Little Girl Blue by Richard Rodgers

Overview

Key: F major · Chords used: 37 · Sections: 6

Form: A Section → A Section → 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

• Gm7 – Gm7/B♭ – C7♯11 – Fmaj7 – Fmaj7/E – D7 – Gm7 – Gm7/B♭ – C7 – C7/G♭ – Fmaj7 – Am7 – A♭7
  ii7 – ii⁶₅ – V7#11 – Imaj7 – Imaj⁴₂ – VI7 – ii7 – ii⁶₅ – V7 – V7 (bass G♭) – Imaj7 – iii7 – bIII7

A Section 2

• Gm7 – Gm7/B♭ – C7♯11 – Fmaj7 – Fmaj7/E – D7 – Gm7 – Gm7/B♭ – C7 – C7/G♭ – Fmaj7 – B♭m6 – Fmaj7 – Em7 – A7 – Dm – Dm/C – Bm7♭5 – Bm7♭5/A – G7sus4 – D♭7 – C7sus4 – C7sus4/G – C7
  ii7 – ii⁶₅ – V7#11 – Imaj7 – Imaj⁴₂ – VI7 – ii7 – ii⁶₅ – V7 – V7 (bass G♭) – Imaj7 – iv6 – Imaj7 – vii7 – III7 – vi – vi (bass C) – #ivø7 – #ivø⁴₂ – II7sus4 – bVI7 – V7sus4 – V7sus4 (bass G) – V7

A Section 3

• F6 – F6/E – D7 – Gm7 – C7 – F6 – D♭7 – Cm7 – B7 – B♭maj7 – B♭m7 – E♭7 – F6 – F6/E – D7 – Gm7 – C7 – C7/B♭ – Am7 – A♭7 – Gm7 – C7 – C7/B♭ – Aaug7 – A♭7 – G7 – G♭7
  I6 – I6 (bass E) – VI7 – ii7 – V7 – I6 – bVI7 – v7 – #IV7 – IVmaj7 – iv7 – bVII7 – I6 – I6 (bass E) – VI7 – ii7 – V7 – V⁴₂ – iii7 – bIII7 – ii7 – V7 – V⁴₂ – III+7 – bIII7 – II7 – bII7

A Section 4

• F6 – F6/E – D7 – Gm7 – C7 – F6 – D♭7 – Cm7 – B7 – B♭maj7 – B♭m7 – E♭7 – F6 – F6/E – D7 – Gm7 – C7 – C7/B♭ – Am7 – A♭7 – Gm7 – G♭7 – Fmaj7 – B♭m6 – Fmaj7 – E7
  I6 – I6 (bass E) – VI7 – ii7 – V7 – I6 – bVI7 – v7 – #IV7 – IVmaj7 – iv7 – bVII7 – I6 – I6 (bass E) – VI7 – ii7 – V7 – V⁴₂ – iii7 – bIII7 – ii7 – bII7 – Imaj7 – iv6 – Imaj7 – VII7

Bridge

• Am7 – A♭7 – Gm7 – C7 – Fmaj7 – Gm7 – Am7 – Gm7 – Gm7/F – Em7 – A7
  iii7 – bIII7 – ii7 – V7 – Imaj7 – ii7 – iii7 – ii7 – ii⁴₂ – vii7 – III7

A Section 5

• Am7♭5 – D7 – D♭7♯11 – C7 – F6 – F6/E – D7 – Gm7 – G♭7 – F6 – Gm7 – G♭7 – Bm7♭5 – B♭7 – Am7 – A♭7 – Gm7 – G♭7 – Fmaj7
  iiiø7 – VI7 – bVI7#11 – V7 – I6 – I6 (bass E) – VI7 – ii7 – bII7 – I6 – ii7 – bII7 – #ivø7 – IV7 – iii7 – bIII7 – ii7 – bII7 – Imaj7

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
Gm7	ii7	In the key	A Section, Bridge
Gm7/B♭	ii⁶₅	In the key	A Section
C7♯11	V7#11	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
Fmaj7	Imaj7	Home chord (tonic)	A Section, Bridge
Fmaj7/E	Imaj⁴₂	Home chord (tonic)	A Section
D7	VI7	Secondary dominant (V/ii)	A Section
C7	V7	In the key	A Section, Bridge
C7/G♭	V7 (bass G♭)	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
Am7	iii7	In the key	A Section, Bridge
A♭7	bIII7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, Bridge
B♭m6	iv6	Borrowed from F minor	A Section
Em7	vii7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, Bridge
A7	III7	Secondary dominant (V/vi)	A Section, Bridge
Dm	vi	In the key	A Section
Dm/C	vi (bass C)	In the key	A Section
Bm7♭5	#ivø7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
Bm7♭5/A	#ivø⁴₂	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
G7sus4	II7sus4	In the key	A Section
D♭7	bVI7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
C7sus4	V7sus4	In the key	A Section
C7sus4/G	V7sus4 (bass G)	In the key	A Section
F6	I6	Home chord (tonic)	A Section
F6/E	I6 (bass E)	Home chord (tonic)	A Section
Cm7	v7	Borrowed from F minor	A Section
B7	#IV7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
B♭maj7	IVmaj7	In the key	A Section
B♭m7	iv7	Borrowed from F minor	A Section
E♭7	bVII7	Borrowed from F minor	A Section
C7/B♭	V⁴₂	In the key	A Section
Aaug7	III+7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
G7	II7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
G♭7	bII7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
E7	VII7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
Gm7/F	ii⁴₂	In the key	Bridge
Am7♭5	iiiø7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
D♭7♯11	bVI7#11	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
B♭7	IV7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section

Harmonic highlights

• B♭m6 (iv6) is borrowed from the parallel key, F minor.
• Cm7 (v7) is borrowed from the parallel key, F minor.
• B♭m7 (iv7) is borrowed from the parallel key, F minor.
• E♭7 (bVII7) is borrowed from the parallel key, F minor.
• D7 acts as V/ii: it resolves to Gm7.
• A7 acts as V/vi: it resolves to Dm.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Little Girl Blue-Rev JE” (credited “Rodgers Richard”, style Swing Two-Four) 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 “Little Girl Blue Rev” (credited “Rodgers Richard”, style Medium Swing) 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 85%).
• 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.