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Never Too Much by Luther Vandross

Piano chords, voicings & structure breakdown · 31 steps · 10 unique chords

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.
Intro 1Step 1 of 31

F♯m7/B

LeftB1RightC♯4, E4, F♯4, A4
C4B1E4A4C♯4F♯4
Left hand Right hand Middle C (C4)

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Harmonic Analysis & Structure

Overview

Key: B minor · Chords used: 10 · Sections: 17

Form: Intro → Intro ×3 → A Section → A Section → A Section → A Section → A Section → A Section → Intro ×2 → A Section ×2 → A Section → A Section ×2

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

  • F♯m7/B – Gmaj7 – Em7 – G/A
    v7 (bass B) – bVImaj7 – iv7 – bVI (bass A)

Intro 2

Same chords as Intro 1.

Intro 3

Same chords as Intro 1.

Intro 4

Same chords as Intro 1.

A Section 1

  • F♯m7/B – Gmaj7 – Em7 – G/A
    v7 (bass B) – bVImaj7 – iv7 – bVI (bass A)

A Section 2

Same chords as A Section 1.

A Section 3

  • F♯m7/B – Gmaj7 – Em7 – G/A – F♯m7/B – Gmaj7 – A – A/B
    v7 (bass B) – bVImaj7 – iv7 – bVI (bass A) – v7 (bass B) – bVImaj7 – bVII – bVII (bass B)

A Section 4

  • Gmaj7/E – Gmaj7 – F♯m/A – A/B
    bVImaj7 (bass E) – bVImaj7 – v⁶ – bVII (bass B)

A Section 5

Same chords as A Section 4.

A Section 6

  • Gmaj7/E – Gmaj7 – F♯m/A – A/B – Gmaj7/E – Gmaj7 – F♯m/A – A – A♭ – A – B♭
    bVImaj7 (bass E) – bVImaj7 – v⁶ – bVII (bass B) – bVImaj7 (bass E) – bVImaj7 – v⁶ – bVII – VI – bVII – bI

Intro 5

Same chords as Intro 1.

Intro 6

Same chords as Intro 1.

A Section 7

Same chords as A Section 1.

A Section 8

Same chords as A Section 1.

A Section 9

Same chords as A Section 3.

A Section 10

Same chords as A Section 4.

A Section 11

Same chords as A Section 4.

Chord vocabulary

ChordRoman numeralRoleHeard in
F♯m7/Bv7 (bass B)In the keyIntro, A Section
Gmaj7bVImaj7In the keyIntro, A Section
Em7iv7In the keyIntro, A Section
G/AbVI (bass A)In the keyIntro, A Section
AbVIIIn the keyA Section
A/BbVII (bass B)In the keyA Section
Gmaj7/EbVImaj7 (bass E)In the keyA Section
F♯m/Av⁶In the keyA Section
A♭VIOutside the key (chromatic)A Section
B♭bIOutside the key (chromatic)A Section

Sources & accuracy

  • Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Never Too Much” (credited “Vandross Luther”, style Funk) 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).
  • 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 “Never Too Much” (credited “Vandross Luther”, style Funk) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Performer/songwriter confirmed from Wikidata.

All Piano Voicings

#SectionChordLeft handRight handSources
1Intro 1F♯m7/BB1C♯4, E4, F♯4, A4—
2Intro 1Gmaj7G2, D3D4, F♯4, B4—
3Intro 1Em7E2, B2D4, G4, B4—
4Intro 1G/AA2D4, G4, B4—
5A Section 1F♯m7/BB1C♯4, E4, F♯4, A4—
6A Section 1Gmaj7G2, D3D4, F♯4, B4—
7A Section 1Em7E2, B2D4, G4, B4—
8A Section 1G/AA2D4, G4, B4—
9A Section 3F♯m7/BB1C♯4, E4, F♯4, A4—
10A Section 3Gmaj7G2, D3D4, F♯4, B4—
11A Section 3Em7E2, B2D4, G4, B4—
12A Section 3G/AA2D4, G4, B4—
13A Section 3F♯m7/BB1C♯4, E4, F♯4, A4—
14A Section 3Gmaj7G2, D3D4, F♯4, B4—
15A Section 3AA2, E3C♯4, E4, A4—
16A Section 3A/BB1C♯4, E4, A4—
17A Section 4Gmaj7/EE2B3, D4, F♯4, G4—
18A Section 4Gmaj7G2, D3B3, D4, F♯4—
19A Section 4F♯m/AA2A3, C♯4, F♯4—
20A Section 4A/BB1A3, C♯4, E4—
21A Section 6Gmaj7/EE2G3, B3, D4, F♯4—
22A Section 6Gmaj7G2, D3B3, D4, F♯4—
23A Section 6F♯m/AA2A3, C♯4, F♯4—
24A Section 6A/BB1A3, C♯4, E4—
25A Section 6Gmaj7/EE2G3, B3, D4, F♯4—
26A Section 6Gmaj7G2, D3B3, D4, F♯4—
27A Section 6F♯m/AA2A3, C♯4, F♯4—
28A Section 6AA2, E3A3, C♯4, E4—
29A Section 6A♭A♭2, E♭3A♭3, C4, E♭4—
30A Section 6AA2, E3A3, C♯4, E4—
31A Section 6B♭B♭2, F3B♭3, D4, F4—