It's Probably Me by Sting

Overview

Key: E minor · Chords used: 21 · Sections: 8

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

• Emmaj7 – Em69 (×2)
  imaj7 – i69

Intro 2

Same chords as Intro 1.

A Section 1

• Emmaj7 – Em69 – Em9 – Em69 – Am7 – Bm7 – Em11 – Am7 – Bm7 – Em7 – Em/C♯ – Cmaj9 – B7♯9
  imaj7 – i69 – i9 – i69 – iv7 – v7 – i11 – iv7 – v7 – i7 – i (bass C♯) – bVImaj9 – V7#9
• Emmaj7 – Em69 (×2)
  imaj7 – i69

A Section 2

Same chords as A Section 1.

B Section

• Am7 – D – Gmaj9 – Gmaj9/F♯ – Bm/E – G/F♯ – G – D/B – Am7 – D – Gmaj9 – Am7 – Bm7 – B7 – Em – Em/C♯ – Cmaj9 – B7♯9
  iv7 – bVII – bIIImaj9 – bIIImaj9 (bass F♯) – v (bass E) – bIII (bass F♯) – bIII – bVII (bass B) – iv7 – bVII – bIIImaj9 – iv7 – v7 – V7 – i – i (bass C♯) – bVImaj9 – V7#9
• Emmaj7 – Em69 (×2)
  imaj7 – i69

C Section

• Emmaj7 – Em69 – Emmaj7
  imaj7 – i69 – imaj7

A Section 3

• Emmaj7 – Em69 – Em9 – Em69 – Am7 – Bm7 – Em11 – Am7 – Bm7 – Em7 – Em/C♯
  imaj7 – i69 – i9 – i69 – iv7 – v7 – i11 – iv7 – v7 – i7 – i (bass C♯)

Outro

• Cmaj9 – B7♯9 – Em11
  bVImaj9 – V7#9 – i11
• Cmaj9 – B7♯9 – B♭7♯11 – A9 (×2)
  bVImaj9 – V7#9 – bV7#11 – IV9
• Cmaj9 – B7♯9
  bVImaj9 – V7#9
• Emmaj7 – Em69 (×4)
  imaj7 – i69

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
Emmaj7	imaj7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Intro, A Section, B Section, C Section, Outro
Em69	i69	Outside the key (chromatic)	Intro, A Section, B Section, C Section, Outro
Em9	i9	Home chord (tonic)	A Section
Am7	iv7	In the key	A Section, B Section
Bm7	v7	In the key	A Section, B Section
Em11	i11	Home chord (tonic)	A Section, Outro
Em7	i7	Home chord (tonic)	A Section
Em/C♯	i (bass C♯)	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, B Section
Cmaj9	bVImaj9	In the key	A Section, B Section, Outro
B7♯9	V7#9	In the key	A Section, B Section, Outro
D	bVII	In the key	B Section
Gmaj9	bIIImaj9	In the key	B Section
Gmaj9/F♯	bIIImaj9 (bass F♯)	In the key	B Section
Bm/E	v (bass E)	In the key	B Section
G/F♯	bIII (bass F♯)	In the key	B Section
G	bIII	In the key	B Section
D/B	bVII (bass B)	In the key	B Section
B7	V7	In the key	B Section
Em	i	Home chord (tonic)	B Section
B♭7♯11	bV7#11	Outside the key (chromatic)	Outro
A9	IV9	Outside the key (chromatic)	Outro

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “It's probably me” (credited “(Sting-Kamen-Clapton) Sting”, style Pop Ballad) 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 “It's Probably Me” (credited “Sting-Kamen-Clapton”, style Fusion) 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 63%).
• 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.
• 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.
• 12 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.