How About Me? by Irving Berlin

Overview

Key: C major · Chords used: 33 · Sections: 4

Form: 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

A Section 1

• C – Cm6 – G/B – Em7/B♭ – Aaug7 – Dm – Dm7/G♯ – Em/B♭ – G7 – Cmaj7 – Dm7 – Gm7/C♯ – G7
  I – i6 – V⁶ – iii7 (bass B♭) – VI+7 – ii – ii7 (bass G♯) – iii (bass B♭) – V7 – Imaj7 – ii7 – v7 (bass C♯) – V7

A Section 2

• C – Cm6 – G/B – Em7/B♭ – Aaug7 – Dm – Dm7/G♯ – Em/B♭ – G7 – C – Dm7/C – C – Dm7 – Cmaj7/E
  I – i6 – V⁶ – iii7 (bass B♭) – VI+7 – ii – ii7 (bass G♯) – iii (bass B♭) – V7 – I – ii⁴₂ – I – ii7 – Imaj⁶₅

Bridge

• F – Fmaj7 – B7/F♯ – Baug7 – B7 – Em – Emmaj7/E♭ – Em7/D – Em6/D♭ – A7 – Aaug7 – A7 – Dm – Dm7/G♯ – C/D – D9 – D7 – Fmaj7/G – G7 – Dm/A – G7/B
  IV – IVmaj7 – VII⁴₃ – VII+7 – VII7 – iii – iiimaj⁴₂ – iii⁴₂ – iii6 (bass D♭) – VI7 – VI+7 – VI7 – ii – ii7 (bass G♯) – I (bass D) – II9 – II7 – IVmaj7 (bass G) – V7 – ii⁶₄ – V⁶₅

A Section 3

• C – Cm6 – G/B – Em7/B♭ – Aaug7 – A7 – Dm – Dm7/G♯ – Em/G – G7 – C6 – Dm7/C – C69
  I – i6 – V⁶ – iii7 (bass B♭) – VI+7 – VI7 – ii – ii7 (bass G♯) – iii⁶ – V7 – I6 – ii⁴₂ – I69

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
C	I	Home chord (tonic)	A Section
Cm6	i6	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
G/B	V⁶	In the key	A Section
Em7/B♭	iii7 (bass B♭)	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
Aaug7	VI+7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, Bridge
Dm	ii	In the key	A Section, Bridge
Dm7/G♯	ii7 (bass G♯)	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, Bridge
Em/B♭	iii (bass B♭)	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
G7	V7	In the key	A Section, Bridge
Cmaj7	Imaj7	Home chord (tonic)	A Section
Dm7	ii7	In the key	A Section
Gm7/C♯	v7 (bass C♯)	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
Dm7/C	ii⁴₂	In the key	A Section
Cmaj7/E	Imaj⁶₅	Home chord (tonic)	A Section
F	IV	In the key	Bridge
Fmaj7	IVmaj7	In the key	Bridge
B7/F♯	VII⁴₃	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge
Baug7	VII+7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge
B7	VII7	Secondary dominant (V/iii)	Bridge
Em	iii	In the key	Bridge
Emmaj7/E♭	iiimaj⁴₂	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge
Em7/D	iii⁴₂	In the key	Bridge
Em6/D♭	iii6 (bass D♭)	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge
A7	VI7	Secondary dominant (V/ii)	Bridge, A Section
C/D	I (bass D)	Home chord (tonic)	Bridge
D9	II9	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge
D7	II7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge
Fmaj7/G	IVmaj7 (bass G)	In the key	Bridge
Dm/A	ii⁶₄	In the key	Bridge
G7/B	V⁶₅	In the key	Bridge
Em/G	iii⁶	In the key	A Section
C6	I6	Home chord (tonic)	A Section
C69	I69	Home chord (tonic)	A Section

Harmonic highlights

• B7 acts as V/iii: it resolves to Em.
• A7 acts as V/ii: it resolves to Dm.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “How About Me? 1” (credited “Berlin Irving”, style Ballad Even) 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 “How About Me?” (credited “Berlin Irving”, style Ballad Even) 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 100%).
• 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.