Lovin' You by Minnie Riperton

Overview

Key: A major · Chords used: 8 · Sections: 6

Form: Intro → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus

Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). This page shows that transcription 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

• Dmaj7 – C♯m7 – Bm7 – Amaj7 (×2)
  IVmaj7 – iii7 – ii7 – Imaj7

Chorus 1

• Dmaj7 – C♯m7 – Bm7 – Amaj7 (×6)
  IVmaj7 – iii7 – ii7 – Imaj7

Verse 1

• Bm7 – C♯m7 – Bm7 – E7sus4 – Amaj9
  ii7 – iii7 – ii7 – V7sus4 – Imaj9
• Bm7 – C♯m7 (×2)
  ii7 – iii7
• D – E
  IV – V

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 3

• Dmaj7 – C♯m7 – Bm7 – Amaj7 (×8)
  IVmaj7 – iii7 – ii7 – Imaj7

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1257, CC0), via ChoCo.
• Not verified: only one expert transcription of this song is available so far.
• 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.