My Cherie Amour by Stevie Wonder

Overview

Key: D♭ major · Chords used: 22 · Sections: 5

Form: Intro → Intro → A Section → A Section → B 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♭maj7 – Bmaj7♯11 – D♭maj7
  IVmaj7 – #VImaj7#11 – Imaj7

Intro 2

Same chords as Intro 1.

A Section 1

• D♭maj7 – G♭sus4 – G♭7 – Bmaj7 – A♭sus4 – A♭7 (×2)
  Imaj7 – IVsus4 – IV7 – #VImaj7 – Vsus4 – V7
• G♭maj7 – A♭sus4 – A♭7 – B7 – B♭7 – E♭7 – A♭7 – D♭maj7 – D♭ – A♭7
  IVmaj7 – Vsus4 – V7 – #VI7 – VI7 – II7 – V7 – Imaj7 – I – V7

A Section 2

• D♭maj7 – G♭sus4 – G♭7 – Bmaj7 – A♭sus4 – A♭7 (×2)
  Imaj7 – IVsus4 – IV7 – #VImaj7 – Vsus4 – V7
• G♭maj7 – A♭sus4 – A♭7 – B7 – B♭7 – E♭7 – A♭7
  IVmaj7 – Vsus4 – V7 – #VI7 – VI7 – II7 – V7
• D♭maj7 – G♭maj7 – Bmaj7♯11 (×2)
  Imaj7 – IVmaj7 – #VImaj7#11
• D♭maj7
  Imaj7

B Section

• Dmaj7 – Gsus4 – G7 – Cmaj7 – Asus4 – A7 (×2)
  #Imaj7 – #IVsus4 – #IV7 – VIImaj7 – #Vsus4 – #V7
• Gmaj7 – Asus4 – A7 – C7 – B7 – E7 – A7
  #IVmaj7 – #Vsus4 – #V7 – VII7 – #VI7 – #II7 – #V7
• Dmaj7 – Gmaj7 – Cmaj7♯11 (×2)
  #Imaj7 – #IVmaj7 – VIImaj7#11
• Dmaj7
  #Imaj7

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
G♭maj7	IVmaj7	In the key	Intro, A Section
Bmaj7♯11	#VImaj7#11	Outside the key (chromatic)	Intro, A Section
D♭maj7	Imaj7	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, A Section
G♭sus4	IVsus4	Borrowed from D♭ minor	A Section
G♭7	IV7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
Bmaj7	#VImaj7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
A♭sus4	Vsus4	In the key	A Section
A♭7	V7	In the key	A Section
B7	#VI7	Borrowed from D♭ minor	A Section, B Section
B♭7	VI7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
E♭7	II7	Secondary dominant (V/V)	A Section
D♭	I	Home chord (tonic)	A Section
Dmaj7	#Imaj7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
Gsus4	#IVsus4	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
G7	#IV7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
Cmaj7	VIImaj7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
Asus4	#Vsus4	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
A7	#V7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
Gmaj7	#IVmaj7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
C7	VII7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
E7	#II7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
Cmaj7♯11	VIImaj7#11	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section

Harmonic highlights

• G♭sus4 (IVsus4) is borrowed from the parallel key, D♭ minor.
• B7 (#VI7) is borrowed from the parallel key, D♭ minor.
• E♭7 acts as V/V: it resolves to A♭7.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “My Cherie Amour” (credited “Stevie Wonder (Wonder, Cosby, Moy)”, style Pop) 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 “My Cherie Amour” (credited “Stevie Wonder (Wonder, Cosby, Moy)”, style Pop) 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 98%).
• 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.