More Today Than Yesterday by Spiral Starecase

Overview

Key: G major · Chords used: 12 · Sections: 15

Form: Intro → Intro → A Section → A Section → A Section → C Section → C Section → C Section → A Section → A Section → C Section ×2 → C Section → D 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

• Gmaj7 – D11 – D7
  Imaj7 – V11 – V7

Intro 2

Same chords as Intro 1.

A Section 1

• Gmaj7 – D11 – D7
  Imaj7 – V11 – V7

A Section 2

• Gmaj7 – D11 – D7 (×2)
  Imaj7 – V11 – V7
• C – Bm7 – Cmaj7 – D11
  IV – iii7 – IVmaj7 – V11

A Section 3

• Gmaj7 – D11 – D7 (×2)
  Imaj7 – V11 – V7
• C – Bm7 – Cmaj7 – D11 – D7
  IV – iii7 – IVmaj7 – V11 – V7

C Section 1

• Cmaj7 – Am7 – B7sus4 – B7
  IVmaj7 – ii7 – III7sus4 – III7

C Section 2

Same chords as C Section 1.

C Section 3

• Cmaj7 – Am7 – B7sus4 – B7 – Em7 – A7 – D11 – D7♭9
  IVmaj7 – ii7 – III7sus4 – III7 – vi7 – II7 – V11 – V7b9

A Section 4

Same chords as A Section 1.

A Section 5

Same chords as A Section 3.

C Section 4

Same chords as C Section 1.

C Section 5

Same chords as C Section 1.

C Section 6

Same chords as C Section 3.

D Section 1

• Gmaj7 – D11 – D7
  Imaj7 – V11 – V7

D Section 2

Same chords as D Section 1.

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
Gmaj7	Imaj7	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, A Section, D Section
D11	V11	In the key	Intro, A Section, C Section, D Section
D7	V7	In the key	Intro, A Section, D Section
C	IV	In the key	A Section
Bm7	iii7	In the key	A Section
Cmaj7	IVmaj7	In the key	A Section, C Section
Am7	ii7	In the key	C Section
B7sus4	III7sus4	In the key	C Section
B7	III7	Secondary dominant (V/vi)	C Section
Em7	vi7	In the key	C Section
A7	II7	Secondary dominant (V/V)	C Section
D7♭9	V7b9	Borrowed from G minor	C Section

Harmonic highlights

• D7♭9 (V7b9) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• B7 acts as V/vi: it resolves to Em7.
• A7 acts as V/V: it resolves to D11.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “More Today Than Yesterday” (credited “Upton Pat”, style Medium Swing) 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 “More Today Than Yesterday (Beloff arr.)” (credited “Upton Pat”, 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 61%).
• 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.