Knocks Me Off My Feet by Stevie Wonder

Overview

Key: C major · Chords used: 28 · Sections: 7

Form: Intro → A Section → B Section → C 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

• G7sus4 – Cmaj7 – G7sus4
  V7sus4 – Imaj7 – V7sus4

A Section 1

• C – Gm – C7 – Fm – B♭7 – C – Gsus4 – C – Gm – C7 – Fm – B♭7 – C – C/E – C/F
  I – v – I7 – iv – bVII7 – I – Vsus4 – I – v – I7 – iv – bVII7 – I – I⁶ – I (bass F)

B Section 1

• G7 – E7 – Am – Am/G – F
  V7 – III7 – vi – vi (bass G) – IV
• B♭ – A7 – Dm – Em – F – Em – F/D – Gsus4 – C (×2)
  bVII – VI7 – ii – iii – IV – iii – IV (bass D) – Vsus4 – I
• F – Em – F/D – Gsus4 – C – Gsus4
  IV – iii – IV (bass D) – Vsus4 – I – Vsus4

C Section

• C – E7 – Am – Am/G – F – Gsus4 – C – E7 – Am – Am/G – F – E♭7 – D7
  I – III7 – vi – vi (bass G) – IV – Vsus4 – I – III7 – vi – vi (bass G) – IV – bIII7 – II7

A Section 2

Same chords as A Section 1.

B Section 2

• G7 – E7 – Am – Am/G – F
  V7 – III7 – vi – vi (bass G) – IV
• B♭ – A7 – Dm – Em – F – Em – F/D – Gsus4 – C (×2)
  bVII – VI7 – ii – iii – IV – iii – IV (bass D) – Vsus4 – I
• F – Em – F/D – Gsus4
  IV – iii – IV (bass D) – Vsus4

Outro

• C
  I
• A♭sus4 – D♭ – F7 – B♭m – B♭m/A♭ – G♭ (×5)
  bVIsus4 – bII – IV7 – bvii – bvii (bass A♭) – bV
• A♭sus4
  bVIsus4

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
G7sus4	V7sus4	In the key	Intro
Cmaj7	Imaj7	Home chord (tonic)	Intro
C	I	Home chord (tonic)	A Section, B Section, C Section, Outro
Gm	v	Borrowed from C minor	A Section
C7	I7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
Fm	iv	Borrowed from C minor	A Section
B♭7	bVII7	Borrowed from C minor	A Section
Gsus4	Vsus4	In the key	A Section, B Section, C Section
C/E	I⁶	Home chord (tonic)	A Section
C/F	I (bass F)	Home chord (tonic)	A Section
G7	V7	In the key	B Section
E7	III7	Secondary dominant (V/vi)	B Section, C Section
Am	vi	In the key	B Section, C Section
Am/G	vi (bass G)	In the key	B Section, C Section
F	IV	In the key	B Section, C Section
B♭	bVII	Borrowed from C minor	B Section
A7	VI7	Secondary dominant (V/ii)	B Section
Dm	ii	In the key	B Section
Em	iii	In the key	B Section
F/D	IV (bass D)	In the key	B Section
E♭7	bIII7	Outside the key (chromatic)	C Section
D7	II7	Outside the key (chromatic)	C Section
A♭sus4	bVIsus4	Outside the key (chromatic)	Outro
D♭	bII	Outside the key (chromatic)	Outro
F7	IV7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Outro
B♭m	bvii	Outside the key (chromatic)	Outro
B♭m/A♭	bvii (bass A♭)	Outside the key (chromatic)	Outro
G♭	bV	Outside the key (chromatic)	Outro

Harmonic highlights

• Gm (v) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• Fm (iv) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• B♭7 (bVII7) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• B♭ (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• E7 acts as V/vi: it resolves to Am.
• 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 “Knocks Me Off My Feet 1” (credited “Wonder Stevie”, style Pop) 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 “Knocks Me Off My Feet” (credited “Wonder Stevie”, style Pop) 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 92%).
• 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.
• 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.