 14

Form: Intro → Intro ×3 → A Section → B Section → C Section → A Section → B Section → C Section → D Section → A Section → B Section → Outro

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

• Gm7 – Am – Gm7 – Am7 – B♭maj7
  i7 – ii – i7 – ii7 – bIIImaj7

Intro 2

Same chords as Intro 1.

Intro 3

Same chords as Intro 1.

Intro 4

Same chords as Intro 1.

A Section 1

• E♭maj7 – B♭maj7 – E♭maj7 – B♭maj7 – E♭maj7 – D7 – Gm7 – A♭7 – Gm7 (×2)
  bVImaj7 – bIIImaj7 – bVImaj7 – bIIImaj7 – bVImaj7 – V7 – i7 – bII7 – i7

B Section 1

• Cm7 – Gm9 – Cm7 – Dm7 – Cm7 – B♭maj7 – E♭maj7
  iv7 – i9 – iv7 – v7 – iv7 – bIIImaj7 – bVImaj7

C Section 1

• Gm7 – Am – Gm7 – Am – B♭maj7 (×2)
  i7 – ii – i7 – ii – bIIImaj7

A Section 2

Same chords as A Section 1.

B Section 2

Same chords as B Section 1.

C Section 2

• Gm7 – Am – Gm7 – Am – B♭maj7 (×2)
  i7 – ii – i7 – ii – bIIImaj7
• F7sus4 – A7 – Dm7 – A♭7 – C♯7 – D7
  bVII7sus4 – II7 – v7 – bII7 – #IV7 – V7

D Section

• Gm7 – Am – Gm7
  i7 – ii – i7

A Section 3

Same chords as A Section 1.

B Section 3

Same chords as B Section 1.

Outro

• Gm7 – Am – Gm7 – Am – B♭maj7 (×2)
  i7 – ii – i7 – ii – bIIImaj7

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
Gm7	i7	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, A Section, C Section, D Section, Outro
Am	ii	Borrowed from G major	Intro, C Section, D Section, Outro
Am7	ii7	Borrowed from G major	Intro
B♭maj7	bIIImaj7	In the key	Intro, A Section, B Section, C Section, Outro
E♭maj7	bVImaj7	In the key	A Section, B Section
D7	V7	In the key	A Section, C Section
A♭7	bII7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, C Section
Cm7	iv7	In the key	B Section
Gm9	i9	Home chord (tonic)	B Section
Dm7	v7	In the key	B Section, C Section
F7sus4	bVII7sus4	In the key	C Section
A7	II7	Secondary dominant (V/v)	C Section
C♯7	#IV7	Outside the key (chromatic)	C Section

Harmonic highlights

• Am (ii) is borrowed from the parallel key, G major.
• Am7 (ii7) is borrowed from the parallel key, G major.
• A7 acts as V/v: it resolves to Dm7.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Home At Last 1” (credited “Steely Dan (Becker, Fagen)”, style Pop) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Artist as credited on the chart.
• 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 “Home At Last (Steely Dan)” (credited “Becker-Fagen (Steely Dan)”, style Shuffle) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Artist as credited on the chart. A separately posted chart of the same song; its chords match this page's closely when both are read in the same key (similarity 81%).
• 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.
• The chart's D.S./D.C./coda jumps have been written out in playing order.
• 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.
• 1 chord was 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.