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My All by Mariah Carey

Piano chords, voicings & structure breakdown · 30 steps · 11 unique chords · 1990s

Community chart. These chords come from a chart a musician wrote and shared on the iReal Pro forums, not from a transcription checked against the recording. Charts are sometimes written in a different key or simplified, and no second chart of this song agreed closely enough to mark this page verified. Trust your ears.
Verse 1, part 1 (×2)Step 1 of 30

Am

LeftA2, E3RightC4, E4, A4
A2E3C4E4A4
Left hand Right hand Middle C (C4)

No source cited for this step

Harmonic Analysis & Structure

Overview

Key: E minor · Chords used: 11 · Sections: 2

Form: Verse → Verse

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

Verse 1

  • Am – B7 – Em (×2)
    iv – V7 – i
  • D – C – B7 – Em – Am – B7 – Em – D – C – G/B – Am – D7 – G7 – C – F♯m7♭5 – F7 – Em – D – C♯m7♭5 – Am – B7 – Em
    bVII – bVI – V7 – i – iv – V7 – i – bVII – bVI – bIII⁶ – iv – bVII7 – bIII7 – bVI – iiø7 – bII7 – i – bVII – viø7 – iv – V7 – i

Verse 2

  • Em – D – C – B7 – Em
    i – bVII – bVI – V7 – i

Chord vocabulary

ChordRoman numeralRoleHeard in
AmivIn the keyVerse
B7V7In the keyVerse
EmiHome chord (tonic)Verse
DbVIIIn the keyVerse
CbVIIn the keyVerse
G/BbIII⁶In the keyVerse
D7bVII7In the keyVerse
G7bIII7Secondary dominant (V/bVI)Verse
F♯m7♭5iiø7In the keyVerse
F7bII7Outside the key (chromatic)Verse
C♯m7♭5viø7Outside the key (chromatic)Verse

Harmonic highlights

  • G7 acts as V/bVI: it resolves to C.

Sources & accuracy

  • Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “My all” (credited “Carey Mariah”, style Medium Swing) 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).
  • 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.
  • Not verified: other charts of this song differ in places from this one, so this page isn't marked verified.
  • Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.

Sources & Accuracy

Every chord on this page comes from the community chart listed first below. Piano voicings are our arrangement of the reported chord symbols, not a note-for-note transcription.

  • Chords from a chart a musician wrote and shared on the iReal Pro forums (archived in the ChoCo research dataset); may be in a different key from the recording, and not checked against it.

    Community chord chart “My all” (credited “Carey Mariah”, style Medium Swing) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Performer confirmed from the Billboard year-end charts.

All Piano Voicings

#SectionChordLeft handRight handSources
1Verse 1, part 1 (×2)AmA2, E3C4, E4, A4—
2Verse 1, part 1 (×2)B7B1, F♯2D♯4, F♯4, A4—
3Verse 1, part 1 (×2)EmE2, B2E4, G4, B4—
4Verse 1, part 2DD2, A2D4, F♯4, A4—
5Verse 1, part 2CC2, G2C4, E4, G4—
6Verse 1, part 2B7B1, F♯2A3, D♯4, F♯4—
7Verse 1, part 2EmE2, B2B3, E4, G4—
8Verse 1, part 2AmA2, E3C4, E4, A4—
9Verse 1, part 2B7B1, F♯2D♯4, F♯4, A4—
10Verse 1, part 2EmE2, B2E4, G4, B4—
11Verse 1, part 2DD2, A2D4, F♯4, A4—
12Verse 1, part 2CC2, G2C4, E4, G4—
13Verse 1, part 2G/BB1B3, D4, G4—
14Verse 1, part 2AmA2, E3C4, E4, A4—
15Verse 1, part 2D7D2, A2C4, F♯4, A4—
16Verse 1, part 2G7G2, D3D4, F4, B4—
17Verse 1, part 2CC2, G2E4, G4, C5—
18Verse 1, part 2F♯m7♭5F♯2, F♯3E4, A4, C5—
19Verse 1, part 2F7F2, C3E♭4, A4, C5—
20Verse 1, part 2EmE2, B2E4, G4, B4—
21Verse 1, part 2DD2, A2D4, F♯4, A4—
22Verse 1, part 2C♯m7♭5C♯2, C♯3E4, G4, B4—
23Verse 1, part 2AmA2, E3E4, A4, C5—
24Verse 1, part 2B7B1, F♯2F♯4, A4, D♯5—
25Verse 1, part 2EmE2, B2G4, B4, E5—
26Verse 2EmE2, B2G4, B4, E5—
27Verse 2DD2, A2F♯4, A4, D5—
28Verse 2CC2, G2E4, G4, C5—
29Verse 2B7B1, F♯2D♯4, F♯4, A4—
30Verse 2EmE2, B2E4, G4, B4—