My Man's Gone Now by George Gershwin

Overview

Key: E minor · Chords used: 17 · Sections: 3

Form: 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

A Section 1

• Em9 – Fmaj9/B – Em9 – B13 – E7♯9 – Am9 – B7sus4 – B7♯9 – Em9 – Fmaj7♯11/B – Em9 – B7♯9
  i9 – bIImaj9 (bass B) – i9 – V13 – I7#9 – iv9 – V7sus4 – V7#9 – i9 – bIImaj7#11 (bass B) – i9 – V7#9

A Section 2

Same chords as A Section 1.

B Section

• B♭13 – B♭aug7 – E♭maj7 – B13 – Baug7 – Em9 – C♯13 – C♯aug7 – F♯m9 – Am9/B – B7♭9 – Em9 – Fmaj7♯11/B – Em9 – B7♯9
  bV13 – bV+7 – bImaj7 – V13 – V+7 – i9 – VI13 – VI+7 – ii9 – iv9 (bass B) – V7b9 – i9 – bIImaj7#11 (bass B) – i9 – V7#9

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
Em9	i9	Home chord (tonic)	A Section, B Section
Fmaj9/B	bIImaj9 (bass B)	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
B13	V13	Borrowed from E major	A Section, B Section
E7♯9	I7#9	Secondary dominant (V/iv)	A Section
Am9	iv9	In the key	A Section
B7sus4	V7sus4	In the key	A Section
B7♯9	V7#9	In the key	A Section, B Section
Fmaj7♯11/B	bIImaj7#11 (bass B)	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, B Section
B♭13	bV13	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
B♭aug7	bV+7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
E♭maj7	bImaj7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
Baug7	V+7	In the key	B Section
C♯13	VI13	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
C♯aug7	VI+7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
F♯m9	ii9	Borrowed from E major	B Section
Am9/B	iv9 (bass B)	In the key	B Section
B7♭9	V7b9	In the key	B Section

Harmonic highlights

• B13 (V13) is borrowed from the parallel key, E major.
• F♯m9 (ii9) is borrowed from the parallel key, E major.
• E7♯9 acts as V/iv: it resolves to Am9.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “My Man's Gone Now” (credited “Gershwin George”, style Waltz) 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 “My Man's Gone Now” (credited “Gershwin George”, style Waltz) 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 100%).
• 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.
• 8 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.