I Heard Love Is Blind by Amy Winehouse

Overview

Key: D major · Chords used: 17 · Sections: 6

Form: A Section → A Section → B Section → Interlude → 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

A Section 1

• Dmaj7 – D♭maj7 – Cmaj7 – D♭maj7 – Dmaj7 – F♯m7♭5 – B7 – Em7 – Gm7♭5 – Dmaj7 – E♭maj7
  Imaj7 – bImaj7 – bVIImaj7 – bImaj7 – Imaj7 – iiiø7 – VI7 – ii7 – ivø7 – Imaj7 – bIImaj7

A Section 2

• Dmaj7 – D♭maj7 – Cmaj7 – D♭maj7 – Dmaj7 – F♯m7♭5 – B7 – Em7 – Gm7♭5 – Dmaj7 – A7sus4 – A7
  Imaj7 – bImaj7 – bVIImaj7 – bImaj7 – Imaj7 – iiiø7 – VI7 – ii7 – ivø7 – Imaj7 – V7sus4 – V7

B Section 1

• F♯m7 – B13 – E9
  iii7 – VI13 – II9

Interlude

• A6
  V6

B Section 2

Same chords as B Section 1.

Outro

• A6
  V6
• Em7 – Gm7♭5 – Dmaj7 – F♯m7♭5 – B7 (×2)
  ii7 – ivø7 – Imaj7 – iiiø7 – VI7
• Bm7 – E7 – E7/G♯ – A7 – Dmaj7
  vi7 – II7 – II⁶₅ – V7 – Imaj7

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
Dmaj7	Imaj7	Home chord (tonic)	A Section, Outro
D♭maj7	bImaj7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
Cmaj7	bVIImaj7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
F♯m7♭5	iiiø7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, Outro
B7	VI7	Secondary dominant (V/ii)	A Section, Outro
Em7	ii7	In the key	A Section, Outro
Gm7♭5	ivø7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, Outro
E♭maj7	bIImaj7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
A7sus4	V7sus4	In the key	A Section
A7	V7	In the key	A Section, Outro
F♯m7	iii7	In the key	B Section
B13	VI13	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
E9	II9	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
A6	V6	In the key	Interlude, Outro
Bm7	vi7	In the key	Outro
E7	II7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Outro
E7/G♯	II⁶₅	Secondary dominant (V/V)	Outro

Harmonic highlights

• B7 acts as V/ii: it resolves to Em7.
• E7/G♯ acts as V/V: it resolves to A7.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “I Heard Love Is Blind” (credited “Winehouse Amy”, 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 “I Heard Love Is Blind” (credited “Winehouse Amy”, style Ballad) 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 74%).
• 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.
• 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.
• 2 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.