More Than Words by Extreme

Overview

Key: G major · Chords used: 15 · Sections: 14

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

Intro 1

• G – G/B – Cadd9 – Am7 – C – D
  I – I⁶ – IVadd9 – ii7 – IV – V

Intro 2

Same chords as Intro 1.

A Section 1

• G – G/B – Cadd9 – Am7 – C – D
  I – I⁶ – IVadd9 – ii7 – IV – V

A Section 2

Same chords as A Section 1.

B Section 1

• Em – Bm – Am7 – D7 – G – D/F♯ – Em – Bm – Am7 – D7 – G7 – G/B – C – Cm – G – G/B – Em7 – Am7
  vi – iii – ii7 – V7 – I – V⁶ – vi – iii – ii7 – V7 – I7 – I⁶ – IV – iv – I – I⁶ – vi7 – ii7

Bridge 1

• D7
  V7

C Section 1

• G – G/B (×2)
  I – I⁶
• D/F♯ – Em7 – Bm7 – C – Bm – Am – D7
  V⁶ – vi7 – iii7 – IV – iii – ii – V7

C Section 2

Same chords as C Section 1.

D Section 1

• G – G/B – Cadd9 – Am7 – C – D7 – G – G/B – Cadd9 – Am7
  I – I⁶ – IVadd9 – ii7 – IV – V7 – I – I⁶ – IVadd9 – ii7

A Section 3

Same chords as A Section 1.

B Section 2

Same chords as B Section 1.

Bridge 2

Same chords as Bridge 1.

C Section 3

Same chords as C Section 1.

D Section 2

• G – G/B – Cadd9 – Am7 – C – D7 – G – G/B – Cadd9 – Am7 – D7
  I – I⁶ – IVadd9 – ii7 – IV – V7 – I – I⁶ – IVadd9 – ii7 – V7

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
G	I	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, A Section, B Section, C Section, D Section
G/B	I⁶	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, A Section, B Section, C Section, D Section
Cadd9	IVadd9	In the key	Intro, A Section, D Section
Am7	ii7	In the key	Intro, A Section, B Section, D Section
C	IV	In the key	Intro, A Section, B Section, C Section, D Section
D	V	In the key	Intro, A Section
Em	vi	In the key	B Section
Bm	iii	In the key	B Section, C Section
D7	V7	In the key	B Section, Bridge, C Section, D Section
D/F♯	V⁶	In the key	B Section, C Section
G7	I7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
Cm	iv	Borrowed from G minor	B Section
Em7	vi7	In the key	B Section, C Section
Bm7	iii7	In the key	C Section
Am	ii	In the key	C Section

Harmonic highlights

• Cm (iv) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “More Than Words” (credited “Extreme”, style Ballad) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Performer confirmed from the Billboard year-end charts.
• 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 “More Than Words” (credited “Extreme”, style Rock Ballad) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Performer confirmed from the Billboard year-end charts. A separately posted chart of the same song; its chords match this page's closely when both are read in the same key (similarity 71%).
• 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.
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.